diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3b3b22f..248b0cbd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Version header format: `[version] Name - year-month-day (entropy-core compatibil
 
 ### Changed
 - folder name for user programs to match the kebab-case style for folder namespace
+- updated SDK version to v0.2.3
 
 ## [0.0.3] Blade - 2024-07-17 (entropy-core compatibility: 0.2.0)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55bf10ac..1838e80d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/entropyxyz/cli#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@entropyxyz/sdk": "^0.2.2",
-    "@polkadot/util": "^12.6.2",
+    "@entropyxyz/sdk": "^0.2.3",
     "@types/node": "^20.12.12",
     "ansi-colors": "^4.1.3",
     "cli-progress": "^3.12.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7a9863ff..dfd1e8ad 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@entropyxyz/entropy-protocol-web/-/entropy-protocol-web-0.2.0.tgz#b9478438386fefb4b821dbac95ec81d251d2dd55"
   integrity sha512-lLa/lLNJnwH1R8fJvLlUn1kw7d4Rbnt9LjhUC69HKxkU69J+bw/EY6fAjBnpVbgNmqCnYpf/DBLtMyOayZeNDQ==
 
-"@entropyxyz/sdk@^0.2.2":
-  version "0.2.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@entropyxyz/sdk/-/sdk-0.2.2.tgz#c1602767c2bee5248e6df87c437db302fb246f1d"
-  integrity sha512-144x0Zkbfgc4MY7M7gL6TA8wliZDZn5Qqv4syLuON9x+FThRI1flubOcOstG97HppJJH5XwZQouTLcPPCCYjjg==
+"@entropyxyz/sdk@^0.2.3":
+  version "0.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@entropyxyz/sdk/-/sdk-0.2.3.tgz#7c4a844ae0f7d15a154ae695b8607184ae7fa55b"
+  integrity sha512-7FD7+RBZc3+TLwD6+mlcwxM4T1+PbGUoYoYvKguyT3viFXbWWH92nLjrdjIjTZY/4SDTkPCZAFqeQUPA+QhRVQ==
   dependencies:
     "@entropyxyz/entropy-protocol-nodejs" "^0.2.0"
     "@entropyxyz/entropy-protocol-web" "^0.2.0"