diff --git a/tests/integration/genutil/gentx_test.go b/tests/integration/genutil/gentx_test.go
index 9a1c4811d1..61cf7dcebe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/genutil/gentx_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/genutil/gentx_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/math"
+	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/crypto/tmhash"
 	tmproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proto/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keys/eth/ethsecp256k1"
@@ -86,17 +87,21 @@ func (suite *GenTxTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 	amount := sdk.NewInt64Coin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, 50)
 	one := math.OneInt()
 	blsSecretKey1, _ := bls.RandKey()
+	blsProofBuf := blsSecretKey1.Sign(tmhash.Sum(blsSecretKey1.PublicKey().Marshal()))
+	blsProof1 := hex.EncodeToString(blsProofBuf.Marshal())
 	blsPk1 := hex.EncodeToString(blsSecretKey1.PublicKey().Marshal())
 
 	suite.msg1, err = stakingtypes.NewMsgCreateValidator(
-		sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), pk1, amount, desc, comm, one, sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), blsPk1)
+		sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), pk1, amount, desc, comm, one, sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk1.Address()), blsPk1, blsProof1)
 	suite.NoError(err)
 
 	blsSecretKey2, _ := bls.RandKey()
 	blsPk2 := hex.EncodeToString(blsSecretKey2.PublicKey().Marshal())
+	blsProofBuf = blsSecretKey2.Sign(tmhash.Sum(blsSecretKey2.PublicKey().Marshal()))
+	blsProof2 := hex.EncodeToString(blsProofBuf.Marshal())
 
 	suite.msg2, err = stakingtypes.NewMsgCreateValidator(
-		sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), pk1, amount, desc, comm, one, sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), blsPk2)
+		sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), pk1, amount, desc, comm, one, sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), sdk.AccAddress(pk2.Address()), blsPk2, blsProof2)
 	suite.NoError(err)
 }
 
diff --git a/x/staking/testutil/helpers.go b/x/staking/testutil/helpers.go
index 51cd002d1a..b0b2861968 100644
--- a/x/staking/testutil/helpers.go
+++ b/x/staking/testutil/helpers.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func NewHelper(t *testing.T, ctx sdk.Context, k *keeper.Keeper) *Helper {
 }
 
 // CreateValidator calls staking module `MsgServer/CreateValidator` to create a new validator
-func (sh *Helper) CreateValidator(addr sdk.AccAddress, pk cryptotypes.PubKey, pv cryptotypes.PrivKey, stakeAmount math.Int, ok bool) {
+func (sh *Helper) CreateValidator(addr sdk.AccAddress, pk cryptotypes.PubKey, stakeAmount math.Int, ok bool) {
 	coin := sdk.NewCoin(sh.Denom, stakeAmount)
 	sh.createValidator(addr, pk, coin, ok)
 }
diff --git a/x/staking/types/msg_test.go b/x/staking/types/msg_test.go
index f3334d7f9f..521c0cf935 100644
--- a/x/staking/types/msg_test.go
+++ b/x/staking/types/msg_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	codectypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
 	cryptocodec "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/codec"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keys/eth/ethsecp256k1"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keys/ed25519"
 	cryptotypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/types"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestMsgDecode(t *testing.T) {
 	var pkUnmarshaled cryptotypes.PubKey
 	err = cdc.UnmarshalInterface(pk1bz, &pkUnmarshaled)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.True(t, pk1.Equals(pkUnmarshaled.(*ethsecp256k1.PubKey)))
+	require.True(t, pk1.Equals(pkUnmarshaled.(*ed25519.PubKey)))
 
 	// now let's try to serialize the whole message
 	blsSecretKey, _ := bls.RandKey()