diff --git a/app/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades.go
index e568fdfd7..68b195e0b 100644
--- a/app/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/upgrades/v1_0_3"
 
 	upgradetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 var Upgrades = []upgrades.Upgrade{
 	v1_0_1.Upgrade,
 	v1_0_2.Upgrade,
+	v1_0_3.Upgrade,
 }
 
 func (app *NibiruApp) setupUpgrades() {
diff --git a/app/upgrades/v1_0_3/constants.go b/app/upgrades/v1_0_3/constants.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ec54ae30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/upgrades/v1_0_3/constants.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package v1_0_3
+
+import (
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	upgradetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
+
+	"github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/app/upgrades"
+)
+
+const UpgradeName = "v1.0.3"
+
+// a no-op store upgrade to test the upgrade process and include the newer version cosmos-sdk
+var Upgrade = upgrades.Upgrade{
+	UpgradeName: UpgradeName,
+	CreateUpgradeHandler: func(mm *module.Manager, cfg module.Configurator) upgradetypes.UpgradeHandler {
+		return func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+			return mm.RunMigrations(ctx, cfg, fromVM)
+		}
+	},
+	StoreUpgrades: types.StoreUpgrades{},
+}