diff --git a/x/authority/keeper/migrator.go b/x/authority/keeper/migrator.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74085f6c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/authority/keeper/migrator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package keeper
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	v2 "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/authority/migrations/v2"
+)
+
+// Migrator is a struct for handling in-place store migrations.
+type Migrator struct {
+	authorityKeeper Keeper
+}
+
+// NewMigrator returns a new Migrator for the authority module.
+func NewMigrator(keeper Keeper) Migrator {
+	return Migrator{
+		authorityKeeper: keeper,
+	}
+}
+
+// Migrate1to2 migrates the authority store from consensus version 1 to 2
+func (m Migrator) Migrate1to2(ctx sdk.Context) error {
+	return v2.MigrateStore(ctx, m.authorityKeeper)
+}
diff --git a/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate.go b/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f5b7aaf80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package v2
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/authority/types"
+)
+
+type authorityKeeper interface {
+	SetAuthorizationList(ctx sdk.Context, list types.AuthorizationList)
+}
+
+// MigrateStore migrates the authority module state from the consensus version 1 to 2
+func MigrateStore(
+	ctx sdk.Context,
+	keeper authorityKeeper,
+) error {
+	ctx.Logger().Info("Migrating authority store from version 1 to 2")
+	keeper.SetAuthorizationList(ctx, types.DefaultAuthorizationsList())
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate_test.go b/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee82f004ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/authority/migrations/v2/migrate_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package v2_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	keepertest "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/testutil/keeper"
+	v2 "github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/authority/migrations/v2"
+	"github.com/zeta-chain/zetacore/x/authority/types"
+)
+
+func TestMigrateStore(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Set authorization list", func(t *testing.T) {
+		k, ctx := keepertest.AuthorityKeeper(t)
+
+		list, found := k.GetAuthorizationList(ctx)
+		require.False(t, found)
+		require.Equal(t, types.AuthorizationList{}, list)
+
+		err := v2.MigrateStore(ctx, *k)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		list, found = k.GetAuthorizationList(ctx)
+		require.True(t, found)
+		require.Equal(t, types.DefaultAuthorizationsList(), list)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/x/authority/module.go b/x/authority/module.go
index f92da86e37..696c9c1edb 100644
--- a/x/authority/module.go
+++ b/x/authority/module.go
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func (am AppModule) Name() string {
 func (am AppModule) RegisterServices(cfg module.Configurator) {
 	types.RegisterMsgServer(cfg.MsgServer(), keeper.NewMsgServerImpl(am.keeper))
 	types.RegisterQueryServer(cfg.QueryServer(), am.keeper)
+	m := keeper.NewMigrator(am.keeper)
+	if err := cfg.RegisterMigration(types.ModuleName, 1, m.Migrate1to2); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 }
 
 // RegisterInvariants registers the authority module's invariants.
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ func (am AppModule) ExportGenesis(ctx sdk.Context, cdc codec.JSONCodec) json.Raw
 }
 
 // ConsensusVersion implements AppModule/ConsensusVersion.
-func (AppModule) ConsensusVersion() uint64 { return 1 }
+func (AppModule) ConsensusVersion() uint64 { return 2 }
 
 // BeginBlock executes all ABCI BeginBlock logic respective to the authority module.
 func (am AppModule) BeginBlock(_ sdk.Context, _ abci.RequestBeginBlock) {}
diff --git a/x/authority/types/authorization_list_test.go b/x/authority/types/authorization_list_test.go
index 009e958c15..a41515ab1e 100644
--- a/x/authority/types/authorization_list_test.go
+++ b/x/authority/types/authorization_list_test.go
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ func TestAuthorizationList_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 		authorizations types.AuthorizationList
 		expectedError  error
 	}{
+		{
+			name:           "validate default authorizations list",
+			authorizations: types.DefaultAuthorizationsList(),
+			expectedError:  nil,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "validate successfully",
 			authorizations: types.AuthorizationList{Authorizations: []types.Authorization{