diff --git a/simapp/v2/go.mod b/simapp/v2/go.mod
index 1bd12b00662d..3738e1c33053 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/go.mod
+++ b/simapp/v2/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/log v1.5.0
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
 	cosmossdk.io/runtime/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 // main
-	cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 // main
+	cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241120173909-b45cf753a7a3 // main
 	cosmossdk.io/server/v2/cometbft v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	cosmossdk.io/store/v2 v2.0.0-20241108144957-78b5cd4dbd08 // main
 	cosmossdk.io/tools/confix v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
diff --git a/simapp/v2/go.sum b/simapp/v2/go.sum
index 910579cfe97e..727a3caf1834 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/go.sum
+++ b/simapp/v2/go.sum
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ cosmossdk.io/runtime/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 h1:hYI7pvrmdkgFZJ4HVQ
 cosmossdk.io/runtime/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95/go.mod h1:J4Wv2eOwAz8t14Ak8XBMWDoFbwqwyllMaJF91O7n/wI=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v0.3.1-0.20241010135032-192601639cac h1:3joNZZWZ3k7fMsrBDL1ktuQ2xQwYLZOaDhkruadDFmc=
 cosmossdk.io/schema v0.3.1-0.20241010135032-192601639cac/go.mod h1:RDAhxIeNB4bYqAlF4NBJwRrgtnciMcyyg0DOKnhNZQQ=
-cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 h1:WUho1r7Zcg5aPn5YtYRN5TW9fvxUirX1mSihBDJ6ccg=
-cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95/go.mod h1:gPATMrgLSzDoJiyoY+N8ULwfvAJ3Ooh6TYFsW60tHW0=
+cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241120173909-b45cf753a7a3 h1:92+h62WOgxdb3eqjIT1sNn+/gcQYLvtZ9eln84h0nMg=
+cosmossdk.io/server/v2 v2.0.0-20241120173909-b45cf753a7a3/go.mod h1:gPATMrgLSzDoJiyoY+N8ULwfvAJ3Ooh6TYFsW60tHW0=
 cosmossdk.io/server/v2/appmanager v0.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 h1:GOznErJieaI0OS0LDUsu5Vy3qPnCyjdvkncejP0Zv5s=
 cosmossdk.io/server/v2/appmanager v0.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95/go.mod h1:elhlrldWtm+9U4PxE0G3wjz83yQwVVGVAOncXJPY1Xc=
 cosmossdk.io/server/v2/stf v0.0.0-20241119134933-d697a3de0f95 h1:cK7wvmlA18AvLcaInseKTBmt5EXtLwafe7oH1rx7veU=
diff --git a/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go b/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
index 24fad3eaa538..9fb41250ec8e 100644
--- a/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
+++ b/simapp/v2/simdv2/cmd/commands.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/debug"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/keys"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/rpc"
+	sdktelemetry "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/telemetry"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	authcmd "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth/client/cli"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil"
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ func InitRootCmd[T transaction.Tx](
 		}
 	}
 
-	telemetryServer, err := telemetry.New[T](deps.GlobalConfig, logger)
+	telemetryServer, err := telemetry.New[T](deps.GlobalConfig, logger, sdktelemetry.EnableTelemetry)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/telemetry/metrics.go b/telemetry/metrics.go
index 175261408aae..67ace50c53ec 100644
--- a/telemetry/metrics.go
+++ b/telemetry/metrics.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ func IsTelemetryEnabled() bool {
 	return globalTelemetryEnabled
 }
 
+// EnableTelemetry allows for the global telemetry enabled state to be set.
+func EnableTelemetry() {
+	globalTelemetryEnabled = true
+}
+
 // globalLabels defines the set of global labels that will be applied to all
 // metrics emitted using the telemetry package function wrappers.
 var globalLabels = []metrics.Label{}