diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 82a9a1df21..00d23fa76e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -577,13 +577,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "base85"
-version = "2.0.0"
+name = "base85rs"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36915bbaca237c626689b5bd14d02f2ba7a5a359d30a2a08be697392e3718079"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror",
-]
+checksum = "87678d33a2af71f019ed11f52db246ca6c5557edee2cccbe689676d1ad9c6b5a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "basic-toml"
@@ -3330,7 +3327,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "importer-contract"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "base85",
+ "base85rs",
  "cosmwasm-schema",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cosmwasm-storage",
diff --git a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-cli/src/main.rs b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-cli/src/main.rs
index 2caaa2e09b..842217363c 100644
--- a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use anyhow::bail;
 use clap::ArgGroup;
 use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 use importer_contract::contract::EmptyMessage;
-use importer_contract::{base85, ExecuteMsg};
+use importer_contract::{base85rs, ExecuteMsg};
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
 use nym_bin_common::logging::setup_tracing_logger;
 use nym_network_defaults::{setup_env, NymNetworkDetails};
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ async fn execute_prepare_contract(
 }
 
 fn approximate_size(pair: &Model) -> usize {
-    base85::encode(&pair.key).len() + base85::encode(&pair.value).len()
+    base85rs::encode(&pair.key).len() + base85rs::encode(&pair.value).len()
 }
 
 fn models_to_exec(data: Vec<Model>) -> ExecuteMsg {
diff --git a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/Cargo.toml b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/Cargo.toml
index 741b9e7e2e..7952b197c2 100644
--- a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ readme.workspace = true
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-base85 = "2.0.0"
+base85rs = "0.1.3"
 cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }
 cosmwasm-storage = { workspace = true }
 cosmwasm-schema = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/contract.rs b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/contract.rs
index 27b241fbba..c47a31f75b 100644
--- a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/contract.rs
+++ b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/contract.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pub fn execute(
     msg: ExecuteMsg,
 ) -> Result<Response, StdError> {
     for (key, value) in msg.pairs {
-        let key = base85::decode(&key).unwrap();
-        let value = base85::decode(&value).unwrap();
+        let key = base85rs::decode(&key).unwrap();
+        let value = base85rs::decode(&value).unwrap();
         deps.storage.set(&key, &value);
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/lib.rs b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/lib.rs
index 5f736d0af3..d1ca431ab0 100644
--- a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 pub mod contract;
 pub mod msg;
 
-pub use base85;
+pub use base85rs;
 pub use msg::ExecuteMsg;
diff --git a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/msg.rs b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/msg.rs
index e629d9588d..bbdce88fcc 100644
--- a/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/msg.rs
+++ b/tools/internal/contract-state-importer/importer-contract/src/msg.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ impl From<Vec<(Vec<u8>, Vec<u8>)>> for ExecuteMsg {
         ExecuteMsg {
             pairs: raw
                 .into_iter()
-                .map(|(k, v)| (base85::encode(&k), base85::encode(&v)))
+                .map(|(k, v)| (base85rs::encode(&k), base85rs::encode(&v)))
                 .collect(),
         }
     }