diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6ba42414dff..e327ce2a983c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+* [#18531](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18531) Baseapp's `GetConsensusParams` returns an empty struct instead of panicking if no params are found.
 * (client/tx) [#18472](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18472) Utilizes the correct Pubkey when simulating a transaction.
 * (baseapp) [#18486](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18486) Fixed FinalizeBlock calls not being passed to ABCIListeners
 * (baseapp) [#18383](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/18383) Fixed a data race inside BaseApp.getContext, found by end-to-end (e2e) tests.
diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp_test.go b/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
index dd389f48a88b..75e6a0d9d973 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ func TestGetMaximumBlockGas(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Panics(t, func() { suite.baseApp.GetMaximumBlockGas(ctx) })
 }
 
-func TestGetEmptyConsensusParmas(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGetEmptyConsensusParams(t *testing.T) {
 	suite := NewBaseAppSuite(t)
 	_, err := suite.baseApp.InitChain(&abci.RequestInitChain{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)