diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index dba0877c..9249e452 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ WORKDIR /code
 COPY . /code/
 
 # See https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases
-ADD https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v0.16.1/libwasmvm_muslc.a /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a
-RUN sha256sum /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a | grep 0e62296b9f24cf3a05f8513f99cee536c7087079855ea6ffb4f89b35eccdaa66
+ADD https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v1.0.0-soon/libwasmvm_muslc.a /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a
+RUN sha256sum /lib/libwasmvm_muslc.a | grep 6e82693aa64e4373ae303e82988c2f3a7216e83ee0021e9be80acbf18676ca9b
 
 # force it to use static lib (from above) not standard libgo_cosmwasm.so file
 RUN LEDGER_ENABLED=false BUILD_TAGS=muslc make build
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index df6be184..cfbca485 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/CosmWasm/wasmd
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v0.16.1
+	github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.0.0-soon
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.42.9
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl v0.16.0
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v0.0.0-20200901110807-248326c1351b
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e454a05f..a474ba44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d h1:nalkkPQ
 github.com/ChainSafe/go-schnorrkel v0.0.0-20200405005733-88cbf1b4c40d/go.mod h1:URdX5+vg25ts3aCh8H5IFZybJYKWhJHYMTnf+ULtoC4=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v0.16.1 h1:o14Y9xnxaLaLnYiFG9rIna2ZtmB/F8BAIOLboVzXguQ=
 github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v0.16.1/go.mod h1:Id107qllDJyJjVQQsKMOy2YYF98sqPJ2t+jX1QES40A=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.0.0-soon h1:AUN0RDNgJ85hAv8LClUuhmm9OZOWYw3JhINiLa9NEeQ=
+github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm v1.0.0-soon/go.mod h1:Id107qllDJyJjVQQsKMOy2YYF98sqPJ2t+jX1QES40A=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.1/go.mod h1:1jcaCB/ufaK+sKp1NBhlGmpz41jOoPQ35bpF36t7BBo=
 github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.5 h1:EndNeuB0l9syBZhut0wns3gV1hL8zX8LIu6ZiVHWLIQ=