diff --git a/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/client_test.go b/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/client_test.go
index 3d772761cc..0cf5c1fe1d 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/client_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/client_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestUpdateClientTendermint() {
 			clientID, err = suite.keeper.CreateClient(suite.ctx, clientState, suite.consensusState)
 
 			// store intermediate consensus state to check that trustedHeight does not need to be highest consensus state before header height
-			incrementedClientHeight := testClientHeight.Increment()
+			incrementedClientHeight := testClientHeight.Increment().(types.Height)
 			intermediateConsState := &ibctmtypes.ConsensusState{
 				Timestamp:          suite.now.Add(time.Minute),
 				NextValidatorsHash: suite.valSetHash,
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/grpc_query_test.go b/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/grpc_query_test.go
index e1e2c9d8b0..9fc8f975cf 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/grpc_query_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/02-client/keeper/grpc_query_test.go
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestQueryConsensusStates() {
 				// order is swapped because the res is sorted by client id
 				expConsensusStates = []types.ConsensusStateWithHeight{
 					types.NewConsensusStateWithHeight(testClientHeight, cs),
-					types.NewConsensusStateWithHeight(testClientHeight.Increment(), cs2),
+					types.NewConsensusStateWithHeight(testClientHeight.Increment().(types.Height), cs2),
 				}
 				req = &types.QueryConsensusStatesRequest{
 					ClientId: testClientID,
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/02-client/types/height.go b/x/ibc/core/02-client/types/height.go
index 9ac6fec755..4216d54e66 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/02-client/types/height.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/02-client/types/height.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (h Height) Decrement() (decremented exported.Height, success bool) {
 
 // Increment will return a height with the same revision number but an
 // incremented revision height
-func (h Height) Increment() Height {
+func (h Height) Increment() exported.Height {
 	return NewHeight(h.RevisionNumber, h.RevisionHeight+1)
 }
 
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/03-connection/keeper/handshake_test.go b/x/ibc/core/03-connection/keeper/handshake_test.go
index 01c0f68ae8..101c061a75 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/03-connection/keeper/handshake_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/03-connection/keeper/handshake_test.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestConnOpenTry() {
 			// modify counterparty client without setting in store so it still passes validate but fails proof verification
 			tmClient, ok := counterpartyClient.(*ibctmtypes.ClientState)
 			suite.Require().True(ok)
-			tmClient.LatestHeight = tmClient.LatestHeight.Increment()
+			tmClient.LatestHeight = tmClient.LatestHeight.Increment().(clienttypes.Height)
 		}, false},
 		{"consensus state verification failed", func() {
 			clientA, clientB = suite.coordinator.SetupClients(suite.chainA, suite.chainB, exported.Tendermint)
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestConnOpenAck() {
 			// modify counterparty client without setting in store so it still passes validate but fails proof verification
 			tmClient, ok := counterpartyClient.(*ibctmtypes.ClientState)
 			suite.Require().True(ok)
-			tmClient.LatestHeight = tmClient.LatestHeight.Increment()
+			tmClient.LatestHeight = tmClient.LatestHeight.Increment().(clienttypes.Height)
 
 			err = suite.coordinator.ConnOpenTry(suite.chainB, suite.chainA, connB, connA)
 			suite.Require().NoError(err)
diff --git a/x/ibc/core/exported/client.go b/x/ibc/core/exported/client.go
index 0bdb5e51bf..610839fd7a 100644
--- a/x/ibc/core/exported/client.go
+++ b/x/ibc/core/exported/client.go
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ type Height interface {
 	GTE(Height) bool
 	GetRevisionNumber() uint64
 	GetRevisionHeight() uint64
+	Increment() Height
 	Decrement() (Height, bool)
 	String() string
 }
diff --git a/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/header_test.go b/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/header_test.go
index 2dbba94b97..97647f8614 100644
--- a/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/header_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/header_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (suite *TendermintTestSuite) TestHeaderValidateBasic() {
 			header.SignedHeader.Commit = nil
 		}, false},
 		{"trusted height is greater than header height", func() {
-			header.TrustedHeight = header.GetHeight().(clienttypes.Height).Increment()
+			header.TrustedHeight = header.GetHeight().(clienttypes.Height).Increment().(clienttypes.Height)
 		}, false},
 		{"validator set nil", func() {
 			header.ValidatorSet = nil
diff --git a/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/proposal_handle_test.go b/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/proposal_handle_test.go
index 062a29a0dc..6863ad1d1c 100644
--- a/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/proposal_handle_test.go
+++ b/x/ibc/light-clients/07-tendermint/types/proposal_handle_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (suite *TendermintTestSuite) TestCheckProposedHeaderAndUpdateStateBasic() {
 	suite.Require().Nil(cs)
 	suite.Require().Nil(consState)
 
-	clientState.LatestHeight = clientState.LatestHeight.Increment()
+	clientState.LatestHeight = clientState.LatestHeight.Increment().(clienttypes.Height)
 
 	// consensus state for latest height does not exist
 	cs, consState, err = clientState.CheckProposedHeaderAndUpdateState(suite.chainA.GetContext(), suite.chainA.App.AppCodec(), clientStore, suite.chainA.LastHeader)