diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 94b85b615..b83823401 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.3
 
 require (
 	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/v3 v3.0.2
diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/genesis_exports.go b/x/wasm/keeper/genesis_exports.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af9cb8f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/genesis_exports.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+
+	"github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd/x/wasm/types"
+)
+
+// Genesis-specific exports for custom genesis tooling and external integrations.
+// These wrap private keeper methods to enable external packages to perform
+// genesis operations and state management.
+//
+// ImportCode wraps the private importCode method to allow external packages
+// to import compiled Wasm code during genesis or state migrations.
+func (k Keeper) ImportCode(ctx context.Context, codeID uint64, codeInfo types.CodeInfo, wasmCode []byte) error {
+	return k.importCode(ctx, codeID, codeInfo, wasmCode)
+}
+
+// ImportContract wraps the private importContract method to allow external packages
+// to import complete contract instances with their state and history during genesis.
+//
+// This uses the optimized appendToContractHistoryForGenesis internally for performance.
+func (k Keeper) ImportContract(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress, c *types.ContractInfo, state []types.Model, historyEntries []types.ContractCodeHistoryEntry) error {
+	return k.importContract(ctx, contractAddr, c, state, historyEntries)
+}
+
+// ImportAutoIncrementID wraps the private importAutoIncrementID method to allow
+// external packages to set sequence counters for ID generation during genesis import.
+func (k Keeper) ImportAutoIncrementID(ctx context.Context, sequenceKey []byte, val uint64) error {
+	return k.importAutoIncrementID(ctx, sequenceKey, val)
+}
diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go b/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
index 3e9f6c382..b119cbbd1 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -823,6 +823,26 @@ func (k Keeper) appendToContractHistory(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.Ac
 	return nil
 }
 
+// appendToContractHistoryForGenesis is optimized for genesis import where
+// contract history is known to be empty. It writes entries sequentially starting
+// from position 0 without checking for existing entries.
+//
+// WARNING: Only use during genesis import via importContract(). For runtime operations,
+// use appendToContractHistory() which safely handles existing history.
+//
+// Performance: Avoids O(N) iteration over existing entries when state is known to be empty.
+// This provides significant speedup during genesis import with many contracts.
+func (k Keeper) appendToContractHistoryForGenesis(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress, newEntries ...types.ContractCodeHistoryEntry) error {
+	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
+	for pos, e := range newEntries {
+		key := types.GetContractCodeHistoryElementKey(contractAddr, uint64(pos))
+		if err := store.Set(key, k.cdc.MustMarshal(&e)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (k Keeper) GetContractHistory(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress) []types.ContractCodeHistoryEntry {
 	prefixStore := prefix.NewStore(runtime.KVStoreAdapter(k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)), types.GetContractCodeHistoryElementPrefix(contractAddr))
 	r := make([]types.ContractCodeHistoryEntry, 0)
@@ -1413,6 +1433,8 @@ func (k Keeper) importAutoIncrementID(ctx context.Context, sequenceKey []byte, v
 	return store.Set(sequenceKey, bz)
 }
 
+// importContract imports a contract instance during genesis initialization.
+// Uses the optimized appendToContractHistoryForGenesis since contract history is known to be empty.
 func (k Keeper) importContract(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress, c *types.ContractInfo, state []types.Model, historyEntries []types.ContractCodeHistoryEntry) error {
 	if !k.containsCodeInfo(ctx, c.CodeID) {
 		return types.ErrNoSuchCodeFn(c.CodeID).Wrapf("code id %d", c.CodeID)
@@ -1429,7 +1451,7 @@ func (k Keeper) importContract(ctx context.Context, contractAddr sdk.AccAddress,
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = k.appendToContractHistory(ctx, contractAddr, historyEntries...)
+	err = k.appendToContractHistoryForGenesis(ctx, contractAddr, historyEntries...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}