diff --git a/app/ante/fee_checker.go b/app/ante/fee_checker.go
index f38fdaf123..0764c01797 100644
--- a/app/ante/fee_checker.go
+++ b/app/ante/fee_checker.go
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ func CheckTxFeeWithGlobalMinGasPrices(ctx sdk.Context, tx sdk.Tx) (sdk.Coins, in
 
 	// global minimum fee only applies to app versions greater than one
 	if appVersion > v1.Version {
-		globalMinGasPrice, err := appconsts.GlobalMinGasPrice(appVersion)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to get GlobalMinGasPrice for app version %d", appVersion)
-		}
+		globalMinGasPrice := appconsts.GlobalMinGasPrice(appVersion)
 
 		// convert the global minimum gas price to a big.Int
 		globalMinGasPriceInt, err := sdk.NewDecFromStr(fmt.Sprintf("%f", globalMinGasPrice))
diff --git a/app/ante/min_fee_test.go b/app/ante/min_fee_test.go
index 91d06946b7..e4fec46d1a 100644
--- a/app/ante/min_fee_test.go
+++ b/app/ante/min_fee_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestCheckTxFeeWithGlobalMinGasPrices(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := sdk.Context{}
 
-	globalMinGasPrice, err := appconsts.GlobalMinGasPrice(appconsts.LatestVersion)
+	globalMinGasPrice := appconsts.DefaultGlobalMinGasPrice
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 4cf0be8d93..424b67f32d 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20231106174013-bbf56f31fb17/go.mod h1:J7XzRzVy
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d/go.mod h1:KjSP20unUpOx5kyQUFa7k4OJg0qeJ7DEZflGDu2p6Bk=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20231016165738-49dd2c1f3d0b/go.mod h1:IBQ646DjkDkvUIsVq/cc03FUFQ9wbZu7yE396YcL870=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20231106174013-bbf56f31fb17/go.mod h1:0xJLfVdJqpAPl8tDg1ujOCGzx6LFLttXT5NhllGOXY4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/bytestream v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:ylj+BE99M198VPbBh6A8d9n3w8fChvyLK3wwBOjXBFA=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/bytestream v0.0.0-20231030173426-d783a09b4405/go.mod h1:GRUCuLdzVqZte8+Dl/D4N25yLzcGqqWaYkeVOwulFqw=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d/go.mod h1:+Bk1OCOj40wS2hwAMA+aCW9ypzm63QTBBHp6lQ3p+9M=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20231016165738-49dd2c1f3d0b/go.mod h1:swOH3j0KzcDDgGUWr+SNpyTen5YrXjS3eyPzFYKc6lc=
@@ -940,4 +941,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/mgo.v2 v2.0.0-20180705113604-9856a29383ce/go.mod h1:yeKp02qBN3iKW1OzL3MGk2IdtZzaj7SFntXj72NppTA=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 h1:Pt+yjF5aB1xDSVbau4VsWe+dQNzA0qv1LlXdC2dF6Q8=
+mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:PljLOHDeZqgS8opHRKLzp2It2VBuSdteAgqUfzMTxlQ=
+mvdan.cc/interfacer v0.0.0-20180901003855-c20040233aed/go.mod h1:Xkxe497xwlCKkIaQYRfC7CSLworTXY9RMqwhhCm+8Nc=
+mvdan.cc/lint v0.0.0-20170908181259-adc824a0674b/go.mod h1:2odslEg/xrtNQqCYg2/jCoyKnw3vv5biOc3JnIcYfL4=
+mvdan.cc/unparam v0.0.0-20221223090309-7455f1af531d/go.mod h1:IeHQjmn6TOD+e4Z3RFiZMMsLVL+A96Nvptar8Fj71is=
 sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff v0.0.0-20190525122527-15d366b2352e h1:4Z09Hglb792X0kfOBBJUPFEyvVfQWrYT/l8h5EKA6JQ=
diff --git a/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts.go b/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts.go
index 2067e775c9..e1316e51fa 100644
--- a/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts.go
+++ b/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package appconsts
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/appconsts/testground"
 	v1 "github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/appconsts/v1"
 	v2 "github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/pkg/appconsts/v2"
@@ -26,13 +24,8 @@ func SubtreeRootThreshold(_ uint64) int {
 
 // GlobalMinGasPrice is used in the processProposal to ensure
 // that all transactions have a gas price greater than or equal to this value.
-func GlobalMinGasPrice(version uint64) (float64, error) {
-	switch version {
-	case v2.Version:
-		return v2.GlobalMinGasPrice, nil
-	default:
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("global min gas price not defined for version %d", version)
-	}
+func GlobalMinGasPrice(_ uint64) float64 {
+	return v2.GlobalMinGasPrice
 }
 
 // SquareSizeUpperBound is the maximum original square width possible
@@ -51,4 +44,5 @@ func SquareSizeUpperBound(v uint64) int {
 var (
 	DefaultSubtreeRootThreshold = SubtreeRootThreshold(LatestVersion)
 	DefaultSquareSizeUpperBound = SquareSizeUpperBound(LatestVersion)
+	DefaultGlobalMinGasPrice    = GlobalMinGasPrice(LatestVersion)
 )
diff --git a/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts_test.go b/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts_test.go
index 46dda05c09..dafdd7d8c3 100644
--- a/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts_test.go
+++ b/pkg/appconsts/versioned_consts_test.go
@@ -44,30 +44,26 @@ func TestGlobalMinGasPrice(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		version  uint64
 		expected float64
-		expErr   bool
 	}{
 		{
 			version:  v2.Version,
 			expected: v2.GlobalMinGasPrice,
-			expErr:   false,
 		},
 		{
 			version:  v1.Version,
-			expected: 0,
-			expErr:   true,
+			expected: v2.GlobalMinGasPrice,
+		},
+		{
+			version:  testground.Version,
+			expected: v2.GlobalMinGasPrice,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		name := fmt.Sprintf("version %v", tc.version)
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := appconsts.GlobalMinGasPrice(tc.version)
-			if tc.expErr {
-				require.Error(t, err)
-			} else {
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				require.Equal(t, tc.expected, got)
-			}
+			got := appconsts.GlobalMinGasPrice(tc.version)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expected, got)
 		})
 	}
 }