diff --git a/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh b/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
index 017b2e642f9c..338b1058c31e 100644
--- a/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
+++ b/contrib/rosetta/configuration/data.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sed -i 's/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g' /root/.simapp/config/config.toml
 
 # start simd
 echo starting simd...
-simd start --pruning=nothing &
+simd start --pruning=nothing --api.enable true &
 pid=$!
 echo simd started with PID $pid
 
diff --git a/contrib/rosetta/docker-compose.yaml b/contrib/rosetta/docker-compose.yaml
index c5c4cc3eb12d..fc439e6fb3f2 100644
--- a/contrib/rosetta/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/contrib/rosetta/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version: "3"
 services:
   cosmos:
     image: rosetta-ci:latest
-    command: ["simd", "start", "--pruning", "nothing", "--grpc.enable", "true", "--grpc.address", "0.0.0.0:9090", "--grpc-web.enable", "true"]
+    command: ["simd", "start", "--pruning", "nothing", "--grpc.enable", "true", "--grpc.address", "0.0.0.0:9090", "--grpc-web.enable", "true", "--api.enable", "true"]
     ports:
       - 9090:9090
       - 26657:26657
diff --git a/contrib/rosetta/rosetta-ci/data.tar.gz b/contrib/rosetta/rosetta-ci/data.tar.gz
index 4295048a8b29..8834f6e89c13 100644
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