diff --git a/x/circuit/ante/circuit.go b/x/circuit/ante/circuit.go
index 9d3ea0a49f..67ce0021df 100644
--- a/x/circuit/ante/circuit.go
+++ b/x/circuit/ante/circuit.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/transaction"
+
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 )
 
@@ -28,17 +30,29 @@ func NewCircuitBreakerDecorator(ck CircuitBreaker) CircuitBreakerDecorator {
 // - or error early if a nested authz grant is found.
 // The circuit AnteHandler handles this with baseapp's service router: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/18632.
 func (cbd CircuitBreakerDecorator) AnteHandle(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx, simulate bool, next sdk.AnteHandler) (sdk.Context, error) {
-	// loop through all the messages and check if the message type is allowed
-	for _, msg := range tx.GetMsgs() {
-		isAllowed, err := cbd.circuitKeeper.IsAllowed(ctx, sdk.MsgTypeURL(msg))
-		if err != nil {
-			return ctx, err
-		}
-
-		if !isAllowed {
-			return ctx, errors.New("tx type not allowed")
-		}
+	if err := cbd.ValidateTx(ctx, tx); err != nil {
+		return ctx, err
 	}
 
 	return next(ctx, tx, simulate)
 }
+
+func (cbd CircuitBreakerDecorator) ValidateTx(ctx context.Context, tx transaction.Tx) error {
+	// loop through all the messages and check if the message type is allowed
+	msgs, err := tx.GetMessages()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		isAllowed, err := cbd.circuitKeeper.IsAllowed(ctx, sdk.MsgTypeURL(msg))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if !isAllowed {
+			return errors.New("tx type not allowed")
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/x/circuit/module.go b/x/circuit/module.go
index 3f2d74fa3d..91645aaee6 100644
--- a/x/circuit/module.go
+++ b/x/circuit/module.go
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule"
+	appmodulev2 "cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule/v2"
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/registry"
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/transaction"
+	"cosmossdk.io/x/circuit/ante"
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/circuit/keeper"
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/circuit/types"
 
@@ -24,9 +27,10 @@ const ConsensusVersion = 1
 var (
 	_ module.HasGRPCGateway = AppModule{}
 
-	_ appmodule.AppModule             = AppModule{}
-	_ appmodule.HasGenesis            = AppModule{}
-	_ appmodule.HasRegisterInterfaces = AppModule{}
+	_ appmodule.AppModule                        = AppModule{}
+	_ appmodule.HasGenesis                       = AppModule{}
+	_ appmodule.HasRegisterInterfaces            = AppModule{}
+	_ appmodulev2.HasTxValidator[transaction.Tx] = AppModule{}
 )
 
 // AppModule implements an application module for the circuit module.
@@ -107,3 +111,9 @@ func (am AppModule) ExportGenesis(ctx context.Context) (json.RawMessage, error)
 	}
 	return am.cdc.MarshalJSON(gs)
 }
+
+// TxValidator implements appmodule.HasTxValidator.
+func (am AppModule) TxValidator(ctx context.Context, tx transaction.Tx) error {
+	validator := ante.NewCircuitBreakerDecorator(&am.keeper)
+	return validator.ValidateTx(ctx, tx)
+}