diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4851bbb117aa..8147831146a5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (types) [#18888](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18888) Speedup DecCoin.Sort() if len(coins) <= 1
 * (types) [#18875](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18875) Speedup coins.Sort() if len(coins) <= 1
 * (baseapp) [#18915](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18915) Add a new `ExecModeVerifyVoteExtension` exec mode and ensure it's populated in the `Context` during `VerifyVoteExtension` execution.
+* (testutil) [#18930](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18930) Add NodeURI for clientCtx.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/testutil/network/network.go b/testutil/network/network.go
index bb016a0a2541..ac6d4593d324 100644
--- a/testutil/network/network.go
+++ b/testutil/network/network.go
@@ -580,7 +580,8 @@ func New(l Logger, baseDir string, cfg Config) (*Network, error) {
 			WithCodec(cfg.Codec).
 			WithLegacyAmino(cfg.LegacyAmino).
 			WithTxConfig(cfg.TxConfig).
-			WithAccountRetriever(cfg.AccountRetriever)
+			WithAccountRetriever(cfg.AccountRetriever).
+			WithNodeURI(cmtCfg.RPC.ListenAddress)
 
 		// Provide ChainID here since we can't modify it in the Comet config.
 		ctx.Viper.Set(flags.FlagChainID, cfg.ChainID)