diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f0210b79c8..ec047c11d4 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 * [1630](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1630) added password prompts for hotkey and tss keyshare in zetaclient
   Starting zetaclient now requires two passwords to be input; one for the hotkey and another for the tss key-share.
+* [1760](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1760) - Make staking keeper private in crosschain module
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/x/crosschain/keeper/keeper.go b/x/crosschain/keeper/keeper.go
index 52b25bb981..745372a48a 100644
--- a/x/crosschain/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/crosschain/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type (
 		storeKey storetypes.StoreKey
 		memKey   storetypes.StoreKey
 
-		StakingKeeper      types.StakingKeeper
+		stakingKeeper      types.StakingKeeper
 		paramstore         paramtypes.Subspace
 		authKeeper         types.AccountKeeper
 		bankKeeper         types.BankKeeper
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func NewKeeper(
 		cdc:                cdc,
 		storeKey:           storeKey,
 		memKey:             memKey,
-		StakingKeeper:      stakingKeeper,
+		stakingKeeper:      stakingKeeper,
 		paramstore:         paramstore,
 		authKeeper:         authKeeper,
 		bankKeeper:         bankKeeper,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (k Keeper) GetBankKeeper() types.BankKeeper {
 }
 
 func (k Keeper) GetStakingKeeper() types.StakingKeeper {
-	return k.StakingKeeper
+	return k.stakingKeeper
 }
 
 func (k Keeper) GetFungibleKeeper() types.FungibleKeeper {
diff --git a/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_gas_price_voter.go b/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_gas_price_voter.go
index e91703d4ec..2c56b3f266 100644
--- a/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_gas_price_voter.go
+++ b/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_gas_price_voter.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func medianOfArray(values []uint64) int {
 
 // ResetGasMeterAndConsumeGas reset first the gas meter consumed value to zero and set it back to the new value
 // 'gasUsed'
-func (k *Keeper) ResetGasMeterAndConsumeGas(ctx sdk.Context, gasUsed uint64) {
+func (k Keeper) ResetGasMeterAndConsumeGas(ctx sdk.Context, gasUsed uint64) {
 	// reset the gas count
 	ctx.GasMeter().RefundGas(ctx.GasMeter().GasConsumed(), "reset the gas count")
 	ctx.GasMeter().ConsumeGas(gasUsed, "apply evm transaction")
diff --git a/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_vote_inbound_tx_test.go b/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_vote_inbound_tx_test.go
index c484b585d3..1a8c742c5b 100644
--- a/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_vote_inbound_tx_test.go
+++ b/x/crosschain/keeper/msg_server_vote_inbound_tx_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func setObservers(t *testing.T, k *keeper.Keeper, ctx sdk.Context, zk keepertest.ZetaKeepers) []string {
-	validators := k.StakingKeeper.GetAllValidators(ctx)
+	validators := k.GetStakingKeeper().GetAllValidators(ctx)
 
 	validatorAddressListFormatted := make([]string, len(validators))
 	for i, validator := range validators {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func TestNoDoubleEventProtections(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	// Convert the validator address into a user address.
-	validators := k.StakingKeeper.GetAllValidators(ctx)
+	validators := k.GetStakingKeeper().GetAllValidators(ctx)
 	validatorAddress := validators[0].OperatorAddress
 	valAddr, _ := sdk.ValAddressFromBech32(validatorAddress)
 	addresstmp, _ := sdk.AccAddressFromHexUnsafe(hex.EncodeToString(valAddr.Bytes()))