diff --git a/integration_tests/cosmoscli.py b/integration_tests/cosmoscli.py
index e8085cb57a..6972d301d2 100644
--- a/integration_tests/cosmoscli.py
+++ b/integration_tests/cosmoscli.py
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ def export(self):
         return self.raw("export", home=self.data_dir)
 
     def unsaferesetall(self):
-        return self.raw("unsafe-reset-all")
+        return self.raw("tendermint", "unsafe-reset-all")
 
     def create_nft(self, from_addr, denomid, denomname, schema, fees):
         return json.loads(
diff --git a/integration_tests/test_upgrade.py b/integration_tests/test_upgrade.py
index 1ddb6345e6..151c183f2f 100644
--- a/integration_tests/test_upgrade.py
+++ b/integration_tests/test_upgrade.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import configparser
 import json
-import re
 import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
     CONTRACTS,
     approve_proposal,
     deploy_contract,
+    edit_ini_sections,
     send_transaction,
     wait_for_block,
     wait_for_new_blocks,
@@ -36,28 +36,20 @@ def post_init(path, base_port, config):
     prepare cosmovisor for each node
     """
     chain_id = "cronos_777-1"
-    cfg = json.loads((path / chain_id / "config.json").read_text())
+    data = path / chain_id
+    cfg = json.loads((data / "config.json").read_text())
     for i, _ in enumerate(cfg["validators"]):
-        home = path / chain_id / f"node{i}"
+        home = data / f"node{i}"
         init_cosmovisor(home)
 
-    # patch supervisord ini config
-    ini_path = path / chain_id / SUPERVISOR_CONFIG_FILE
-    ini = configparser.RawConfigParser()
-    ini.read(ini_path)
-    reg = re.compile(rf"^program:{chain_id}-node(\d+)")
-    for section in ini.sections():
-        m = reg.match(section)
-        if m:
-            i = m.group(1)
-            ini[section].update(
-                {
-                    "command": f"cosmovisor start --home %(here)s/node{i}",
-                    "environment": f"DAEMON_NAME=cronosd,DAEMON_HOME=%(here)s/node{i}",
-                }
-            )
-    with ini_path.open("w") as fp:
-        ini.write(fp)
+    edit_ini_sections(
+        chain_id,
+        data / SUPERVISOR_CONFIG_FILE,
+        lambda i, _: {
+            "command": f"cosmovisor start --home %(here)s/node{i}",
+            "environment": f"DAEMON_NAME=cronosd,DAEMON_HOME=%(here)s/node{i}",
+        },
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
@@ -206,3 +198,17 @@ def test_cosmovisor_upgrade(custom_cronos: Cronos, tmp_path_factory):
         json.dump(cli.migrate_cronos_genesis(cronos_version, str(file_path1)), fp)
         fp.flush()
     print(cli.validate_genesis(str(file_path2)))
+
+    # update the genesis time = current time + 5 secs
+    newtime = datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(seconds=5)
+    newtime = newtime.replace(tzinfo=None).isoformat("T") + "Z"
+    config = custom_cronos.config
+    config["genesis-time"] = newtime
+    for i, _ in enumerate(config["validators"]):
+        genesis = json.load(open(file_path2))
+        genesis["genesis_time"] = config.get("genesis-time")
+        file = custom_cronos.cosmos_cli(i).data_dir / "config/genesis.json"
+        file.write_text(json.dumps(genesis))
+    custom_cronos.supervisorctl("start", "cronos_777-1-node0", "cronos_777-1-node1")
+    wait_for_new_blocks(custom_cronos.cosmos_cli(), 1)
+    custom_cronos.supervisorctl("stop", "all")
diff --git a/integration_tests/utils.py b/integration_tests/utils.py
index 4914a330e8..2d2b264cbe 100644
--- a/integration_tests/utils.py
+++ b/integration_tests/utils.py
@@ -296,6 +296,20 @@ def add_ini_sections(inipath, sections):
         ini.write(fp)
 
 
+def edit_ini_sections(chain_id, ini_path, callback):
+    ini = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+    ini.read(ini_path)
+    reg = re.compile(rf"^program:{chain_id}-node(\d+)")
+    for section in ini.sections():
+        m = reg.match(section)
+        if m:
+            i = m.group(1)
+            old = ini[section]
+            ini[section].update(callback(i, old))
+    with ini_path.open("w") as fp:
+        ini.write(fp)
+
+
 def supervisorctl(inipath, *args):
     return subprocess.check_output(
         (sys.executable, "-msupervisor.supervisorctl", "-c", inipath, *args),