diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 19c89fb2b..b014dc09a 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ type WasmApp struct {
 	configurator module.Configurator
 }
 
+func overrideWasmVariables() {
+	// Override Wasm size limitation from WASMD.
+	wasmtypes.MaxWasmSize = 3 * 1024 * 1024
+}
+
 // NewWasmApp returns a reference to an initialized WasmApp.
 func NewWasmApp(
 	logger log.Logger,
@@ -404,6 +409,7 @@ func NewWasmApp(
 	bApp.SetVersion(version.Version)
 	bApp.SetInterfaceRegistry(interfaceRegistry)
 	bApp.SetTxEncoder(txConfig.TxEncoder())
+	overrideWasmVariables()
 
 	keys := storetypes.NewKVStoreKeys(
 		authtypes.StoreKey, banktypes.StoreKey, stakingtypes.StoreKey, crisistypes.StoreKey,