diff --git a/app/upgrade.go b/app/upgrade.go
index 5ebb20570..f3e3ef774 100644
--- a/app/upgrade.go
+++ b/app/upgrade.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func (app *App) RegisterUpgradeHandlers(chainID string, serverCfg *serverconfig.
 	app.registerPawneeUpgradeHandler()
 	app.registerSerengetiUpgradeHandler()
 	app.registerErdosUpgradeHandler()
+	app.registerVeldUpgradeHandler()
 	// app.register...()
 	// ...
 	return nil
@@ -262,3 +263,19 @@ func (app *App) registerErdosUpgradeHandler() {
 			return nil
 		})
 }
+
+func (app *App) registerVeldUpgradeHandler() {
+	// Register the upgrade handler
+	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeHandler(upgradetypes.Veld,
+		func(ctx sdk.Context, plan upgradetypes.Plan, fromVM module.VersionMap) (module.VersionMap, error) {
+			app.Logger().Info("upgrade to ", plan.Name)
+			return app.mm.RunMigrations(ctx, app.configurator, fromVM)
+		})
+
+	// Register the upgrade initializer
+	app.UpgradeKeeper.SetUpgradeInitializer(upgradetypes.Veld,
+		func() error {
+			app.Logger().Info("Init Veld upgrade")
+			return nil
+		})
+}
diff --git a/deployment/localup/localup.sh b/deployment/localup/localup.sh
index bbdc9d9bd..bc3a807ba 100644
--- a/deployment/localup/localup.sh
+++ b/deployment/localup/localup.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ function generate_genesis() {
         echo -e '[[upgrade]]\nname = "Pawnee"\nheight = 23\ninfo = ""' >> ${workspace}/.local/validator${i}/config/app.toml
         echo -e '[[upgrade]]\nname = "Serengeti"\nheight = 24\ninfo = ""' >> ${workspace}/.local/validator${i}/config/app.toml
         echo -e '[[upgrade]]\nname = "Erdos"\nheight = 25\ninfo = ""' >> ${workspace}/.local/validator${i}/config/app.toml
+         echo -e '[[upgrade]]\nname = "Veld"\nheight = 26\ninfo = ""' >> ${workspace}/.local/validator${i}/config/app.toml
     done
 
     # enable swagger API for validator0