diff --git a/x/rollapp/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/rollapp/client/cli/cli_test.go
index b08162449..2f65273b4 100644
--- a/x/rollapp/client/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/x/rollapp/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package cli_test
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ func TestGetTxCmd(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, cmd.Flags().HasFlags())
 }
 
-func TestCmdCreateIRO(t *testing.T) {
+func TestCmdCreateRollapp(t *testing.T) {
 	addr := sdk.AccAddress("testAddress").String()
 
 	// Create a temporary file for metadata
@@ -98,3 +100,55 @@ func TestCmdCreateIRO(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCmdUpdateState(t *testing.T) {
+	addr := sdk.AccAddress("testAddress").String()
+
+	bds := types.BlockDescriptors{
+		BD: []types.BlockDescriptor{
+			{
+				Height:    12345,
+				StateRoot: []byte("helloworld"),
+				Timestamp: time.Date(2023, 10, 1, 12, 34, 56, 0, time.UTC),
+			},
+			{
+				Height:    12346,
+				StateRoot: []byte("worldhello"),
+				Timestamp: time.Date(2023, 10, 1, 12, 35, 56, 0, time.UTC),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	bdsStr, err := json.Marshal(bds)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name   string
+		args   []string
+		errMsg string
+	}{
+		{
+			"valid minimal args",
+			[]string{"testRollappId", "10", "10", "dat-path", string(bdsStr), "--from", addr},
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			"missing args",
+			[]string{"testRollappId", "10", "10", "dat-path", "--from", addr},
+			"accepts",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmd := cli.CmdUpdateState()
+			cmd.SetArgs(tc.args)
+			err := cmd.Execute()
+			if tc.errMsg != "" {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tc.errMsg)
+			} else {
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "key not found") // we expect this error because we are not setting the key. anyway it means we passed validation
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/rollapp/client/cli/tx_update_state.go b/x/rollapp/client/cli/tx_update_state.go
index 77bea1ae1..115b54ef8 100644
--- a/x/rollapp/client/cli/tx_update_state.go
+++ b/x/rollapp/client/cli/tx_update_state.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func CmdUpdateState() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "update-state [rollapp-id] [start-height] [num-blocks] [da-path] [bds]",
 		Short: "Update rollapp state",
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(6),
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(5),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			argRollappId := args[0]
 			argStartHeight, err := cast.ToUint64E(args[1])
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func CmdUpdateState() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			argDAPath := args[3]
 			argBDs := new(types.BlockDescriptors)
-			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(args[5]), argBDs)
+			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(args[4]), argBDs)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}