diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bba989f5434..3d6ea0573de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (core/ante) [\#1820](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1418) `RedundancyDecorator` has been renamed to `RedundantRelayDecorator` to make the name for explicit.
 * (testing) [\#1418](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/1418) `MockIBCApp` has been renamed to `IBCApp` and `MockEmptyAcknowledgement` has been renamed to `EmptyAcknowledgement` to comply with go linting rules
 * (apps/27-interchain-accounts) [\#2058](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2058) Added `MessageRouter` interface and replaced `*baseapp.MsgServiceRouter` with it. The controller and host keepers of apps/27-interchain-accounts have been updated to use it.
+* (apps/27-interchain-accounts) [\#2035](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/2035) Interchain accounts host and controller Keepers now expects a keeper which fulfills the expected `ScopedKeeper` interface for the capability keeper.
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/controller/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/controller/keeper/keeper.go
index 4dec1b4adcc..872089bb586 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/controller/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/controller/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	capabilitykeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/keeper"
 	capabilitytypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/types"
 	paramtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	channelKeeper icatypes.ChannelKeeper
 	portKeeper    icatypes.PortKeeper
 
-	scopedKeeper capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper
+	scopedKeeper icatypes.ScopedKeeper
 
 	msgRouter icatypes.MessageRouter
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 func NewKeeper(
 	cdc codec.BinaryCodec, key storetypes.StoreKey, paramSpace paramtypes.Subspace,
 	ics4Wrapper icatypes.ICS4Wrapper, channelKeeper icatypes.ChannelKeeper, portKeeper icatypes.PortKeeper,
-	scopedKeeper capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper, msgRouter icatypes.MessageRouter,
+	scopedKeeper icatypes.ScopedKeeper, msgRouter *baseapp.MsgServiceRouter,
 ) Keeper {
 	// set KeyTable if it has not already been set
 	if !paramSpace.HasKeyTable() {
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper.go
index 3ded03787d4..b888dd8b2b0 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/host/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/baseapp"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	storetypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/store/types"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
-	capabilitykeeper "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/keeper"
 	capabilitytypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/capability/types"
 	paramtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/log"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	portKeeper    icatypes.PortKeeper
 	accountKeeper icatypes.AccountKeeper
 
-	scopedKeeper capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper
+	scopedKeeper icatypes.ScopedKeeper
 
 	msgRouter icatypes.MessageRouter
 }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 func NewKeeper(
 	cdc codec.BinaryCodec, key storetypes.StoreKey, paramSpace paramtypes.Subspace,
 	channelKeeper icatypes.ChannelKeeper, portKeeper icatypes.PortKeeper,
-	accountKeeper icatypes.AccountKeeper, scopedKeeper capabilitykeeper.ScopedKeeper, msgRouter icatypes.MessageRouter,
+	accountKeeper icatypes.AccountKeeper, scopedKeeper icatypes.ScopedKeeper, msgRouter *baseapp.MsgServiceRouter,
 ) Keeper {
 	// ensure ibc interchain accounts module account is set
 	if addr := accountKeeper.GetModuleAddress(icatypes.ModuleName); addr == nil {
diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/expected_keepers.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/expected_keepers.go
index 00110df91cb..787969d9f0e 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/expected_keepers.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/expected_keepers.go
@@ -36,3 +36,11 @@ type PortKeeper interface {
 	BindPort(ctx sdk.Context, portID string) *capabilitytypes.Capability
 	IsBound(ctx sdk.Context, portID string) bool
 }
+
+// ScopedKeeper defines the expected x/capability scoped keeper interface
+type ScopedKeeper interface {
+	GetCapability(ctx sdk.Context, name string) (*capabilitytypes.Capability, bool)
+	AuthenticateCapability(ctx sdk.Context, cap *capabilitytypes.Capability, name string) bool
+	LookupModules(ctx sdk.Context, name string) ([]string, *capabilitytypes.Capability, error)
+	ClaimCapability(ctx sdk.Context, cap *capabilitytypes.Capability, name string) error
+}