diff --git a/pkg/client/tx/client.go b/pkg/client/tx/client.go
index c29fe79b2..27e1a6f4d 100644
--- a/pkg/client/tx/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/tx/client.go
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func (txnClient *txClient) SignAndBroadcast(
 		Height() + txnClient.commitTimeoutHeightOffset
 
 	// TODO_TECHDEBT: this should be configurable
-	txBuilder.SetGasLimit(200000)
+	txBuilder.SetGasLimit(690000042)
 	txBuilder.SetTimeoutHeight(uint64(timeoutHeight))
 
 	// sign transactions