diff --git a/.mergify.yml b/.mergify.yml
index d1c5c699..749cc4a7 100644
--- a/.mergify.yml
+++ b/.mergify.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ pull_request_rules:
         name: default
       merge:
         method: squash
-        strict: true
         commit_message: title+body
   - name: backport patches to v0.9.x branch
     conditions:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 13d47729..46b26f84 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.45.1
 	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0
-	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-beta1
+	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-rc0
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.10.15
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eecdf6fe..6b450df5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.17.3 h1:s2N819a2olOmiauVa0WAhoIJq9EhSXE9HDBAoR9k+8Y=
 github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.17.3/go.mod h1:prJoErZFABYZGDHka1R6Oay4z9PrNeFFiMKHDAMOi4w=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-beta1 h1:VyLAJLWtDnWlbXKh0MiO9bQF244X1RcrA9mW503zFlc=
 github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-beta1/go.mod h1:Gxl50rqoJemz7NQ/GNb+m0/U+VNxchMEkq5pMmFEfkk=
+github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-rc0 h1:kQtRMiibviP99ySdmKb8pFkbDt+JQSnW4Swh1NYf0lg=
+github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 v3.0.0-rc0/go.mod h1:0G/3QhYWebySAQQgBgQ4y4rqu/UmO3y9ibies3wzpsg=
 github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.1.7-0.20210622111912-ef00f8ac3d76 h1:DdzS1m6o/pCqeZ8VOAit/gyATedRgjvkVI+UCrLpyuU=
 github.com/cosmos/keyring v1.1.7-0.20210622111912-ef00f8ac3d76/go.mod h1:0mkLWIoZuQ7uBoospo5Q9zIpqq6rYCPJDSUdeCJvPM8=
 github.com/cosmos/ledger-cosmos-go v0.11.1 h1:9JIYsGnXP613pb2vPjFeMMjBI5lEDsEaF6oYorTy6J4=