diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0042104fdc..af5aed77cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 retract (
+	v0.28.0
 	v0.26.0
 	v0.22.1
 )
diff --git a/make/test-upgrade.mk b/make/test-upgrade.mk
index 2c5ddd5c37..72c587d773 100644
--- a/make/test-upgrade.mk
+++ b/make/test-upgrade.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export AKASH_LOG_COLOR          = true
 
 KEY_OPTS                := --keyring-backend=$(AKASH_KEYRING_BACKEND)
 KEY_NAME                ?= validator
-UPGRADE_TO              ?= $(shell $(ROOT_DIR)/script/upgrades.sh test-required $(RELEASE_TAG))
+#UPGRADE_TO              ?= $(shell $(ROOT_DIR)/script/upgrades.sh test-required $(RELEASE_TAG))
+UPGRADE_TO              ?= $(shell $(ROOT_DIR)/script/upgrades.sh upgrade-from-release $(RELEASE_TAG))
 # v0.28.0
 UPGRADE_FROM            := $(shell cat $(ROOT_DIR)/meta.json | jq -r --arg name $(UPGRADE_TO) '.upgrades[$$name].from_version' | tr -d '\n')
 GENESIS_BINARY_VERSION  := $(shell cat $(ROOT_DIR)/meta.json | jq -r --arg name $(UPGRADE_TO) '.upgrades[$$name].from_binary' | tr -d '\n')
diff --git a/script/upgrades.sh b/script/upgrades.sh
index f2f6fa1c6f..8a2e9d6838 100755
--- a/script/upgrades.sh
+++ b/script/upgrades.sh
@@ -307,6 +307,17 @@ init)
 clean)
     shift
     clean
+    ;;
+upgrade-from-release)
+    shift
+    upgrades_dir=${ROOT_DIR}/upgrades/software
+    upgrade_name=$(find "${upgrades_dir}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sort -r | head -n 1)
+
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    $semver validate $upgrade_name
+    echo -e "$upgrade_name"
+    exit 0
+
     ;;
 test-required)
     shift