diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc6af3f2..11e89566 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,17 +50,22 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-* (deps) [tharsis#655](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/665) Bump Cosmos SDK version to [`v0.44.2`](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.2).
-* (evm) [tharsis#650](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/650) Fix panic when flattening the cache context in case transaction is reverted.
-* (rpc, test) [tharsis#608](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/608) Fix rpc test.
+* (deps) [tharsis#692](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/692) Bump Cosmos SDK version to [`v0.44.3`](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.44.3).
 * (rpc) [tharsis#661](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/661) Fix OOM bug when creating too many filters using JSON-RPC.
 * (evm) [tharsis#660](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/660) Fix `nil` pointer panic in `ApplyNativeMessage`.
 * (evm, test) [tharsis#649](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/649) Test DynamicFeeTx.
 
 ### Improvements
 
-- (rpc) [tharsis#679](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/679) Fix file close handle.
-- (rpc) [tharsis#671](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/671) Don't pass base fee externally for `EthCall`/`EthEstimateGas` apis.
+* (rpc) [tharsis#679](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/679) Fix file close handle.
+* (rpc) [tharsis#671](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/671) Don't pass base fee externally for `EthCall`/`EthEstimateGas` apis.
+
+## [v0.7.1] - 2021-10-08
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (evm) [tharsis#650](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/650) Fix panic when flattening the cache context in case transaction is reverted.
+* (rpc, test) [tharsis#608](https://github.com/tharsis/ethermint/pull/608) Fix rpc test.
 
 ## [v0.7.0] - 2021-10-07
 
diff --git a/cmd/ethermintd/root.go b/cmd/ethermintd/root.go
index b87fb553..41a54df4 100644
--- a/cmd/ethermintd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/ethermintd/root.go
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 			cmd.SetOut(cmd.OutOrStdout())
 			cmd.SetErr(cmd.ErrOrStderr())
 
-			initClientCtx = client.ReadHomeFlag(initClientCtx, cmd)
+			initClientCtx, err := client.ReadPersistentCommandFlags(initClientCtx, cmd.Flags())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
-			initClientCtx, err := config.ReadFromClientConfig(initClientCtx)
+			initClientCtx, err = config.ReadFromClientConfig(initClientCtx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			// FIXME: replace AttoPhoton with bond denom
 			customAppTemplate, customAppConfig := servercfg.AppConfig(ethermint.AttoPhoton)
 
 			return sdkserver.InterceptConfigsPreRunHandler(cmd, customAppTemplate, customAppConfig)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9d6380dc..65c69d51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.22.0-beta
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v1.0.3-0.20201208143702-a53e38424cce
-	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.2
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.3
 	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0
 	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go v1.2.2
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.10.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7b9e4e5b..726ba897 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190620071333-e64a0ec8b42a/go.mod h1:F5haX7
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20160727233714-3ac0863d7acf/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
-github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.2 h1:EWoj9h9Q9t7uqS3LyqzZWWwnSEodUJlYDMloDoPBD3Y=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.2/go.mod h1:fwQJdw+aECatpTvQTo1tSfHEsxACdZYU80QCZUPnHr4=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.3 h1:F71n1jCqPi4F0wXg8AU4AUdUF8llw0x3D3o6aLt/j2A=
+github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.44.3/go.mod h1:bA3+VenaR/l/vDiYzaiwbWvRPWHMBX2jG0ygiFtiBp0=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v0.0.0-20180819234021-555e2067c45d/go.mod h1:tSxLoYXyBmiFeKpvmq4dzayMdCjCnu8uqmCysIGBT2Y=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 h1:pcomnQdrdH22njcAatO0yWojsUnCO3y2tNoV1cb6hHY=
 github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:RNJv0H/pOIVgxw6KS7QeX2a0Uo0aKUlfhZ4xuwvCdJw=