diff --git a/crates/core/app/src/app/mod.rs b/crates/core/app/src/app/mod.rs
index 1c523492cb..bdcd6beba0 100644
--- a/crates/core/app/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/app/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ impl App {
 ///
 /// Increment this manually after fixing the root cause for a chain halt: updated nodes will then be
 /// able to proceed past the block height of the halt.
-const TOTAL_HALT_COUNT: u64 = 0;
+const TOTAL_HALT_COUNT: u64 = 1;
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait StateReadExt: StateRead {