diff --git a/app/upgrades/types.go b/app/upgrades/types.go
index 0f68ae2af..e3556974c 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/types.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/types.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const (
 	V010404rc0UpgradeName   = "v1.4.4-rc.0"
 	V010404beta8UpgradeName = "v1.4.4-beta.8"
 	V010404rc1UpgradeName   = "v1.4.4-rc.1"
+	V010404beta9UpgradeName = "v1.4.4-beta.9"
 )
 
 // Upgrade defines a struct containing necessary fields that a SoftwareUpgradeProposal
diff --git a/app/upgrades/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
index ec7ccedca..c5a20696b 100644
--- a/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades/upgrades.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func Upgrades() []Upgrade {
 		{UpgradeName: V010404rc0UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010404rc0UpgradeHandler},
 		{UpgradeName: V010404beta8UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010404beta8UpgradeHandler},
 		{UpgradeName: V010404rc1UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010404rc1UpgradeHandler},
+		{UpgradeName: V010404beta9UpgradeName, CreateUpgradeHandler: V010404beta9UpgradeHandler},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -507,6 +508,33 @@ func V010404rc1UpgradeHandler(
 	}
 }
 
+func V010404beta9UpgradeHandler(
+	mm *module.Manager,
+	configurator module.Configurator,
+	appKeepers *keepers.AppKeepers,
+) upgradetypes.UpgradeHandler {
+	return func(ctx sdk.Context, _ upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+		if isTest(ctx) || isDevnet(ctx) {
+
+			appKeepers.InterchainstakingKeeper.RemoveZoneAndAssociatedRecords(ctx, JunoTestnetChainID)
+			vals := appKeepers.InterchainstakingKeeper.GetValidators(ctx, JunoTestnetChainID)
+			for _, val := range vals {
+				valoper, _ := addressutils.ValAddressFromBech32(val.ValoperAddress, "junovaloper")
+				appKeepers.InterchainstakingKeeper.DeleteValidator(ctx, JunoTestnetChainID, valoper)
+			}
+
+			pdType, exists := prtypes.ProtocolDataType_value["ProtocolDataTypeConnection"]
+			if !exists {
+				panic("connection protocol data type not found")
+			}
+
+			appKeepers.ParticipationRewardsKeeper.DeleteProtocolData(ctx, prtypes.GetProtocolDataKey(prtypes.ProtocolDataType(pdType), []byte(JunoTestnetChainID)))
+
+		}
+		return mm.RunMigrations(ctx, configurator, fromVM)
+	}
+}
+
 // func V010400UpgradeHandler(
 //	mm *module.Manager,
 //	configurator module.Configurator,