diff --git a/packages/deployment/upgrade-test/upgrade-test-scripts/agoric-upgrade-11/test.sh b/packages/deployment/upgrade-test/upgrade-test-scripts/agoric-upgrade-11/test.sh
index cd771b3b10e..d2e82ccefff 100755
--- a/packages/deployment/upgrade-test/upgrade-test-scripts/agoric-upgrade-11/test.sh
+++ b/packages/deployment/upgrade-test/upgrade-test-scripts/agoric-upgrade-11/test.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,21 @@ waitForBlock 2
 # CWD is agoric-sdk
 upgrade11=./upgrade-test-scripts/agoric-upgrade-11
 
-# verify swing-store export-data is consistent
+# verify swing-store export-data is consistent and perform genesis style "upgrade"
 killAgd
 EXPORT_DIR=$(mktemp -t -d swing-store-export-upgrade-11-XXX)
 make_swing_store_snapshot $EXPORT_DIR --artifact-mode none || fail "Couldn't make swing-store snapshot"
-test_val "$(compare_swing_store_export_data $EXPORT_DIR)" "match" "swing-store consistent state-sync"
-rm -rf $EXPORT_DIR
+test_val "$(compare_swing_store_export_data $EXPORT_DIR)" "match" "swing-store consistent cosmos kvstore"
+
+TMP_GENESIS_DIR=$EXPORT_DIR/genesis-export
+cp $HOME/.agoric/config/genesis.json $TMP_GENESIS_DIR/old_genesis.json
+cp $HOME/.agoric/data/priv_validator_state.json $TMP_GENESIS_DIR/priv_validator_state.json
+rm -rf $HOME/.agoric/data
+mkdir $HOME/.agoric/data
+mv $TMP_GENESIS_DIR/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.agoric/data
+mv $TMP_GENESIS_DIR/* $HOME/.agoric/config/
 startAgd
+rm -rf $EXPORT_DIR
 
 # zoe vat is at incarnation 1
 echo "FIXME: bypassed zoe-full-upgrade validation"; return 0