diff --git a/abci/Cargo.toml b/abci/Cargo.toml
index b74b6ef..43fc89e 100644
--- a/abci/Cargo.toml
+++ b/abci/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-version = "0.14.0-dev.8"
+version = "0.14.0-dev.9"
 name = "tenderdash-abci"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml b/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
index 687f876..9dd520e 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proto-compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-version = "0.14.0-dev.8"
+version = "0.14.0-dev.9"
 name = "tenderdash-proto-compiler"
 authors = ["Informal Systems <hello@informal.systems>", "Dash Core Group"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs b/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
index ec333a3..33b6a56 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
+++ b/proto-compiler/src/functions.rs
@@ -350,10 +350,7 @@ pub(crate) fn check_state(dir: &Path, commitish: &str) -> bool {
 
     match read_to_string(state_file) {
         Ok(content) => {
-            println!(
-                "[info] => Found previously downloaded Tenderdash {}.",
-                content.trim()
-            );
+            println!("[info] => Detected Tenderdash version: {}.", content.trim());
             content.eq(commitish)
         },
         Err(_) => false,
diff --git a/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs b/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
index c308da2..483ec25 100644
--- a/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proto-compiler/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ pub fn proto_compile() {
     let commitish = tenderdash_commitish();
 
     // check if this commitish is already downloaded
-    let download = !check_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish);
+    let download = std::fs::metadata(tenderdash_dir.join("proto")).is_err()
+        || !check_state(&prost_out_dir, &commitish);
 
     if download {
         println!("[info] => Fetching {TENDERDASH_REPO} at {commitish} into {tenderdash_dir:?}.");
diff --git a/proto/Cargo.toml b/proto/Cargo.toml
index 7d07991..c4d30e4 100644
--- a/proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-version = "0.14.0-dev.8"
+version = "0.14.0-dev.9"
 name = "tenderdash-proto"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"