diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84109fbee..b7c7a790b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#1970](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1970) - refactor(evm): move evm antehandlers to separate package. Remove "gosdk/sequence_test.go", which causes a race condition in CI.
 - [#1971](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1971) - feat(evm): typed events for contract creation, contract execution and transfer
 - [#1973](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1973) - chore(appconst): Add chain IDs ending in "3" to the "knownEthChainIDMap". This makes it possible to use devnet 3 and testnet 3.
+- [#1977](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/1977) - fix(localnet): rolled back change of evm validator address with cosmos derivation path
 
 #### Dapp modules: perp, spot, oracle, etc
 
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/localnet.sh b/contrib/scripts/localnet.sh
index 28cb5e2f9..fbcb0c8a5 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/localnet.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/localnet.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ val_address=${val_address:-"nibi1zaavvzxez0elundtn32qnk9lkm8kmcsz44g7xl"}
 
 $BINARY add-genesis-account $val_address $GENESIS_COINS
 # EVM encoded nibi address for the same account
-$BINARY add-genesis-account nibi1ltez0kkshywzm675rkh8rj2eaf8et78cqjqrhc $GENESIS_COINS
+$BINARY add-genesis-account nibi1cr6tg4cjvux00pj6zjqkh6d0jzg7mksaywxyl3 $GENESIS_COINS
 echo_success "Successfully added genesis account: $val_key_name"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------