diff --git a/scripts/wasmd/env b/scripts/wasmd/env
index bc58d877..30d753ae 100644
--- a/scripts/wasmd/env
+++ b/scripts/wasmd/env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Choose from https://hub.docker.com/r/cosmwasm/wasmd/tags
 REPOSITORY="cosmwasm/wasmd"
-VERSION="v0.23.0"
+VERSION="v0.27.0"
 
 CONTAINER_NAME="wasmd"
diff --git a/scripts/wasmd/template/.wasmd/config/genesis.json b/scripts/wasmd/template/.wasmd/config/genesis.json
index 958d8af8..51b894b3 100644
--- a/scripts/wasmd/template/.wasmd/config/genesis.json
+++ b/scripts/wasmd/template/.wasmd/config/genesis.json
@@ -707,8 +707,7 @@
         "code_upload_access": {
           "permission": "Everybody"
         },
-        "instantiate_default_permission": "Everybody",
-        "max_wasm_code_size": "614400"
+        "instantiate_default_permission": "Everybody"
       }
     }
   },