diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 489220a..4c44281 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ on:
   push:
     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
     tags:
-      - "v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" # Official release version tags e.g. v2.0.5
-      - "v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+" # Release candidate tags e.g. v1.0.3-rc4
-      - "v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-alpha[0-9]+" # Alpha release testing tags e.g. v0.0.3-alpha1
+      - "sdk47-v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+" # Official release version tags e.g. v2.0.5
+      - "sdk47-v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+" # Release candidate tags e.g. v1.0.3-rc4
+      - "sdk47-v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-alpha[0-9]+" # Alpha release testing tags e.g. v0.0.3-alpha1
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
diff --git a/cw-relayer/cmd/cw-relayer.go b/cw-relayer/cmd/cw-relayer.go
index 59dbb91..bb2e499 100644
--- a/cw-relayer/cmd/cw-relayer.go
+++ b/cw-relayer/cmd/cw-relayer.go
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ func cwRelayerCmdHandler(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		cfg.Account.AccPrefix,
 		cfg.GasAdjustment,
 		cfg.GasPrices,
+		cfg.FeeGrant.Granter,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cw-relayer/config/config.go b/cw-relayer/config/config.go
index 6ed0fd7..ff8407f 100644
--- a/cw-relayer/config/config.go
+++ b/cw-relayer/config/config.go
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ var (
 type (
 	// Config defines all necessary cw-relayer configuration parameters.
 	Config struct {
-		Account Account       `mapstructure:"account" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
-		Keyring Keyring       `mapstructure:"keyring" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
-		RPC     RPC           `mapstructure:"rpc" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
-		Restart RestartConfig `mapstructure:"restart" validate:"required"`
+		Account  Account        `mapstructure:"account" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
+		Keyring  Keyring        `mapstructure:"keyring" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
+		RPC      RPC            `mapstructure:"rpc" validate:"required,gt=0,dive,required"`
+		Restart  RestartConfig  `mapstructure:"restart" validate:"required"`
+		FeeGrant FeeGrantConfig `mapstructure:"fee_grant" validate:"dive"`
 
 		ProviderTimeout string `mapstructure:"provider_timeout"`
 		ContractAddress string `mapstructure:"contract_address"`
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ type (
 		SkipError bool   `mapstructure:"skip_error"`
 	}
 
+	FeeGrantConfig struct {
+		Granter string `mapstructure:"granter" validate:"omitempty,required"`
+	}
+
 	// RPC defines RPC configuration of both the wasmd chain and Cometbft nodes.
 	RPC struct {
 		TMRPCEndpoint string `mapstructure:"tmrpc_endpoint" validate:"required"`
diff --git a/cw-relayer/relayer/client/client.go b/cw-relayer/relayer/client/client.go
index 24bf63f..43037df 100644
--- a/cw-relayer/relayer/client/client.go
+++ b/cw-relayer/relayer/client/client.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type (
 		GasAdjustment     float64
 		KeyringPassphrase string
 		ChainHeight       *ChainHeight
+		feeGranter        sdk.AccAddress
 	}
 
 	passReader struct {
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ func NewRelayerClient(
 	accPrefix string,
 	gasAdjustment float64,
 	GasPrices string,
+	granter string,
 ) (RelayerClient, error) {
 	config := sdk.GetConfig()
 	config.SetBech32PrefixForAccount(accPrefix, accPrefix+sdk.PrefixPublic)
@@ -110,6 +112,17 @@ func NewRelayerClient(
 		return RelayerClient{}, err
 	}
 
+	if len(granter) > 0 {
+		feeGranterAddr, err := sdk.AccAddressFromBech32(granter)
+		if err != nil {
+			return RelayerClient{}, err
+		}
+
+		relayerClient.feeGranter = feeGranterAddr
+	} else {
+		relayerClient.feeGranter = clientCtx.GetFeeGranterAddress()
+	}
+
 	blockHeight, err := rpc.GetChainHeight(clientCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return RelayerClient{}, err
@@ -179,7 +192,7 @@ func (oc RelayerClient) BroadcastTx(timeoutDuration time.Duration, nextBlockHeig
 
 		if latestBlockHeight <= lastCheckHeight {
 			if time.Since(start).Seconds() >= timeoutDuration.Seconds() {
-				return fmt.Errorf("timeout duration exceeded")
+				return fmt.Errorf("timeout duration exceeded, last check height = %v", lastCheckHeight)
 			}
 
 			continue
@@ -188,7 +201,7 @@ func (oc RelayerClient) BroadcastTx(timeoutDuration time.Duration, nextBlockHeig
 		// set last check height to latest block height
 		lastCheckHeight = latestBlockHeight
 
-		resp, err := BroadcastTx(clientCtx, factory, msgs...)
+		resp, err := BroadcastTx(oc.feeGranter, clientCtx, factory, msgs...)
 		if resp != nil && resp.Code != 0 {
 			telemetry.IncrCounter(1, "failure", "tx", "code")
 			oc.logger.Error().Msg(resp.String())
@@ -347,7 +360,8 @@ func (oc RelayerClient) CreateTxFactory() (tx.Factory, error) {
 		WithGasPrices(oc.GasPrices).
 		WithKeybase(clientCtx.Keyring).
 		WithSignMode(signing.SignMode_SIGN_MODE_DIRECT).
-		WithSimulateAndExecute(true)
+		WithSimulateAndExecute(true).
+		WithFeeGranter(oc.feeGranter)
 
 	return txFactory, nil
 }
diff --git a/cw-relayer/relayer/client/tx.go b/cw-relayer/relayer/client/tx.go
index 515042c..c4a1c06 100644
--- a/cw-relayer/relayer/client/tx.go
+++ b/cw-relayer/relayer/client/tx.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 // Note, BroadcastTx is copied from the SDK except it removes a few unnecessary
 // things like prompting for confirmation and printing the response. Instead,
 // we return the TxResponse.
-func BroadcastTx(clientCtx client.Context, txf tx.Factory, msgs ...sdk.Msg) (*sdk.TxResponse, error) {
+func BroadcastTx(feeGranter sdk.AccAddress, clientCtx client.Context, txf tx.Factory, msgs ...sdk.Msg) (*sdk.TxResponse, error) {
 	txf, err := prepareFactory(clientCtx, txf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func BroadcastTx(clientCtx client.Context, txf tx.Factory, msgs ...sdk.Msg) (*sd
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	unsignedTx.SetFeeGranter(clientCtx.GetFeeGranterAddress())
+	unsignedTx.SetFeeGranter(feeGranter)
 
 	if err = tx.Sign(txf, clientCtx.GetFromName(), unsignedTx, true); err != nil {
 		return nil, err