diff --git a/x/upgrade/keeper/keeper.go b/x/upgrade/keeper/keeper.go
index b67cb4ef16d1..a9d6e59081af 100644
--- a/x/upgrade/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/upgrade/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ func (k Keeper) SetModuleVersionMap(ctx sdk.Context, vm module.VersionMap) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetAppVersion sets app version to version
+func (k Keeper) SetAppVersion(ctx sdk.Context, version uint64) error {
+	return k.versionManager.SetAppVersion(ctx, version)
+}
+
 // GetModuleVersionMap returns a map of key module name and value module consensus version
 // as defined in ADR-041.
 func (k Keeper) GetModuleVersionMap(ctx sdk.Context) module.VersionMap {
diff --git a/x/upgrade/keeper/util_test.go b/x/upgrade/keeper/util_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 354a0ea93b91..000000000000
--- a/x/upgrade/keeper/util_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-package keeper
-
-import sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-
-// SetAppVersion sets the app version to version. Used for testing the upgrade keeper.
-func (k *Keeper) SetAppVersion(ctx sdk.Context, version uint64) error {
-	return k.versionManager.SetAppVersion(ctx, version)
-}