diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33fd7a9009..2054833b29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### Improvements
 * (cli) [\#9593](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9593) Check if chain-id is blank before verifying signatures in multisign and error.
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (x/genutil) [\#9574](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9575) Actually use the `gentx` client tx flags (like `--keyring-dir`)
+
+
 ## [v0.43.0-rc0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.43.0-rc0) - 2021-06-25
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
index 3b1aaceb02..db00129a07 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ $ %s gentx my-key-name 1000000stake --home=/path/to/home/dir --keyring-backend=o
 		),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			serverCtx := server.GetServerContextFromCmd(cmd)
-			clientCtx, err := client.GetClientQueryContext(cmd)
+			clientCtx, err := client.GetClientTxContext(cmd)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}