diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index 849da55ec8b0..39432b0b144d 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ The `third_party/proto` folder that existed in [previous version](https://github
 
 Instead, the SDK uses [`buf`](https://buf.build). Clients should have their own [`buf.yaml`](https://docs.buf.build/configuration/v1/buf-yaml) with `buf.build/cosmos/cosmos-sdk` as dependency, in order to avoid having to copy paste these files.
 
-The protos can as well be downloaded using `buf export buf.build/cosmos/cosmos-sdk:$(curl -sS https://api.github.com/repos/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/commits/v0.46.0 | jq -r .sha) --output <some_folder>`.
+The protos can as well be downloaded using `buf export buf.build/cosmos/cosmos-sdk:8cb30a2c4de74dc9bd8d260b1e75e176 --output <some_folder>`.
diff --git a/client/v2/internal/buf.lock b/client/v2/internal/buf.lock
index dbe5ac4f1b3f..373428d3a37d 100644
--- a/client/v2/internal/buf.lock
+++ b/client/v2/internal/buf.lock
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ deps:
   - remote: buf.build
     owner: cosmos
     repository: cosmos-sdk
-    commit: 86d2a697b026488089f13a71ceb3815c
+    commit: 8cb30a2c4de74dc9bd8d260b1e75e176
   - remote: buf.build
     owner: cosmos
     repository: gogo-proto
diff --git a/third_party/proto/README.md b/third_party/proto/README.md
index d849f1d60fc0..6bfbd1430ed9 100644
--- a/third_party/proto/README.md
+++ b/third_party/proto/README.md
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 To generate the protos that were present in this folder run:
 
 ```bash
-buf export buf.build/cosmos/cosmos-sdk:$(curl -sS https://api.github.com/repos/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/commits/<sdk_version_tag> | jq -r .sha) --output .
+buf export buf.build/cosmos/cosmos-sdk:8cb30a2c4de74dc9bd8d260b1e75e176 --output .
 ```