diff --git a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/CHANGELOG.md b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a9da678180..39c7cab55a9 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### API Breaking
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 * [\#6644](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/6644) api!: add `v2.MerklePath` for contract api `VerifyMembershipMsg` and `VerifyNonMembershipMsg` structs. Note, this requires a migration for existing client contracts to correctly handle deserialization of `MerklePath.KeyPath` which has changed from `repeated string` to `repeated bytes`. In JSON message structures this change is reflected as the `KeyPath` being a marshalled as a list of base64 encoded byte strings. 
+=======
+ * [\#6923](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/6923) The JSON msg API for `VerifyMembershipMsg` and `VerifyNonMembershipMsg` payloads for client contract `SudoMsg` has been updated. The field `path` has been changed to `merkle_path`. This change requires updates to 08-wasm client contracts for integration.
+>>>>>>> 5a6b4ae0 (api!: rename path to merkle path for contract api json msgs  (#6962))
 
 ### State Machine Breaking
 
diff --git a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types/contract_api.go b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types/contract_api.go
index 7bc9f58b226..5e987738b9e 100644
--- a/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types/contract_api.go
+++ b/modules/light-clients/08-wasm/types/contract_api.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type VerifyMembershipMsg struct {
 	DelayTimePeriod  uint64                       `json:"delay_time_period"`
 	DelayBlockPeriod uint64                       `json:"delay_block_period"`
 	Proof            []byte                       `json:"proof"`
-	Path             commitmenttypesv2.MerklePath `json:"path"`
+	Path             commitmenttypesv2.MerklePath `json:"merkle_path"`
 	Value            []byte                       `json:"value"`
 }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type VerifyNonMembershipMsg struct {
 	DelayTimePeriod  uint64                       `json:"delay_time_period"`
 	DelayBlockPeriod uint64                       `json:"delay_block_period"`
 	Proof            []byte                       `json:"proof"`
-	Path             commitmenttypesv2.MerklePath `json:"path"`
+	Path             commitmenttypesv2.MerklePath `json:"merkle_path"`
 }
 
 // VerifyUpgradeAndUpdateStateMsg is a sudoMsg sent to the contract to verify an upgrade and update its state.