diff --git a/scripts/generate_protobuf.sh b/scripts/generate_protobuf.sh
index fe5a68a..dfc5570 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_protobuf.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_protobuf.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 SCRIPT_PATH="$( cd -- "$(dirname "$0")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
 
 rm -rf "${SCRIPT_PATH}/SecretNetwork"
-git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.5.0 https://github.com/scrtlabs/SecretNetwork "${SCRIPT_PATH}/SecretNetwork"
+git clone --depth 1 --branch v1.7.1 https://github.com/scrtlabs/SecretNetwork "${SCRIPT_PATH}/SecretNetwork"
 
 SECRET_DIR="${SCRIPT_PATH}/SecretNetwork/proto"
 SECRET_THIRD_PARTY_DIR="${SCRIPT_PATH}/SecretNetwork/third_party/proto"
diff --git a/secret_sdk/client/lcd/api/registration.py b/secret_sdk/client/lcd/api/registration.py
index af2b519..b1f58fd 100644
--- a/secret_sdk/client/lcd/api/registration.py
+++ b/secret_sdk/client/lcd/api/registration.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ async def encrypted_seed(self, pub_key: str):
     async def consensus_io_pub_key(self):
         """Returns the consensus_io_pub_key"""
         result = await self._c._get(f"/registration/v1beta1/tx-key")
-        return extract_consensus_io_pub_key(base64.b64decode(result['key']))
+        # return extract_consensus_io_pub_key(base64.b64decode(result['key']))
+        return base64.b64decode(result['key'])
 
 
 class RegistrationAPI(AsyncRegistrationAPI):
diff --git a/secret_sdk/client/lcd/lcdclient.py b/secret_sdk/client/lcd/lcdclient.py
index 5277d37..d214b19 100644
--- a/secret_sdk/client/lcd/lcdclient.py
+++ b/secret_sdk/client/lcd/lcdclient.py
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@
 
 mainnet_chain_ids = {"secret-2", "secret-3", "secret-4"}
 
+# mainnetConsensusIoPubKey = bytes.fromhex(
+#   "083b1a03661211d5a4cc8d39a77795795862f7730645573b2bcc2c1920c53c04"
+# )
 mainnetConsensusIoPubKey = bytes.fromhex(
-  "083b1a03661211d5a4cc8d39a77795795862f7730645573b2bcc2c1920c53c04"
-)
+    "efdfbee583877e6d12c219695030a5bfb72e0a3abdc416655aa4a30c95a4446f"
+)  # == base64.b64decode("79++5YOHfm0SwhlpUDClv7cuCjq9xBZlWqSjDJWkRG8=")
 
 REQUEST_CONFIG = {
     "GET_TIMEOUT": 30,
diff --git a/tests/setup_network.py b/tests/setup_network.py
index 5d22daf..4605890 100644
--- a/tests/setup_network.py
+++ b/tests/setup_network.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def setup_localsecret():
 
     teardown_network()
     # 9091 grpc web, 1317 rest
-    run_command('docker run -it -d -p 9090:9090 -p 9091:9091 -p 1317:1317 --name localsecret ghcr.io/scrtlabs/localsecret:v1.5.0')
+    run_command('docker run -it -d -p 9090:9090 -p 9091:9091 -p 1317:1317 --name localsecret ghcr.io/scrtlabs/localsecret:v1.7.1')
 
     print("Waiting for the network to start...")
     await_blocks()