diff --git a/app/upgrades.go b/app/upgrades.go
index 69239d31a8..b912f68d4a 100644
--- a/app/upgrades.go
+++ b/app/upgrades.go
@@ -3,14 +3,24 @@ package app
 import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
+	authtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/types"
 	upgradetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/upgrade/types"
+	evmutiltypes "github.com/kava-labs/kava/x/evmutil/types"
 )
 
-const UpgradeName = "v0.19.1-testnet"
+const UpgradeName = "v0.19.2-testnet"
 
 func (app App) RegisterUpgradeHandlers() {
 	app.upgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(UpgradeName,
 		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+
+			// add minter and burner permissions to evmutil
+			evmutilAcc := app.accountKeeper.GetModuleAccount(ctx, evmutiltypes.ModuleName).(*authtypes.ModuleAccount)
+			evmutilAcc.Permissions = []string{
+				authtypes.Minter, authtypes.Burner,
+			}
+			app.accountKeeper.SetModuleAccount(ctx, evmutilAcc)
+
 			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
 		},
 	)