diff --git a/contrib/localnet/docker-compose-upgrade-light.yml b/contrib/localnet/docker-compose-upgrade-light.yml
index 55dd312a59..8e3cb098c1 100644
--- a/contrib/localnet/docker-compose-upgrade-light.yml
+++ b/contrib/localnet/docker-compose-upgrade-light.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ services:
   orchestrator:
     entrypoint: ["/work/start-zetae2e.sh", "local", "upgrade", "90"]
 
-  upgradeorchestrator:
-    entrypoint: ["/root/start-upgradeorchestrator.sh", "90"]
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+  upgrade-orchestrator:
+    entrypoint: ["/root/start-upgrade-orchestrator.sh", "90"]
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diff --git a/contrib/localnet/orchestrator/start-zetae2e.sh b/contrib/localnet/orchestrator/start-zetae2e.sh
index f1f7899f43..a8e518fe0d 100644
--- a/contrib/localnet/orchestrator/start-zetae2e.sh
+++ b/contrib/localnet/orchestrator/start-zetae2e.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@
 ZETAE2E_CMD=$1
 OPTION=$2
 
+get_zetacored_version() {
+  retries=10
+  node_info=""
+  for ((attempt=1; attempt<=$retries; attempt++)); do
+    node_info=$(curl -s zetacore0:1317/cosmos/base/tendermint/v1beta1/node_info)
+    if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+      echo "$node_info" | jq -r '.application_version.version'
+      return
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+  done
+  echo "Unable to get zetacored version after ${retries} retries"
+  exit 1
+}
+
 # Wait for authorized_keys file to exist (generated by zetacore0)
 while [ ! -f ~/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; do
     echo "Waiting for authorized_keys file to exist..."
@@ -79,17 +94,31 @@ if [ "$OPTION" == "upgrade" ]; then
 
   echo "E2E setup passed, waiting for upgrade height..."
 
+  OLD_VERSION=$(get_zetacored_version)
+
   CURRENT_HEIGHT=0
+  WAIT_HEIGHT=$(( UPGRADE_HEIGHT - 1 ))
   # wait for upgrade height
-  while [[ $CURRENT_HEIGHT -lt $UPGRADE_HEIGHT ]]
+  while [[ $CURRENT_HEIGHT -lt $WAIT_HEIGHT ]]
   do
-      CURRENT_HEIGHT=$(curl -s zetacore0:26657/status | jq '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height' | tr -d '"')
-      echo current height is "$CURRENT_HEIGHT", waiting for "$UPGRADE_HEIGHT"
-      sleep 5
+    CURRENT_HEIGHT=$(curl -s zetacore0:26657/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
+    echo current height is "$CURRENT_HEIGHT", waiting for "$WAIT_HEIGHT"
+    sleep 2
   done
 
   echo "waiting 10 seconds for node to restart..."
+  sleep 10
+
+  NEW_VERSION=$(get_zetacored_version)
+
+  if [[ "$OLD_VERSION" == "$NEW_VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "version did not change after upgrade height, maybe the upgrade did not run?"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+
+  echo "upgrade complete: ${OLD_VERSION} -> ${NEW_VERSION}"
 
+  # wait for zevm endpoint to come up
   sleep 10
 
   echo "running E2E command to test the network after upgrade..."
diff --git a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-upgrade-orchestrator.sh b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-upgrade-orchestrator.sh
index c64982fa85..17335c1f3d 100755
--- a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-upgrade-orchestrator.sh
+++ b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-upgrade-orchestrator.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ done
 CURRENT_HEIGHT=0
 while [[ $CURRENT_HEIGHT -lt 1 ]]
 do
-    CURRENT_HEIGHT=$(curl -s zetacore0:26657/status | jq '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height' | tr -d '"')
+    CURRENT_HEIGHT=$(curl -s zetacore0:26657/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
     echo "current height is ${CURRENT_HEIGHT}, waiting for 1"
     sleep 1
 done
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ scp -r zetacore0:"~/.zetacored/config ~/.zetacored/os_info ~/.zetacored/config ~
 sed -i 's|tcp://localhost:26657|tcp://zetacore0:26657|g' ~/.zetacored/config/client.toml
 
 # get new zetacored version
-curl -o /tmp/zetacored.new http://upgradehost:8000/zetacored
+curl -o /tmp/zetacored.new http://upgrade-host:8000/zetacored
 chmod +x /tmp/zetacored.new
 UPGRADE_NAME=$(/tmp/zetacored.new version)
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cat > upgrade.json <<EOF
       "plan": {
         "height": "${UPGRADE_HEIGHT}",
         "info": "",
-        "name": "${UPGRADE_HEIGHT}",
+        "name": "${UPGRADE_NAME}",
         "time": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
         "upgraded_client_state": null
       },
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ esac
 cat > upgrade_plan_info.json <<EOF
 {
     "binaries": {
-        "linux/${GOARCH}": "http://upgradehost:8000/zetacored",
-        "zetaclientd-linux/${GOARCH}": "http://upgradehost:8000/zetaclientd"
+        "linux/${GOARCH}": "http://upgrade-host:8000/zetacored",
+        "zetaclientd-linux/${GOARCH}": "http://upgrade-host:8000/zetaclientd"
     }
 }
 EOF
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ zetacored tx gov submit-proposal upgrade.json --from operator --keyring-backend
 PROPOSAL_TX_HASH=$(jq -r .txhash proposal.json)
 PROPOSAL_ID=""
 # WARN: this seems to be unstable
-while [[ -z $proposal_id ]]; do
+while [[ -z $PROPOSAL_ID ]]; do
     echo "waiting to get proposal_id"
     sleep 1
     # v0.47 version
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ while [[ -z $proposal_id ]]; do
 done
 echo "proposal id is ${PROPOSAL_ID}"
 
-zetacored tx gov vote "${PROPOSAL_ID}" yes --from operator --keyring-backend test --chain-id $CHAINID--yes --fees=2000000000000000azeta
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+zetacored tx gov vote "${PROPOSAL_ID}" yes --from operator --keyring-backend test --chain-id $CHAINID --yes --fees=2000000000000000azeta
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diff --git a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetacored.sh b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetacored.sh
index 57c4097b0d..3a2ab24fc8 100755
--- a/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetacored.sh
+++ b/contrib/localnet/scripts/start-zetacored.sh
@@ -204,4 +204,4 @@ then
   sed -i -e "/persistent_peers =/s/=.*/= \"$pps\"/" "$HOME"/.zetacored/config/config.toml
 fi
 
-exec cosmovisor run start --pruning=nothing --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001azeta --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner --api.enable --home /root/.zetacored
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+cosmovisor run start --pruning=nothing --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001azeta --json-rpc.api eth,txpool,personal,net,debug,web3,miner --api.enable --home /root/.zetacored
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