diff --git a/.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh b/.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7f72b9691137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+# Search for rocksdb_version in makefile
+rocksdb_version=$(grep "rocksdb_version" ./scripts/build/build.mk | cut -d'=' -f2)
+
+if [[ -z "${rocksdb_version}" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: rocksdb_version not found in ./scripts/build/build.mk" >&2
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "ROCKSDB_VERSION=${rocksdb_version}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/install-rocksdb.sh b/.github/scripts/install-rocksdb.sh
index 8579431bfc2a..00829abeefa8 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/install-rocksdb.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/install-rocksdb.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install -y libsnappy-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev l
 # Clone RocksDB repository
 git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git /home/runner/rocksdb
 cd /home/runner/rocksdb || exit 1
-git checkout "v${ROCKSDB_VERSION}"
+git checkout "${ROCKSDB_VERSION}"
 
 # Build shared library
 sudo make -j "$(nproc --all)" shared_lib
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index aedc723996c6..36c712f5f23c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}-build
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-env:
-  ROCKSDB_VERSION: 9.6.1
-
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -28,6 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
           check-latest: true
+      - name: Get rocksdb version
+        run: ./.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
       - name: Fix permissions for cache
         run: sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include
       - name: Restore rocksdb libraries cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index d82c04450298..4e70115e1e3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
-env:
-  ROCKSDB_VERSION: 9.6.1
-
 jobs:
   golangci:
     name: golangci-lint
@@ -30,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
             Makefile
             **/Makefile
             .golangci.yml
+      - name: Get rocksdb version
+        run: ./.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
       - name: Fix permissions for cache
         run: sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include
       - name: Restore rocksdb libraries cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a9269d876f0a..389775f718d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}-tests
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
-env:
-  ROCKSDB_VERSION: 9.6.1
-
 jobs:
   split-test-files:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -790,6 +787,8 @@ jobs:
             store/**/*.go
             store/go.mod
             store/go.sum
+      - name: Get rocksdb version
+        run: ./.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
       - name: Fix permissions for cache
         run: sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include
       - name: Restore rocksdb libraries cache
@@ -845,6 +844,8 @@ jobs:
             store/v2/**/*.go
             store/v2/go.mod
             store/v2/go.sum
+      - name: Get rocksdb version
+        run: ./.github/scripts/get-rocksdb-version.sh
       - name: Fix permissions for cache
         run: sudo chown $(whoami) /usr/local/lib /usr/local/include
       - name: Restore rocksdb libraries cache
diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mk b/scripts/build/build.mk
index 1fb1908d7531..9bb6e5789171 100644
--- a/scripts/build/build.mk
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ HTTPS_GIT := https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk.git
 DOCKER := $(shell which docker)
 PROJECT_NAME = $(shell git remote get-url origin | xargs basename -s .git)
 
+rocksdb_version=v9.6.1
+
 ifeq ($(findstring .,$(VERSION)),)
 	VERSION := 0.0.0
 endif