diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 230d696915e7..c21b5d5c8530 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+* [\#9299](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9299) Fix `[appd] keys parse cosmos1...` freezing.
+
 ## [v0.42.6](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.42.6) - 2021-06-18
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
index 4b20b73167e2..5b1cd1ca5eb7 100644
--- a/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
+++ b/simapp/simd/cmd/root.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func NewRootCmd() (*cobra.Command, params.EncodingConfig) {
 
 func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig params.EncodingConfig) {
 	authclient.Codec = encodingConfig.Marshaler
+	cfg := sdk.GetConfig()
+	cfg.Seal()
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(
 		genutilcli.InitCmd(simapp.ModuleBasics, simapp.DefaultNodeHome),