diff --git a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
index 554ff61e43a7..d1e8221adf4f 100644
--- a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
+++ b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
@@ -658,9 +658,10 @@ func SignWithLedger(k *Record, msg []byte, signMode signing.SignMode) (sig []byt
 		return nil, nil, errorsmod.Wrap(ErrInvalidSignMode, fmt.Sprintf("%v", signMode))
 	}
 
-	if !priv.PubKey().VerifySignature(msg, sig) {
-		return nil, nil, ErrLedgerInvalidSignature
-	}
+	// moved to injective-core as part of Ledger signing (PR #1557)
+	//if !priv.PubKey().VerifySignature(msg, sig) {
+	//	return nil, nil, ErrLedgerInvalidSignature
+	//}
 
 	return sig, priv.PubKey(), nil
 }
diff --git a/simapp/go.mod b/simapp/go.mod
index 11cd84c124fa..3d63b0dc1a80 100644
--- a/simapp/go.mod
+++ b/simapp/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/x/nft v0.1.0
 	cosmossdk.io/x/tx v0.13.2
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.1
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.7
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.2
 	// this version is not used as it is always replaced by the latest Cosmos SDK version
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.50.3
diff --git a/simapp/go.sum b/simapp/go.sum
index bc2fe2a6daf9..f468cd6c5ae0 100644
--- a/simapp/go.sum
+++ b/simapp/go.sum
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6 h1:QSgpCzrGWJ2KUq1qpw+FCfASRpE27T6LQbfEHscdyOk=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6/go.mod h1:8rSPxzUJYquCN8uuBgbUHOMg2KAwvr7CyUw+6ukO4nw=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.7/go.mod h1:HIyf811dFMI73IE0F7RrnY/Fr+d1+HuJAgtkEpQjCMY=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.9.1 h1:MIhVX5ja5bXNHF8EYrThkG9F7r9kSfv8BX4LWaxWJ4M=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.9.1/go.mod h1:iliyWaoV0mRwBJoizElCwwRA9Tf7jZJOURcRZF9m60U=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 278f7a2bffc5..adf979933955 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/x/nft v0.1.0 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/x/tx v0.13.2
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.1
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.7
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.0.2
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5
 	// this version is not used as it is always replaced by the latest Cosmos SDK version
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 04cdc84ed881..79f5dc85f654 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6 h1:QSgpCzrGWJ2KUq1qpw+FCfASRpE27T6LQbfEHscdyOk=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.6/go.mod h1:8rSPxzUJYquCN8uuBgbUHOMg2KAwvr7CyUw+6ukO4nw=
+github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.7/go.mod h1:HIyf811dFMI73IE0F7RrnY/Fr+d1+HuJAgtkEpQjCMY=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.9.1 h1:MIhVX5ja5bXNHF8EYrThkG9F7r9kSfv8BX4LWaxWJ4M=
 github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.9.1/go.mod h1:iliyWaoV0mRwBJoizElCwwRA9Tf7jZJOURcRZF9m60U=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=