diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/cli_test.go b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/cli_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9bcea56d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/cli_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//go:build e2e
+// +build e2e
+
+package stakingplus
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/network"
+	"github.com/cosmos/go-bip39"
+
+	"github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/simapp"
+)
+
+func TestIntegrationTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := network.DefaultConfig(simapp.NewTestNetworkFixture)
+
+	cfg.NumValidators = 1
+
+	entropySeed, err := bip39.NewEntropy(256)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	mnemonic, err := bip39.NewMnemonic(entropySeed)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg.Mnemonics = []string{mnemonic}
+
+	suite.Run(t, NewE2ETestSuite(cfg))
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/grantee.json b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/grantee.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4c10aa7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/grantee.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "pubkey": {
+        "@type": "/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey",
+        "key": "l3eo4WwjQBtK1TrxPSXPs8mNUofgZm3XX+G2UOSWqq4="
+    },
+    "amount": "100stake",
+    "moniker": "grantee",
+    "identity": "optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase)",
+    "website": "validator's (optional) website",
+    "security": "validator's (optional) security contact email",
+    "details": "validator's (optional) details",
+    "commission-rate": "0.1",
+    "commission-max-rate": "0.2",
+    "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
+    "min-self-delegation": "1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/stranger.json b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/stranger.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24fcfc91b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/stranger.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "pubkey": {
+        "@type": "/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey",
+        "key": "4wf9IfLAIjtTFNEsBWLmzGFAhtw5w4FKsPJn4Dk2XPg="
+    },
+    "amount": "100stake",
+    "moniker": "stranger",
+    "identity": "optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase)",
+    "website": "validator's (optional) website",
+    "security": "validator's (optional) security contact email",
+    "details": "validator's (optional) details",
+    "commission-rate": "0.1",
+    "commission-max-rate": "0.2",
+    "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
+    "min-self-delegation": "1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/suite.go b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/suite.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72c0e3bd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/suite.go
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package stakingplus
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/address"
+	"cosmossdk.io/math"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
+	addresscodec "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/address"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/hd"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/network"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	bankcli "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/client/cli"
+	stakingtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/types"
+
+	"github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/foundation"
+	"github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/stakingplus"
+)
+
+type E2ETestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+
+	cfg     network.Config
+	network *network.Network
+
+	grantee         sdk.AccAddress
+	permanentMember sdk.AccAddress
+	stranger        sdk.AccAddress
+
+	addressCodec    address.Codec
+	valAddressCodec address.Codec
+}
+
+func NewE2ETestSuite(cfg network.Config) *E2ETestSuite {
+	return &E2ETestSuite{cfg: cfg}
+}
+
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("setting up e2e test suite")
+
+	s.addressCodec = addresscodec.NewBech32Codec("link")
+	s.valAddressCodec = addresscodec.NewBech32Codec("linkvaloper")
+
+	genesisState := s.cfg.GenesisState
+
+	var foundationData foundation.GenesisState
+	s.Require().NoError(s.cfg.Codec.UnmarshalJSON(genesisState[foundation.ModuleName], &foundationData))
+
+	// enable foundation tax
+	params := foundation.Params{
+		FoundationTax: math.LegacyMustNewDecFromStr("0.2"),
+	}
+	foundationData.Params = params
+
+	var strangerMnemonic string
+	var granteeMnemonic string
+	var permanentMemberMnemonic string
+	granteeMnemonic, s.grantee = s.createMnemonic("grantee")
+	strangerMnemonic, s.stranger = s.createMnemonic("stranger")
+	permanentMemberMnemonic, s.permanentMember = s.createMnemonic("permanentmember")
+
+	foundationData.Members = []foundation.Member{
+		{
+			Address:  s.bytesToString(s.permanentMember),
+			Metadata: "permanent member",
+		},
+	}
+
+	info := foundation.DefaultFoundation()
+	info.TotalWeight = math.LegacyNewDecFromInt(math.NewInt(int64(len(foundationData.Members))))
+	err := info.SetDecisionPolicy(&foundation.ThresholdDecisionPolicy{
+		Threshold: math.LegacyOneDec(),
+		Windows: &foundation.DecisionPolicyWindows{
+			VotingPeriod: 7 * 24 * time.Hour,
+		},
+	})
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	foundationData.Foundation = info
+
+	// enable censorship
+	censorships := []foundation.Censorship{
+		{
+			MsgTypeUrl: sdk.MsgTypeURL((*stakingtypes.MsgCreateValidator)(nil)),
+			Authority:  foundation.CensorshipAuthorityFoundation,
+		},
+	}
+	foundationData.Censorships = censorships
+
+	val1 := getValidator(s.T(), s.T().TempDir(), s.cfg, 0)
+	for _, grantee := range []sdk.AccAddress{s.grantee, val1} {
+		ga := foundation.GrantAuthorization{
+			Grantee: s.bytesToString(grantee),
+		}.WithAuthorization(&stakingplus.CreateValidatorAuthorization{
+			ValidatorAddress: s.bytesToValString(grantee),
+		})
+		s.Require().NotNil(ga)
+		foundationData.Authorizations = append(foundationData.Authorizations, *ga)
+	}
+
+	foundationDataBz, err := s.cfg.Codec.MarshalJSON(&foundationData)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	genesisState[foundation.ModuleName] = foundationDataBz
+	s.cfg.GenesisState = genesisState
+
+	s.network, err = network.New(s.T(), s.T().TempDir(), s.cfg)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	_, err = s.network.WaitForHeight(1)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	s.createAccount("grantee", granteeMnemonic)
+	s.createAccount("stranger", strangerMnemonic)
+	s.createAccount("permanentmember", permanentMemberMnemonic)
+}
+
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) TearDownSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("tearing down e2e test suite")
+	s.network.Cleanup()
+}
+
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) bytesToString(addr sdk.AccAddress) string {
+	str, err := s.addressCodec.BytesToString(addr)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	return str
+}
+
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) bytesToValString(addr sdk.AccAddress) string {
+	str, err := s.valAddressCodec.BytesToString(addr)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+	return str
+}
+
+// creates an account
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) createMnemonic(uid string) (string, sdk.AccAddress) {
+	cstore := keyring.NewInMemory(s.cfg.Codec)
+	info, mnemonic, err := cstore.NewMnemonic(uid, keyring.English, sdk.FullFundraiserPath, keyring.DefaultBIP39Passphrase, hd.Secp256k1)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	addr, err := info.GetAddress()
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	return mnemonic, addr
+}
+
+// creates an account and send some coins to it for the future transactions.
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) createAccount(uid, mnemonic string) {
+	commonArgs := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=true", flags.FlagSkipConfirmation),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagBroadcastMode, flags.BroadcastSync),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFees, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(sdk.DefaultBondDenom, math.NewInt(100)))),
+	}
+
+	val := s.network.Validators[0]
+	info, err := val.ClientCtx.Keyring.NewAccount(uid, mnemonic, keyring.DefaultBIP39Passphrase, sdk.FullFundraiserPath, hd.Secp256k1)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	addr, err := info.GetAddress()
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	fee := sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(s.cfg.BondDenom, math.NewInt(1000)))
+	args := append([]string{
+		s.bytesToString(val.Address),
+		s.bytesToString(addr),
+		fee.String(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFrom, s.bytesToString(val.Address)),
+	}, commonArgs...)
+	out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(val.ClientCtx, bankcli.NewSendTxCmd(s.addressCodec), args)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	var res sdk.TxResponse
+	s.Require().NoError(val.ClientCtx.Codec.UnmarshalJSON(out.Bytes(), &res), out.String())
+	s.Require().Zero(res.Code, out.String())
+
+	s.Require().NoError(s.network.WaitForNextBlock())
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/tx.go b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/tx.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f99660c1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/tx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package stakingplus
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"cosmossdk.io/math"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
+	clitestutil "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/cli"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/staking/client/cli"
+)
+
+func (s *E2ETestSuite) TestNewTxCmdCreateValidator() {
+	val := s.network.Validators[0]
+	commonArgs := []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=true", flags.FlagSkipConfirmation),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagBroadcastMode, flags.BroadcastSync),
+		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFees, sdk.NewCoins(sdk.NewCoin(s.cfg.BondDenom, math.NewInt(10)))),
+	}
+
+	testCases := map[string]struct {
+		args  []string
+		valid bool
+	}{
+		"grantee msg": {
+			[]string{
+				"./grantee.json",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFrom, s.bytesToString(s.grantee)),
+			},
+			true,
+		},
+		"stranger msg": {
+			[]string{
+				"./stranger.json",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagFrom, s.bytesToString(s.stranger)),
+			},
+			false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for name, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
+
+		s.Run(name, func() {
+			cmd := cli.NewCreateValidatorCmd(s.valAddressCodec)
+			out, err := clitestutil.ExecTestCLICmd(val.ClientCtx, cmd, append(tc.args, commonArgs...))
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+			var res sdk.TxResponse
+			s.Require().NoError(val.ClientCtx.Codec.UnmarshalJSON(out.Bytes(), &res), out)
+			s.Require().Zero(res.Code, out)
+
+			err = clitestutil.CheckTxCode(s.network, val.ClientCtx, res.TxHash, 0)
+			if !tc.valid {
+				s.Require().Error(err)
+				return
+			}
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/stakingplus/validator_util.go b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/validator_util.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b22497b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/stakingplus/validator_util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package stakingplus
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keyring"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/network"
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+func getValidator(t *testing.T, baseDir string, cfg network.Config, i int) sdk.AccAddress {
+	buf := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+	nodeDirName := fmt.Sprintf("node%d", i)
+	clientDir := filepath.Join(baseDir, nodeDirName, "simcli")
+
+	kb, err := keyring.New(sdk.KeyringServiceName(), keyring.BackendTest, clientDir, buf, cfg.Codec, cfg.KeyringOptions...)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	keyringAlgos, _ := kb.SupportedAlgorithms()
+	algo, err := keyring.NewSigningAlgoFromString(cfg.SigningAlgo, keyringAlgos)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var mnemonic string
+	if i < len(cfg.Mnemonics) {
+		mnemonic = cfg.Mnemonics[i]
+	}
+
+	addr, _, err := testutil.GenerateSaveCoinKey(kb, nodeDirName, mnemonic, true, algo)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	return addr
+}
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 419d76cd06..895f09b3cf 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.2 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/core v0.11.0
 	cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.4 // indirect
-	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0 // indirect
+	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/log v1.2.1 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.2.0
 	cosmossdk.io/store v1.0.1 // indirect
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/simapp v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/foundation v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/stakingplus v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ require (
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.3 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.30.1 // indirect
-	cosmossdk.io/client/v2 v2.0.0-beta.1 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/collections v0.4.0 // indirect
 	cosmossdk.io/x/circuit v0.1.0 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -69,7 +70,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 // indirect
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/gogogateway v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/ics23/go v0.10.0 // indirect
@@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ replace (
 )
 
 replace (
+	github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/foundation => ./../x/foundation
+	github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/stakingplus => ./../x/stakingplus
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft => github.com/Finschia/cometbft v0.0.0-20231127181424-2aacfbe9832d
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/Finschia/cosmos-sdk v0.0.0-20231211060251-d8fb76d4c267
 )
-
-// transient in this PR
-replace github.com/Finschia/finschia-sdk/x/foundation => ./../x/foundation
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index fc07295a21..484c1485a9 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ cloud.google.com/go/workflows v1.6.0/go.mod h1:6t9F5h/unJz41YqfBmqSASJSXccBLtD1V
 cloud.google.com/go/workflows v1.7.0/go.mod h1:JhSrZuVZWuiDfKEFxU0/F1PQjmpnpcoISEXH2bcHC3M=
 cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.2 h1:BO3i5fvKMKvfaUiMkCznxViuBEfyWA/k6w2eAF6q1C4=
 cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.2/go.mod h1:IcxpYS5fMemZGqyYtErK7OqvdM0C8kdW3dq8Q/XIG38=
-cosmossdk.io/client/v2 v2.0.0-beta.1 h1:XkHh1lhrLYIT9zKl7cIOXUXg2hdhtjTPBUfqERNA1/Q=
-cosmossdk.io/client/v2 v2.0.0-beta.1/go.mod h1:JEUSu9moNZQ4kU3ir1DKD5eU4bllmAexrGWjmb9k8qU=
 cosmossdk.io/collections v0.4.0 h1:PFmwj2W8szgpD5nOd8GWH6AbYNi1f2J6akWXJ7P5t9s=
 cosmossdk.io/collections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oa5lUING2dP+gdDquow+QjlF45eL1t4TJDypgGd+tv0=
 cosmossdk.io/core v0.11.0 h1:vtIafqUi+1ZNAE/oxLOQQ7Oek2n4S48SWLG8h/+wdbo=