diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 69ef93180..05f3b27d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#1766](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1766) - refactor(app-wasmext)!: remove wasmbinding `CosmosMsg::Custom` bindings.
 - [#1776](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1776) - feat(inflation): make inflation params a collection and add commands to update them
 - [#1872](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1872) - chore(math): use cosmossdk.io/math to replace sdk types
-
 - [#1874](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1874) - chore(proto): remove the proto stringer as per Cosmos SDK migration guidelines
+- [#1906](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1906) - feat(wasm): increase contract size limit to 3MB
 
 #### Nibiru EVM
 
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 65dca31b5..a5bc73557 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ func GetWasmOpts(nibiru NibiruApp, appOpts servertypes.AppOptions) []wasmkeeper.
 
 const DefaultMaxTxGasWanted uint64 = 0
 
+// overrideWasmVariables overrides the wasm variables to:
+//   - allow for larger wasm files
+func overrideWasmVariables() {
+	// Override Wasm size limitation from WASMD.
+	wasmtypes.MaxWasmSize = 3 * 1024 * 1024 // 3MB
+	wasmtypes.MaxProposalWasmSize = wasmtypes.MaxWasmSize
+}
+
 // NewNibiruApp returns a reference to an initialized NibiruApp.
 func NewNibiruApp(
 	logger log.Logger,
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@ func NewNibiruApp(
 	appOpts servertypes.AppOptions,
 	baseAppOptions ...func(*baseapp.BaseApp),
 ) *NibiruApp {
+	overrideWasmVariables()
 	appCodec := encodingConfig.Codec
 	legacyAmino := encodingConfig.Amino
 	interfaceRegistry := encodingConfig.InterfaceRegistry