diff --git a/protocol/go.mod b/protocol/go.mod
index ab3c6bc879..a7019af06f 100644
--- a/protocol/go.mod
+++ b/protocol/go.mod
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ replace (
 	cosmossdk.io/x/evidence => cosmossdk.io/x/evidence v0.1.0
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade => cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.1
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 => github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.3.2
-	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 => github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0
+	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 => github.com/dydxprotocol/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0-rc.0.0.20250228142559-e238a5667825
 	github.com/google/pprof => github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230228050547-1710fef4ab10
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang => github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.18.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common => github.com/prometheus/common v0.47.0
diff --git a/protocol/go.sum b/protocol/go.sum
index dbb92530eb..df0147c463 100644
--- a/protocol/go.sum
+++ b/protocol/go.sum
@@ -889,8 +889,6 @@ github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0 h1:79USr0oyXAbxg3rspGh/m4SWNyoz/GLaAh0QlCe2fr
 github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0/go.mod h1:yWChEv5IUEYURQasfyBW5ffkMHR/90hiHgbNgrtp4j0=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/capability v1.0.1 h1:ibwhrpJ3SftEEZRxCRkH0fQZ9svjthrX2+oXdZvzgGI=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/capability v1.0.1/go.mod h1:rquyOV262nGJplkumH+/LeYs04P3eV8oB7ZM4Ygqk4E=
-github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0 h1:QKipnr/NGwc+9L7NZipURvmSIu+nw9jOIWTJuDBqOhg=
-github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0/go.mod h1:C6IiJom0F3cIQCD5fKwVPDrDK9j/xTu563AWuOmXois=
 github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.11.0 h1:jk5skjT0TqX5e5QJbEnwXIS2yI2vnmLOgpQPeM5RtnU=
 github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.11.0/go.mod h1:A8OjxPE67hHST4Icw94hOxxFEJMBG031xIGF/JHNIY0=
 github.com/cosmos/interchain-security/v5 v5.2.0 h1:ZB4sMH5kG4Fmuk+WLKykXv8qSSoafo1eVlSo0G5scKE=
@@ -966,6 +964,8 @@ github.com/dydxprotocol/cosmos-sdk/store v1.0.3-0.20240326192503-dd116391188d h1
 github.com/dydxprotocol/cosmos-sdk/store v1.0.3-0.20240326192503-dd116391188d/go.mod h1:zMcD3hfNwd0WMTpdRUhS3QxoCoEtBXWeoKsu3iaLBbQ=
 github.com/dydxprotocol/iavl v1.1.1-0.20240509161911-1c8b8e787e85 h1:5B/yGZyTBX/OZASQQMnk6Ms/TZja56MYd8OBaVc0Mho=
 github.com/dydxprotocol/iavl v1.1.1-0.20240509161911-1c8b8e787e85/go.mod h1:8xIUkgVvwvVrBu81scdPty+/Dx9GqwHnAvXz4cwF7RY=
+github.com/dydxprotocol/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0-rc.0.0.20250228142559-e238a5667825 h1:1Q2eNORHO/F3kIpJY8eOfR6A/3M4F5UblwzIo+Ct6L4=
+github.com/dydxprotocol/ibc-go/v8 v8.0.0-rc.0.0.20250228142559-e238a5667825/go.mod h1:C6IiJom0F3cIQCD5fKwVPDrDK9j/xTu563AWuOmXois=
 github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.3.0 h1:RRL0nge+cWGlxXbUzJ7yMcq6w2XBEr19dCN6HECGaT0=
 github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.3.0/go.mod h1:5yPzW0MIvSe0JDsv0v+DvcjEv2FyD6iZYSs1ZI+iQho=
 github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20230111030713-bf00bc1b83b6 h1:8yY/I9ndfrgrXUbOGObLHKBR4Fl3nZXwM2c7OYTT8hM=