diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md b/tools/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
index 6746a05126..cf739974f7 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Improvements
+
+* [#23720](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/23720) Get block height from db after node execution fails
+
 ## v1.7.1 - 2025-01-12
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
index b8c2c5a4d2..1644116411 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ go 1.23.0
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/log v1.5.0
 	cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade v0.1.4
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.17
+	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.50.13
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.1
@@ -58,8 +60,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 // indirect
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.17 // indirect
-	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5 // indirect
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/yamux v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/hdevalence/ed25519consensus v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/huandu/skiplist v1.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/cosmovisor/scanner.go b/tools/cosmovisor/scanner.go
index 008c573570..4f7af045a6 100644
--- a/tools/cosmovisor/scanner.go
+++ b/tools/cosmovisor/scanner.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	dbm "github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db"
+	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/store"
+
 	upgradetypes "cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade/types"
 )
 
@@ -74,6 +77,15 @@ func (fw *fileWatcher) Stop() {
 	fw.ticker.Stop()
 }
 
+func (fw *fileWatcher) IsStop() bool {
+	select {
+	case <-fw.cancel:
+		return true
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
 // MonitorUpdate pools the filesystem to check for new upgrade currentInfo.
 // currentName is the name of currently running upgrade.  The check is rejected if it finds
 // an upgrade with the same name.
@@ -187,6 +199,19 @@ func (fw *fileWatcher) checkHeight() (int64, error) {
 		return 0, errUntestAble
 	}
 
+	if fw.IsStop() {
+		result, err := exec.Command(fw.currentBin, "config", "get", "config", "db_backend", "--home", fw.daemonHome).CombinedOutput() //nolint:gosec // we want to execute the config command
+		if err != nil {
+			result = []byte("goleveldb") // set default value, old version may not have config command
+		}
+		blockStoreDB, err := dbm.NewDB("blockstore", dbm.BackendType(result), filepath.Join(fw.daemonHome, "data"))
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+		defer blockStoreDB.Close()
+		return store.NewBlockStore(blockStoreDB).Height(), nil
+	}
+
 	result, err := exec.Command(fw.currentBin, "status", "--home", fw.daemonHome).CombinedOutput() //nolint:gosec // we want to execute the status command
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err