diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 12120d27..88d9c363 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect" // #nosec G702
-	"strings"
 
 	authsims "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/simulation"
 
@@ -179,33 +178,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/terra-money/core/v2/client/docs/statik"
 )
 
-var (
-	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is "true", then enable all x/wasm proposals.
-	// If EnabledSpecificProposals is "", and this is not "true", then disable all x/wasm proposals.
-	ProposalsEnabled = "true"
-	// If set to non-empty string it must be comma-separated list of values that are all a subset
-	// of "EnableAllProposals" (takes precedence over ProposalsEnabled)
-	// https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/02a54d33ff2c064f3539ae12d75d027d9c665f05/x/wasm/internal/types/proposal.go#L28-L34
-	EnableSpecificProposals = ""
-)
-
-// GetEnabledProposals parses the ProposalsEnabled / EnableSpecificProposals values to
-// produce a list of enabled proposals to pass into wasmd app.
-func GetEnabledProposals() []wasmtypes.ProposalType {
-	if EnableSpecificProposals == "" {
-		if ProposalsEnabled == "true" {
-			return wasmtypes.EnableAllProposals
-		}
-		return wasmtypes.DisableAllProposals
-	}
-	chunks := strings.Split(EnableSpecificProposals, ",")
-	proposals, err := wasmtypes.ConvertToProposals(chunks)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return proposals
-}
-
 // GetWasmOpts build wasm options
 func GetWasmOpts(app *TerraApp, appOpts servertypes.AppOptions) []wasmkeeper.Option {
 	var wasmOpts []wasmkeeper.Option
@@ -713,11 +685,6 @@ func NewTerraApp(
 			app.TokenFactoryKeeper.Hooks(),
 		),
 	)
-	// register wasm gov proposal types
-	enabledProposals := GetEnabledProposals()
-	if len(enabledProposals) != 0 {
-		govRouter.AddRoute(wasmtypes.RouterKey, wasmkeeper.NewWasmProposalHandler(app.WasmKeeper, enabledProposals))
-	}
 
 	// Create fee enabled wasm ibc Stack
 	var wasmStack porttypes.IBCModule
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b0f32c08..772756ac 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.1.2
 	cosmossdk.io/tools/rosetta v0.2.1
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.4.1
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.37.2
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.8.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.3
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/gogogateway v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.12.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ledger-go v0.9.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 411d5872..aee3261e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQcITbvhmL4+C4cKA87NW0tfm3Kl9VXRoPywFg=
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d/go.mod h1:URdX5+vg25ts3aCh8H5IFZybJYKWhJHYMTnf+ULtoC4=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0 h1:fmwxSbwb50zZDcBaayYFRLIaSFca+EFld1WOaQi49jg=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.41.0/go.mod h1:0Sds1q2IsPaTN1gHa3BNOYcUFgtGvxH7CXEXPgoihns=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0 h1:x12X4bKlUPS7TT9QQP45+fJo2sp30GEbiSSgb9jsec8=
-github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.3.0/go.mod h1:vW/E3h8j9xBQs9bCoijDuawKo9kCtxOaS8N8J7KFtkc=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0 h1:4xQAiNf6Ej+TuYe4PXwrtVJ9C+xyFrbsdqHH/kU9Vxk=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd v0.43.0/go.mod h1:gpri8YvkRErBz+qDme5jOThGZmSlHfyN532bWibXOl4=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.4.1 h1:YgodVlBrXa2HJZzOXjWDH0EIRwQzK3zuA73dDPRRLS4=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.4.1/go.mod h1:fXB+m2gyh4v9839zlIXdMZGeLAxqUdYdFQqYsTha2hc=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.3.3/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.0/go.mod h1:g4AWEaM3yOg3HYfnJ3YIawPnVdXJh9QME85blwSAmyw=
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/gogogateway v1.2.0/go.mod h1:iQpLkGWxYcnCdz5iAdLcRBSw3h7NXeOkZ
 github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.4.2/go.mod h1:cLxOsn1ljAHSV527CHOtaIP91kK6cCrZETRBrkzItWU=
 github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.4.10 h1:QH/yT8X+c0F4ZDacDv3z+xE3WU1P1Z3wQoLMBRJoKuI=
 github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.4.10/go.mod h1:3aAZzeRWpAwr+SS/LLkICX2/kDFyaYVzckBDzygIxek=
-github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0 h1:fTVznVlepH0KK8NyKq8w+U7c2L6jofa27aFX6YGlm38=
-github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.0/go.mod h1:WO7FyvaZJoH65+HFOsDir7xU9FWk2w9cHXNW1XHcl7A=
+github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.1 h1:rM1kqeG3/HBT85vsZdoSNsehciqUQPWrR4BYmqE2+zg=
+github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.20.1/go.mod h1:WO7FyvaZJoH65+HFOsDir7xU9FWk2w9cHXNW1XHcl7A=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-apps/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/v7 v7.0.1-0.20231012160012-d0f49580a238 h1:vc9zQUjiYctU3q4uF5usbl2JUqaa3F6bEyboNKOKyBk=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-apps/middleware/packet-forward-middleware/v7 v7.0.1-0.20231012160012-d0f49580a238/go.mod h1:WO/xWf+I8m+9PZsBkwZkEREZIW24j90Sz2yOsXU3B9U=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-apps/modules/async-icq/v7 v7.0.0 h1:mMHedP3Q+mz5gpOWNz0P+X8hxPdamylrBKc/P2cFakA=