diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-bridge.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-bridge.yml
index cee43b941b..c3b7fd41cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-bridge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-bridge.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ jobs:
         # to disallow that.
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Duplicate checksums file
         run: cp wasm/checksums.json wasm/original-checksums.json
       - name: Build WASM
@@ -139,6 +144,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::375643557360:role/anoma-github-action-ci-master
           aws-region: eu-west-1
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Setup protoc (macos-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        run: |
+          brew install protobuf
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install sccache (ubuntu-latest)
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 1c4cbd3412..df8bd81afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ jobs:
         # to disallow that.
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Duplicate checksums file
         run: cp wasm/checksums.json wasm/original-checksums.json
       - name: Build WASM
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 22792c8d9b..fb0294c018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ jobs:
         # See comment in build-and-test.yml
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Setup rust toolchain
         uses: oxidecomputer/actions-rs_toolchain@ad3f86084a8a5acf2c09cb691421b31cf8af7a36
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 0ba9f39b98..cae15e69d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::375643557360:role/anoma-github-action-ci-master
           aws-region: eu-west-1
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install sccache (ubuntu-latest)
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
@@ -162,6 +167,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::375643557360:role/anoma-github-action-ci-master
           aws-region: eu-west-1
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install sccache (ubuntu-latest)
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5cbc1e9207..a7564e3533 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::375643557360:role/anoma-github-action-ci-master
           aws-region: eu-west-1
+      - name: Setup protoc (ubuntu-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Setup protoc (macos-latest)
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        run: |
+          brew install protobuf
+          echo "PROTOC=$(which protoc)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install sccache (ubuntu-latest)
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         env:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34ab8ab550..4d0523372f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -428,6 +428,51 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.5.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acee9fd5073ab6b045a275b3e709c163dd36c90685219cb21804a147b58dba43"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core",
+ "bitflags",
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper 0.14.20",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime 0.3.16",
+ "percent-encoding 2.2.0",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde 1.0.145",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37e5939e02c56fecd5c017c37df4238c0a839fa76b7f97acdd7efb804fd181cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "mime 0.3.16",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.66"
@@ -528,9 +573,9 @@ checksum = "349f9b6a179ed607305526ca489b34ad0a41aed5f7980fa90eb03160b69598fb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "1.2.1"
+version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2"
@@ -2028,12 +2073,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d621efb26863f0e9924c6ac577e8275e5e6b77455db64ffa6c65c904e9e132c"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-segmentation",
-]
+checksum = "2540771e65fc8cb83cd6e8a237f70c319bd5c29f78ed1084ba5d50eeac86f7f9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
@@ -2093,6 +2135,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-range-header"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bfe8eed0a9285ef776bb792479ea3834e8b94e13d615c2f66d03dd50a435a29"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -2245,8 +2293,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ibc-proto 0.17.1 (git+https://github.com/heliaxdev/ibc-rs?rev=9fcc1c8c19db6af50806ffe5b2f6c214adcbfd5d)",
  "ics23",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "safe-regex",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -2272,8 +2320,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ibc-proto 0.17.1 (git+https://github.com/heliaxdev/ibc-rs.git?rev=f4703dfe2c1f25cc431279ab74f10f3e0f6827e2)",
  "ics23",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "safe-regex",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -2295,8 +2343,8 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/heliaxdev/ibc-rs?rev=9fcc1c8c19db6af50806ffe5b2
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "bytes 1.2.1",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "tendermint-proto 0.23.5",
 ]
@@ -2308,8 +2356,8 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/heliaxdev/ibc-rs.git?rev=f4703dfe2c1f25cc431279
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "bytes 1.2.1",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "tendermint-proto 0.23.6",
 ]
@@ -2323,7 +2371,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes 1.2.1",
  "hex",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
  "ripemd160",
  "sha2 0.9.9",
  "sha3",
@@ -2747,6 +2795,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "73cbba799671b762df5a175adf59ce145165747bb891505c43d09aefbbf38beb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maybe-uninit"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -2940,8 +2994,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-wasm",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "proptest",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
+ "prost-types 0.11.1",
  "pwasm-utils",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
@@ -3010,8 +3064,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "orion",
  "proptest",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
+ "prost-types 0.11.1",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "rayon",
@@ -3105,7 +3159,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "namada_vp_prelude",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "proptest",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.9.9",
@@ -3179,9 +3233,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
-version = "0.21.2"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77d9f3521ea8e0641a153b3cddaf008dcbf26acd4ed739a2517295e0760d12c7"
+checksum = "5c3728fec49d363a50a8828a190b379a446cc5cf085c06259bbbeb34447e4ec7"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cc",
@@ -3720,6 +3774,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "output_vt100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prettyplease"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c142c0e46b57171fe0c528bee8c5b7569e80f0c17e377cd0e30ea57dbc11bb51"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-crate"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -3788,14 +3852,24 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "444879275cb4fd84958b1a1d5420d15e6fcf7c235fe47f053c9c2a80aceb6001"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.2.1",
- "prost-derive",
+ "prost-derive 0.9.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "399c3c31cdec40583bb68f0b18403400d01ec4289c383aa047560439952c4dd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
+ "prost-derive 0.11.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-build"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62941722fb675d463659e49c4f3fe1fe792ff24fe5bbaa9c08cd3b98a1c354f5"
+checksum = "7f835c582e6bd972ba8347313300219fed5bfa52caf175298d860b61ff6069bb"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.2.1",
  "heck",
@@ -3804,8 +3878,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.4.17",
  "multimap",
  "petgraph",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
+ "prost-types 0.11.1",
  "regex",
  "tempfile",
  "which",
@@ -3824,6 +3898,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7345d5f0e08c0536d7ac7229952590239e77abf0a0100a1b1d890add6ea96364"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -3831,7 +3918,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "534b7a0e836e3c482d2693070f982e39e7611da9695d4d1f5a4b186b51faef0a"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.2.1",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4dfaa718ad76a44b3415e6c4d53b17c8f99160dcb3a99b10470fce8ad43f6e3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3860,7 +3957,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69c28fcebfd842bfe19d69409fc321230ea8c1bebe31f274906485c761ce1917"
 dependencies = [
- "nix 0.21.2",
+ "nix 0.21.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4898,6 +4995,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20518fe4a4c9acf048008599e464deb21beeae3d3578418951a189c235a7a9a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.12.6"
@@ -4968,8 +5071,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.25",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_bytes",
  "serde_json",
@@ -4996,8 +5099,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.25",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_bytes",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5071,8 +5174,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "flex-error",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_bytes",
  "subtle-encoding",
@@ -5088,8 +5191,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "flex-error",
  "num-derive",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types 0.9.0",
  "serde 1.0.145",
  "serde_bytes",
  "subtle-encoding",
@@ -5535,12 +5638,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff08f4649d10a70ffa3522ca559031285d8e421d727ac85c60825761818f5d0a"
+checksum = "55b9af819e54b8f33d453655bef9b9acc171568fb49523078d0cc4e7484200ec"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
+ "axum",
  "base64 0.13.0",
  "bytes 1.2.1",
  "futures-core",
@@ -5552,11 +5656,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-timeout",
  "percent-encoding 2.2.0",
  "pin-project",
- "prost",
- "prost-derive",
+ "prost 0.11.0",
+ "prost-derive 0.11.0",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tokio-util 0.6.10",
+ "tokio-util 0.7.4",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -5566,10 +5670,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-build"
-version = "0.6.2"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9403f1bafde247186684b230dc6f38b5cd514584e8bec1dd32514be4745fa757"
+checksum = "48c6fd7c2581e36d63388a9e04c350c21beb7a8b059580b2e93993c526899ddc"
 dependencies = [
+ "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
  "prost-build",
  "quote",
@@ -5605,7 +5710,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.2.1",
  "futures 0.3.25",
  "pin-project",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
  "tendermint-proto 0.23.5",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -5623,7 +5728,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.2.1",
  "futures 0.3.25",
  "pin-project",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.9.0",
  "tendermint-proto 0.23.6",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
@@ -5633,6 +5738,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-tower",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c530c8675c1dbf98facee631536fa116b5fb6382d7dd6dc1b118d970eafe3ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-range-header",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -5888,12 +6012,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-segmentation"
-version = "1.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fdbf052a0783de01e944a6ce7a8cb939e295b1e7be835a1112c3b9a7f047a5a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.10"
diff --git a/apps/Cargo.toml b/apps/Cargo.toml
index 45cdb9aa5e..561cca3037 100644
--- a/apps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/Cargo.toml
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ num-traits = "0.2.14"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 once_cell = "1.8.0"
 orion = "0.16.0"
-prost = "0.9.0"
-prost-types = "0.9.0"
+prost = "0.11"
+prost-types = "0.11"
 rand = {version = "0.8", default-features = false}
 rand_core = {version = "0.6", default-features = false}
 rayon = "=1.5.1"
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ tendermint-rpc = {version = "0.23.6", features = ["http-client", "websocket-clie
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 tokio = {version = "1.8.2", features = ["full"]}
 toml = "0.5.8"
-tonic = "0.6.1"
+tonic = "0.8.2"
 tower = "0.4"
 # Also, using the same version of tendermint-rs as we do here.
 # with a patch for https://github.com/penumbra-zone/tower-abci/issues/7.
diff --git a/shared/Cargo.toml b/shared/Cargo.toml
index 6469694ea9..89588e34dd 100644
--- a/shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ libsecp256k1 = {git = "https://github.com/heliaxdev/libsecp256k1", rev = "bbb3bd
 parity-wasm = {version = "0.42.2", optional = true}
 # A fork with state machine testing
 proptest = {git = "https://github.com/heliaxdev/proptest", branch = "tomas/sm", optional = true}
-prost = "0.9.0"
-prost-types = "0.9.0"
+prost = "0.11"
+prost-types = "0.11"
 pwasm-utils = {version = "0.18.0", optional = true}
 rand = {version = "0.8", optional = true}
 # TODO proptest rexports the RngCore trait but the re-implementations only work for version `0.8`. *sigh*
@@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ test-log = {version = "0.2.7", default-features = false, features = ["trace"]}
 tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.3.7", default-features = false, features = ["env-filter", "fmt"]}
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = "0.6.0"
+tonic-build = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/shared/build.rs b/shared/build.rs
index 74dd72b753..5d66960193 100644
--- a/shared/build.rs
+++ b/shared/build.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-use std::fs::read_to_string;
-use std::process::Command;
 use std::{env, str};
 
 /// Path to the .proto source files, relative to `shared` directory
 const PROTO_SRC: &str = "./proto";
 
-/// The version should match the one we use in the `Makefile`
-const RUSTFMT_TOOLCHAIN_SRC: &str = "../rust-nightly-version";
-
 fn main() {
     if let Ok(val) = env::var("COMPILE_PROTO") {
         if val.to_ascii_lowercase() == "false" {
@@ -28,36 +23,8 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
-    let mut use_rustfmt = false;
-
-    // The version should match the one we use in the `Makefile`
-    if let Ok(rustfmt_toolchain) = read_to_string(RUSTFMT_TOOLCHAIN_SRC) {
-        // Try to find the path to rustfmt.
-        if let Ok(output) = Command::new("rustup")
-            .args(&[
-                "which",
-                "rustfmt",
-                "--toolchain",
-                rustfmt_toolchain.trim(),
-            ])
-            .output()
-        {
-            if let Ok(rustfmt) = str::from_utf8(&output.stdout) {
-                // Set the command to be used by tonic_build below to format the
-                // generated files
-                let rustfmt = rustfmt.trim();
-                if !rustfmt.is_empty() {
-                    println!("using rustfmt from path \"{}\"", rustfmt);
-                    env::set_var("RUSTFMT", rustfmt);
-                    use_rustfmt = true
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     tonic_build::configure()
         .out_dir("src/proto/generated")
-        .format(use_rustfmt)
         .protoc_arg("--experimental_allow_proto3_optional")
         .compile(&[format!("{}/types.proto", PROTO_SRC)], &[PROTO_SRC])
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index dc3bf7b8aa..fe56afe23b 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namada_vp_prelude = {path = "../vp_prelude"}
 namada_tx_prelude = {path = "../tx_prelude"}
 chrono = {version = "0.4.22", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "std"]}
 concat-idents = "1.1.2"
-prost = "0.9.0"
+prost = "0.11"
 serde_json = {version = "1.0.65"}
 sha2 = "0.9.3"
 test-log = {version = "0.2.7", default-features = false, features = ["trace"]}