diff --git a/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/abci.go b/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/abci.go
index 6a4171c03d..f715c3636e 100644
--- a/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/abci.go
+++ b/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/abci.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	cmtproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/api/cometbft/types/v1"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
+	sdkversion "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 	"github.com/sourcegraph/conc/iter"
 )
 
@@ -177,21 +178,18 @@ func (s *Service[LoggerT]) Info(
 	*cmtabci.InfoRequest,
 ) (*cmtabci.InfoResponse, error) {
 	lastCommitID := s.sm.CommitMultiStore().LastCommitID()
-	appVersion := InitialAppVersion
+	appVersion := initialAppVersion
 	if lastCommitID.Version > 0 {
-		ctx, err := s.CreateQueryContext(lastCommitID.Version, false)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed creating query context: %w", err)
-		}
-		appVersion, err = s.AppVersion(ctx)
+		var err error
+		appVersion, err = s.appVersion()
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed getting app version: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	return &cmtabci.InfoResponse{
-		Data:             s.name,
-		Version:          s.version,
+		Data:             appName,
+		Version:          sdkversion.Version,
 		AppVersion:       appVersion,
 		LastBlockHeight:  lastCommitID.Version,
 		LastBlockAppHash: lastCommitID.Hash,
@@ -522,7 +520,7 @@ func (s *Service[LoggerT]) CreateQueryContext(
 		return sdk.Context{}, errorsmod.Wrapf(
 			sdkerrors.ErrInvalidHeight,
 			"%s is not ready; please wait for first block",
-			s.name,
+			appName,
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/service.go b/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/service.go
index 4e55666106..58b1e6be00 100644
--- a/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/service.go
+++ b/mod/consensus/pkg/cometbft/service/service.go
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proxy"
 	dbm "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-db"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
 )
 
-const InitialAppVersion uint64 = 0
+const (
+	initialAppVersion uint64 = 0
+	appName           string = "beacond"
+)
 
 type Service[
 	LoggerT log.AdvancedLogger[LoggerT],
@@ -52,7 +54,6 @@ type Service[
 	cmtCfg *cmtcfg.Config
 
 	logger     LoggerT
-	name       string
 	sm         *statem.Manager
 	Middleware MiddlewareI
 
@@ -67,8 +68,6 @@ type Service[
 	initialHeight   int64
 	minRetainBlocks uint64
 
-	// application's version string
-	version string
 	chainID string
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ func NewService[
 ) *Service[LoggerT] {
 	s := &Service[LoggerT]{
 		logger: logger,
-		name:   "beacond",
 		sm: statem.NewManager(
 			db,
 			servercmtlog.WrapSDKLogger(logger),
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ func NewService[
 		Middleware: middleware,
 		cmtCfg:     cmtCfg,
 		paramStore: params.NewConsensusParamsStore(cs),
-		version:    version.Version,
 	}
 
 	s.MountStore(storeKey, storetypes.StoreTypeIAVL)
@@ -166,7 +163,7 @@ func (s *Service[_]) Close() error {
 
 // Name returns the name of the cometbft.
 func (s *Service[_]) Name() string {
-	return s.name
+	return appName
 }
 
 // CommitMultiStore returns the CommitMultiStore of the cometbft.
@@ -176,6 +173,10 @@ func (s *Service[_]) CommitMultiStore() storetypes.CommitMultiStore {
 
 // AppVersion returns the application's protocol version.
 func (s *Service[_]) AppVersion(_ context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	return s.appVersion()
+}
+
+func (s *Service[_]) appVersion() (uint64, error) {
 	cp := s.paramStore.Get()
 	return cp.Version.App, nil
 }