diff --git a/client/rpc/status.go b/client/rpc/status.go
index b45fcb0c59..edf2be748b 100644
--- a/client/rpc/status.go
+++ b/client/rpc/status.go
@@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ func StatusCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			var pk cryptotypes.PubKey
 			// `status` has TM pubkeys, we need to convert them to our pubkeys.
-			pk, err := cryptocodec.FromTmPubKeyInterface(status.ValidatorInfo.PubKey)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
+			if status.ValidatorInfo.PubKey != nil {
+				pk, err = cryptocodec.FromTmPubKeyInterface(status.ValidatorInfo.PubKey)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 			statusWithPk := resultStatus{
 				NodeInfo: status.NodeInfo,
diff --git a/store/tools/ics23/go.mod b/store/tools/ics23/go.mod
index 9f2e5cad10..a41b3567c6 100644
--- a/store/tools/ics23/go.mod
+++ b/store/tools/ics23/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.7.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.0-rc3
-	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.19.0
+	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.18.0
 	github.com/lazyledger/smt v0.2.1-0.20210709230900-03ea40719554
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.20-rc1
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.7