diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
index 97ba2c85df..e47bead89b 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/testutil.spec.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export const tendermintInstances = {
     blockTime: 500,
     expected: {
       chainId: /^dockerchain$/,
-      version: /^0\.38\.0-rc3$/,
+      version: /^0\.38\.0$/,
       appCreator: "Cosmoshi Netowoko",
       p2pVersion: 8,
       blockVersion: 11,
diff --git a/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh b/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh
index 0b7e16224f..736beea901 100755
--- a/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh
+++ b/scripts/tendermint/all_start.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ command -v shellcheck >/dev/null && shellcheck "$0"
 declare -a TM_IMAGES
 TM_IMAGES[34]="tendermint/tendermint:v0.34.19"
 TM_IMAGES[37]="cometbft/cometbft:v0.37.0-rc3"
-TM_IMAGES[38]="cometbft/cometbft:v0.38.0-rc3"
+TM_IMAGES[38]="cometbft/cometbft:v0.38.0"
 
 declare -a TM_ROOTS
 TM_ROOTS[34]="/tendermint"