diff --git a/simapp/upgrades.go b/simapp/upgrades.go
index d8b1852c72..6262ee35ee 100644
--- a/simapp/upgrades.go
+++ b/simapp/upgrades.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule"
-	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
+	corestore "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/accounts"
 	authkeeper "cosmossdk.io/x/auth/keeper"
 	epochstypes "cosmossdk.io/x/epochs/types"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (app SimApp) RegisterUpgradeHandlers() {
 	}
 
 	if upgradeInfo.Name == UpgradeName && !app.UpgradeKeeper.IsSkipHeight(upgradeInfo.Height) {
-		storeUpgrades := storetypes.StoreUpgrades{
+		storeUpgrades := corestore.StoreUpgrades{
 			Added: []string{
 				accounts.StoreKey,
 				protocolpooltypes.StoreKey,
diff --git a/x/upgrade/CHANGELOG.md b/x/upgrade/CHANGELOG.md
index f4c9c210eb..3b72a8e4c6 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/x/upgrade/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
 * [#19443](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19443) `NewKeeper` takes an `appmodule.Environment` instead of individual services.
+* [#21259](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21259) Upgrade has been migrated to cosrestore.StoreUpgrades. Renaming keys support has been removed from the upgrade module.
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/x/upgrade/types/storeloader.go b/x/upgrade/types/storeloader.go
index c3fe122f2b..881c8df29e 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/types/storeloader.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/types/storeloader.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	corestore "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
@@ -8,12 +9,16 @@ import (
 
 // UpgradeStoreLoader is used to prepare baseapp with a fixed StoreLoader
 // pattern. This is useful for custom upgrade loading logic.
-func UpgradeStoreLoader(upgradeHeight int64, storeUpgrades *storetypes.StoreUpgrades) baseapp.StoreLoader {
+func UpgradeStoreLoader(upgradeHeight int64, storeUpgrades *corestore.StoreUpgrades) baseapp.StoreLoader {
 	return func(ms storetypes.CommitMultiStore) error {
 		if upgradeHeight == ms.LastCommitID().Version+1 {
 			// Check if the current commit version and upgrade height matches
-			if len(storeUpgrades.Renamed) > 0 || len(storeUpgrades.Deleted) > 0 || len(storeUpgrades.Added) > 0 {
-				return ms.LoadLatestVersionAndUpgrade(storeUpgrades)
+			if len(storeUpgrades.Deleted) > 0 || len(storeUpgrades.Added) > 0 {
+				stup := &storetypes.StoreUpgrades{
+					Added:   storeUpgrades.Added,
+					Deleted: storeUpgrades.Deleted,
+				}
+				return ms.LoadLatestVersionAndUpgrade(stup)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/x/upgrade/types/storeloader_test.go b/x/upgrade/types/storeloader_test.go
index 0d784b17ad..86fa017484 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/types/storeloader_test.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/types/storeloader_test.go
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 )
 
-func useUpgradeLoader(height int64, upgrades *storetypes.StoreUpgrades) func(*baseapp.BaseApp) {
-	return func(app *baseapp.BaseApp) {
-		app.SetStoreLoader(UpgradeStoreLoader(height, upgrades))
-	}
-}
-
 func initStore(t *testing.T, db dbm.DB, storeKey string, k, v []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
 	rs := rootmulti.NewStore(db, coretesting.NewNopLogger(), metrics.NewNoOpMetrics())
@@ -93,16 +87,6 @@ func TestSetLoader(t *testing.T) {
 			origStoreKey: "foo",
 			loadStoreKey: "foo",
 		},
-		"rename with inline opts": {
-			setLoader: useUpgradeLoader(upgradeHeight, &storetypes.StoreUpgrades{
-				Renamed: []storetypes.StoreRename{{
-					OldKey: "foo",
-					NewKey: "bar",
-				}},
-			}),
-			origStoreKey: "foo",
-			loadStoreKey: "bar",
-		},
 	}
 
 	k := []byte("key")