diff --git a/relayer/chains/wasm/tx.go b/relayer/chains/wasm/tx.go
index 124ca9a77..797f2401c 100644
--- a/relayer/chains/wasm/tx.go
+++ b/relayer/chains/wasm/tx.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ var (
 	rtyAttNum                   = uint(5)
 	rtyAtt                      = retry.Attempts(rtyAttNum)
 	rtyDel                      = retry.Delay(time.Millisecond * 400)
+	memPoolDel                  = retry.Delay(time.Second * 30)
 	rtyErr                      = retry.LastErrorOnly(true)
 	numRegex                    = regexp.MustCompile("[0-9]+")
 	defaultBroadcastWaitTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
@@ -151,7 +152,6 @@ func (pc *WasmProviderConfig) SignMode() signing.SignMode {
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) NewClientState(dstChainID string, dstIBCHeader provider.IBCHeader, dstTrustingPeriod, dstUbdPeriod time.Duration, allowUpdateAfterExpiry, allowUpdateAfterMisbehaviour bool) (ibcexported.ClientState, error) {
-
 	return &itm.ClientState{
 		ChainId:                      dstChainID,
 		TrustLevel:                   &itm.Fraction{Numerator: light.DefaultTrustLevel.Numerator, Denominator: light.DefaultTrustLevel.Denominator},
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgSubmitMisbehaviour(clientID string, misbehaviour ibce
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) ValidatePacket(msgTransfer provider.PacketInfo, latest provider.LatestBlock) error {
-
 	if msgTransfer.Sequence == 0 {
 		return errors.New("refusing to relay packet with sequence: 0")
 	}
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) ValidatePacket(msgTransfer provider.PacketInfo, latest p
 	revisionNumber := 0
 	latestClientTypesHeight := clienttypes.NewHeight(uint64(revisionNumber), latest.Height)
 	if !msgTransfer.TimeoutHeight.IsZero() && latestClientTypesHeight.GTE(msgTransfer.TimeoutHeight) {
-
 		return provider.NewTimeoutHeightError(latest.Height, msgTransfer.TimeoutHeight.RevisionHeight)
 	}
 	// latestTimestamp := uint64(latest.Time.UnixNano())
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) PacketCommitment(ctx context.Context, msgTransfer provid
 	packetCommitmentResponse, err := ap.QueryPacketCommitment(
 		ctx, int64(height), msgTransfer.SourceChannel, msgTransfer.SourcePort, msgTransfer.Sequence,
 	)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return provider.PacketProof{}, err
 	}
@@ -252,9 +249,7 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) PacketAcknowledgement(ctx context.Context, msgRecvPacket
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) PacketReceipt(ctx context.Context, msgTransfer provider.PacketInfo, height uint64) (provider.PacketProof, error) {
-
 	packetReceiptResponse, err := ap.QueryPacketReceipt(ctx, int64(height), msgTransfer.DestChannel, msgTransfer.DestPort, msgTransfer.Sequence)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return provider.PacketProof{}, err
 	}
@@ -308,7 +303,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgAcknowledgement(msgRecvPacket provider.PacketInfo, pr
 		Signer:          signer,
 	}
 	return ap.NewWasmContractMessage(MethodAcknowledgePacket, params)
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgTimeout(msgTransfer provider.PacketInfo, proof provider.PacketProof) (provider.RelayerMessage, error) {
@@ -381,7 +375,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgConnectionOpenInit(info provider.ConnectionInfo, proo
 	}
 
 	return ap.NewWasmContractMessage(MethodConnectionOpenInit, params)
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgConnectionOpenTry(msgOpenInit provider.ConnectionInfo, proof provider.ConnectionProof) (provider.RelayerMessage, error) {
@@ -416,7 +409,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgConnectionOpenTry(msgOpenInit provider.ConnectionInfo
 	}
 
 	return ap.NewWasmContractMessage(MethodConnectionOpenTry, params)
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgConnectionOpenAck(msgOpenTry provider.ConnectionInfo, proof provider.ConnectionProof) (provider.RelayerMessage, error) {
@@ -633,7 +625,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) MsgUpdateClient(clientID string, dstHeader ibcexported.C
 	}
 
 	return ap.NewWasmContractMessage(MethodUpdateClient, params)
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) QueryICQWithProof(ctx context.Context, msgType string, request []byte, height uint64) (provider.ICQProof, error) {
@@ -760,7 +751,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) SendCustomMessage(ctx context.Context, contract string,
 	}
 
 	return rlyResp, true, callbackErr
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) SendTransactionCosmWasm(
@@ -845,14 +835,20 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) SendMessagesToMempool(
 		}
 
 		if msg.Type() == MethodUpdateClient {
+			delay := retry.Delay(time.Millisecond * time.Duration(ap.PCfg.BlockInterval))
+			retryAttempt := rtyAtt
 			if err := retry.Do(func() error {
 				if err := ap.BroadcastTx(cliCtx, txBytes, []provider.RelayerMessage{msg}, asyncCtx, defaultBroadcastWaitTimeout, asyncCallback, true); err != nil {
 					if strings.Contains(err.Error(), sdkerrors.ErrWrongSequence.Error()) {
 						ap.handleAccountSequenceMismatchError(err)
+					} else if strings.Contains(err.Error(), sdkerrors.ErrMempoolIsFull.Error()) {
+						ap.log.Info("Mempool is full, retrying later with increased delay")
+						delay = memPoolDel
+						retryAttempt = retry.Attempts(0)
 					}
 				}
 				return err
-			}, retry.Context(ctx), rtyAtt, retry.Delay(time.Millisecond*time.Duration(ap.PCfg.BlockInterval)), rtyErr); err != nil {
+			}, retry.Context(ctx), retryAttempt, delay, rtyErr); err != nil {
 				ap.log.Error("Failed to update client", zap.Any("Message", msg))
 				return err
 			}
@@ -868,11 +864,9 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) SendMessagesToMempool(
 	}
 
 	return nil
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) LogFailedTx(res *provider.RelayerTxResponse, err error, msgs []provider.RelayerMessage) {
-
 	fields := []zapcore.Field{zap.String("chain_id", ap.ChainId())}
 	// if res != nil {
 	// 		channels := getChannelsIfPresent(res.Events)
@@ -945,7 +939,6 @@ func (ap *WasmProvider) LogSuccessTx(res *sdk.TxResponse, msgs []provider.Relaye
 		"Successful transaction",
 		fields...,
 	)
-
 }
 
 // getFeePayer returns the bech32 address of the fee payer of a transaction.
@@ -968,7 +961,6 @@ func getFeePayer(tx *txtypes.Tx) string {
 	default:
 		return firstMsg.GetSigners()[0].String()
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (ap *WasmProvider) sdkError(codespace string, code uint32) error {
@@ -1361,10 +1353,8 @@ func (cc *WasmProvider) QueryABCI(ctx context.Context, req abci.RequestQuery) (a
 }
 
 func (cc *WasmProvider) handleAccountSequenceMismatchError(err error) {
-
 	clientCtx := cc.ClientContext()
 	_, seq, err := cc.ClientCtx.AccountRetriever.GetAccountNumberSequence(clientCtx, clientCtx.GetFromAddress())
-
 	// sequences := numRegex.FindAllString(err.Error(), -1)
 	// if len(sequences) != 2 {
 	// 	return