diff --git a/docs/docs/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md b/docs/docs/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
index 7cbe7929f13..0c5385ded11 100644
--- a/docs/docs/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ In order to share the Wasm VM instance please follow the guideline below. Please
 - Instantiate the Wasm VM in `app.go` with the parameters of your choice.
 - [Create an `Option` with this Wasm VM instance](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/options.go#L21-L25).
 - Add the option created in the previous step to a slice and [pass it to the `x/wasm NewKeeper` constructor function](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/keeper_cgo.go#L36).
-- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [NewKeeperWithVM constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
+- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
 
 The code to set this up would look something like this:
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ app.WasmClientKeeper = ibcwasmkeeper.NewKeeperWithVM(
 ### If `x/wasm` is not present
 
 If the chain does not use [`x/wasm`](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/tree/main/x/wasm), even though it is still possible to use the method above from the previous section
-(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig`` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in`NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
+(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in `NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
 
 - `DataDir` is the [directory for Wasm blobs and various caches](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L25). In `wasmd` this is set to the [`wasm` folder under the home directory](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L578).
 - `SupportedCapabilities` is a comma separated [list of capabilities supported by the chain](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L26). [`wasmd` sets this to all the available capabilities](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L586), but 08-wasm only requires `iterator`.
@@ -229,9 +229,13 @@ import (
   ibcwasmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types"
   ...
 )
+
 ...
+
+// homePath is the path to the directory where the data
+// directory for Wasm blobs and caches will be created
 wasmConfig := ibcwasmtypes.WasmConfig{
-  DataDir:               "ibc_08-wasm_client_data",
+  DataDir:               filepath.Join(homePath, "ibc_08-wasm_client_data"),
   SupportedCapabilities: "iterator",
   ContractDebugMode:     false,
 }
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v7.3.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v7.3.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
index fd8106b8216..b3e244212c7 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v7.3.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v7.3.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ In order to share the Wasm VM instance please follow the guideline below. Please
 - Instantiate the Wasm VM in `app.go` with the parameters of your choice.
 - [Create an `Option` with this Wasm VM instance](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/options.go#L21-L25).
 - Add the option created in the previous step to a slice and [pass it to the `x/wasm NewKeeper` constructor function](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/keeper_cgo.go#L36).
-- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [NewKeeperWithVM constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L38-L46).
+- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L38-L46).
 
 The code to set this up would look something like this:
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ app.WasmClientKeeper = ibcwasmkeeper.NewKeeperWithVM(
 ### If `x/wasm` is not present
 
 If the chain does not use [`x/wasm`](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/tree/main/x/wasm), even though it is still possible to use the method above from the previous section
-(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L38-L46), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig`` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L82-L90) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in`NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
+(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L38-L46), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/b306e7a706e1f84a5e11af0540987bd68de9bae5/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L82-L90) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in `NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
 
 - `DataDir` is the [directory for Wasm blobs and various caches](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L25). In `wasmd` this is set to the [`wasm` folder under the home directory](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L578).
 - `SupportedCapabilities` is a comma separated [list of capabilities supported by the chain](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L26). [`wasmd` sets this to all the available capabilities](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L586), but 08-wasm only requires `iterator`.
@@ -229,9 +229,13 @@ import (
   ibcwasmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types"
   ...
 )
+
 ...
+
+// homePath is the path to the directory where the data
+// directory for Wasm blobs and caches will be created
 wasmConfig := ibcwasmtypes.WasmConfig{
-  DataDir:               "ibc_08-wasm_client_data",
+  DataDir:               filepath.Join(homePath, "ibc_08-wasm_client_data"),
   SupportedCapabilities: "iterator",
   ContractDebugMode:     false,
 }
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.0.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.0.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
index 9d439aeae46..534a3ecbcde 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.0.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.0.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ In order to share the Wasm VM instance please follow the guideline below. Please
 - Instantiate the Wasm VM in `app.go` with the parameters of your choice.
 - [Create an `Option` with this Wasm VM instance](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/options.go#L21-L25).
 - Add the option created in the previous step to a slice and [pass it to the `x/wasm NewKeeper` constructor function](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/keeper_cgo.go#L36).
-- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [NewKeeperWithVM constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
+- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
 
 The code to set this up would look something like this:
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ app.WasmClientKeeper = ibcwasmkeeper.NewKeeperWithVM(
 ### If `x/wasm` is not present
 
 If the chain does not use [`x/wasm`](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/tree/main/x/wasm), even though it is still possible to use the method above from the previous section
-(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig`` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in`NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
+(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in `NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
 
 - `DataDir` is the [directory for Wasm blobs and various caches](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L25). In `wasmd` this is set to the [`wasm` folder under the home directory](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L578).
 - `SupportedCapabilities` is a comma separated [list of capabilities supported by the chain](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L26). [`wasmd` sets this to all the available capabilities](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L586), but 08-wasm only requires `iterator`.
@@ -229,9 +229,13 @@ import (
   ibcwasmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types"
   ...
 )
+
 ...
+
+// homePath is the path to the directory where the data
+// directory for Wasm blobs and caches will be created
 wasmConfig := ibcwasmtypes.WasmConfig{
-  DataDir:               "ibc_08-wasm_client_data",
+  DataDir:               filepath.Join(homePath, "ibc_08-wasm_client_data"),
   SupportedCapabilities: "iterator",
   ContractDebugMode:     false,
 }
diff --git a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.1.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.1.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
index 3827203e6cd..dd22c3ff4c6 100644
--- a/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.1.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
+++ b/docs/versioned_docs/version-v8.1.x/03-light-clients/04-wasm/03-integration.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ In order to share the Wasm VM instance please follow the guideline below. Please
 - Instantiate the Wasm VM in `app.go` with the parameters of your choice.
 - [Create an `Option` with this Wasm VM instance](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/options.go#L21-L25).
 - Add the option created in the previous step to a slice and [pass it to the `x/wasm NewKeeper` constructor function](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/db93d7b6c7bb6f4a340d74b96a02cec885729b59/x/wasm/keeper/keeper_cgo.go#L36).
-- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [NewKeeperWithVM constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
+- Pass the pointer to the Wasm VM instance to `08-wasm` [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47).
 
 The code to set this up would look something like this:
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ app.WasmClientKeeper = ibcwasmkeeper.NewKeeperWithVM(
 ### If `x/wasm` is not present
 
 If the chain does not use [`x/wasm`](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/tree/main/x/wasm), even though it is still possible to use the method above from the previous section
-(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig`` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in`NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
+(e.g. instantiating a Wasm VM in app.go an pass it to 08-wasm's [`NewKeeperWithVM` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L39-L47), since there would be no need in this case to share the Wasm VM instance with another module, you can use the [`NewKeeperWithConfig` constructor function](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/57fcdb9a9a9db9b206f7df2f955866dc4e10fef4/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/keeper/keeper.go#L88-L96) and provide the Wasm VM configuration parameters of your choice instead. A Wasm VM instance will be created in `NewKeeperWithConfig`. The parameters that can set are:
 
 - `DataDir` is the [directory for Wasm blobs and various caches](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L25). In `wasmd` this is set to the [`wasm` folder under the home directory](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L578).
 - `SupportedCapabilities` is a comma separated [list of capabilities supported by the chain](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/blob/1638725b25d799f078d053391945399cb35664b1/lib.go#L26). [`wasmd` sets this to all the available capabilities](https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/blob/36416def20effe47fb77f29f5ba35a003970fdba/app/app.go#L586), but 08-wasm only requires `iterator`.
@@ -229,9 +229,13 @@ import (
   ibcwasmtypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types"
   ...
 )
+
 ...
+
+// homePath is the path to the directory where the data
+// directory for Wasm blobs and caches will be created
 wasmConfig := ibcwasmtypes.WasmConfig{
-  DataDir:               "ibc_08-wasm_client_data",
+  DataDir:               filepath.Join(homePath, "ibc_08-wasm_client_data"),
   SupportedCapabilities: "iterator",
   ContractDebugMode:     false,
 }
diff --git a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/testing/simapp/app.go b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/testing/simapp/app.go
index 830ca619957..6b6e32dfa82 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/testing/simapp/app.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/testing/simapp/app.go
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func NewSimApp(
 	//
 	// In the code below we use the second method because we are not using x/wasm in this app.go.
 	wasmConfig := wasmtypes.WasmConfig{
-		DataDir:               "ibc_08-wasm_client_data",
+		DataDir:               filepath.Join(homePath, "ibc_08-wasm_client_data"),
 		SupportedCapabilities: "iterator",
 		ContractDebugMode:     false,
 	}