diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 4673cc33f..5600db7a6 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -381,14 +381,14 @@ steps:
     environment:
       GOPROXY: http://goproxy
   - name: relayer-upgrade-start
-    image: publicawesome/hermes:0.15.0
+    image: publicawesome/hermes:1.7.3
     commands:
-      - /bin/bash ./scripts/ci/upgrade/start-relayer.sh
+      - /bin/bash ./scripts/ci/upgrade/start-relayer-v1.7.sh
     detach: true
   - name: relayer-upgrade-sender
-    image: publicawesome/hermes:0.15.0
+    image: publicawesome/hermes:1.7.3
     commands:
-      - /bin/bash ./scripts/ci/upgrade/transfer-relayer.sh
+      - /bin/bash ./scripts/ci/upgrade/transfer-relayer-v1.7.sh
   - name: ica-upgrade-test
     image: publicawesome/icad:0.1.6-stargaze.1
     pull: always
@@ -417,6 +417,6 @@ volumes:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: f5843ab4c7742c1c771cef0e6f599a5c11a3fc84a4b5914751ab57d061921d5e
+hmac: 6d83eca35ef0532cde4a0deebff933833d4a921dc8f37a8e6d6ae85405a9824b
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/ci/upgrade/start-relayer-v1.7.sh b/scripts/ci/upgrade/start-relayer-v1.7.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2fadb62ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/upgrade/start-relayer-v1.7.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set -ex
+mkdir -p ~/.hermes/
+cp ./scripts/ci/upgrade/v1.7/config.toml ~/.hermes/
+hermes keys add --chain stargaze --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/stargaze.json
+hermes keys add --chain gaia --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/gaia.json
+hermes keys add --chain osmosis --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/osmosis.json
+hermes keys add --chain icad --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/icad.json
+hermes start
+
diff --git a/scripts/ci/upgrade/transfer-relayer-v1.7.sh b/scripts/ci/upgrade/transfer-relayer-v1.7.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f4b7d97af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/upgrade/transfer-relayer-v1.7.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+set -ex
+mkdir -p ~/.hermes/
+cp ./scripts/ci/upgrade/v1.7/config.toml ~/.hermes/
+hermes keys add --chain stargaze --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/stargaze.json
+hermes keys add --chain gaia --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/gaia.json
+hermes keys add --chain osmosis --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/osmosis.json
+hermes keys add --chain icad --key-name relayer --key-file $PWD/scripts/ci/hermes/icad.json
+sleep 10
+hermes tx ft-transfer --dst-chain gaia --src-chain stargaze --src-port transfer --src-channel channel-0 --amount 1000 --denom ustars --timeout-seconds 30
+sleep 10
+hermes tx ft-transfer --dst-chain stargaze --src-chain gaia --src-port transfer --src-channel channel-0 --amount 1000 --denom stake --timeout-seconds 30
+sleep 10
+hermes tx ft-transfer --dst-chain osmosis --src-chain stargaze --src-port transfer --src-channel channel-1 --amount 1000 --denom ustars --timeout-seconds 30
+sleep 10
+hermes tx ft-transfer --dst-chain stargaze --src-chain osmosis --src-port transfer --src-channel channel-0 --amount 1000 --denom uosmo --timeout-seconds 30
+# hermes tx raw ft-transfer stargaze gaia transfer channel-0 9999 -d stake -o 1000 -n 2
+# sleep 10
+# hermes tx raw ft-transfer gaia stargaze transfer channel-0 9999 -d ustars -o 1000 -n 2
+# sleep 10
+# hermes tx raw ft-transfer stargaze osmosis transfer channel-0 9999 -d uosmo -o 1000 -n 2
+# sleep 10
+# hermes tx raw ft-transfer osmosis stargaze transfer channel-1 9999 -d ustars -o 1000 -n 2
+
+sleep 30
+export GAIA_ADDRESS=cosmos1wt3khka7cmn5zd592x430ph4zmlhf5gfztgha6
+export STARGAZE_ADDRESS=stars12g0xe2ld0k5ws3h7lmxc39d4rpl3fyxp5qys69
+export OSMOSIS_ADDRESS=osmo1qk2rqkk28z8v3d7npupz33zqc6dae6n9a2x5v4
+curl -s http://gaia:1317/bank/balances/$GAIA_ADDRESS | jq '.'
+curl -s http://stargaze:1317/bank/balances/$STARGAZE_ADDRESS | jq '.'
+curl -s http://osmosis:1317/bank/balances/$OSMOSIS_ADDRESS | jq '.'