diff --git a/tests/e2e/actions.go b/tests/e2e/actions.go
index 9c7d41af17..0c47b452e2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/actions.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/actions.go
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ rpc_addr = "%s"
 rpc_timeout = "10s"
 store_prefix = "ibc"
 trusting_period = "14days"
-websocket_addr = "%s"
+event_source = { mode = "push", url = "%s", batch_delay = "50ms" }
 ccv_consumer_chain = %v
 
 [chains.gas_price]
@@ -1844,3 +1844,25 @@ func (tr TestRun) GetPathNameForGorelayer(chainA, chainB chainID) string {
 
 	return pathName
 }
+
+// Run an instance of the Hermes relayer using the "evidence" command,
+// which detects evidences committed to the blocks of a consumer chain.
+// Each infraction detected is reported to the provider chain using
+// either a SubmitConsumerDoubleVoting or a SubmitConsumerMisbehaviour message.
+type detectConsumerEvidenceAction struct {
+	chain chainID
+}
+
+func (tr TestRun) detectConsumerEvidence(
+	action detectConsumerEvidenceAction,
+	verbose bool,
+) {
+	chainConfig := tr.chainConfigs[action.chain]
+	//#nosec G204 -- Bypass linter warning for spawning subprocess with cmd arguments.
+	bz, err := exec.Command("docker", "exec", "-d", tr.containerConfig.instanceName,
+		"hermes", "evidence", "--chain", string(chainConfig.chainId)).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err, "\n", string(bz))
+	}
+	tr.waitBlocks("provi", 10, 2*time.Minute)
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/actions_consumer_misbehaviour.go b/tests/e2e/actions_consumer_misbehaviour.go
index 84eb93152c..0da2f9e56f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/actions_consumer_misbehaviour.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/actions_consumer_misbehaviour.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ func (tr TestRun) forkConsumerChain(action forkConsumerChainAction, verbose bool
 }
 
 type updateLightClientAction struct {
+	chain         chainID
 	hostChain     chainID
 	relayerConfig string
 	clientID      string
@@ -70,7 +72,9 @@ func (tr TestRun) updateLightClient(
 	action updateLightClientAction,
 	verbose bool,
 ) {
-	// hermes clear packets ibc0 transfer channel-13
+	// retrieve a trusted height of the consumer light client
+	trustedHeight := tr.getTrustedHeight(action.hostChain, action.clientID, 2)
+
 	//#nosec G204 -- Bypass linter warning for spawning subprocess with cmd arguments.
 	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "exec", tr.containerConfig.instanceName, "hermes",
 		"--config", action.relayerConfig,
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ func (tr TestRun) updateLightClient(
 		"client",
 		"--client", action.clientID,
 		"--host-chain", string(action.hostChain),
+		"--trusted-height", strconv.Itoa(int(trustedHeight.RevisionHeight)),
 	)
 	if verbose {
 		log.Println("updateLightClientAction cmd:", cmd.String())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/main.go b/tests/e2e/main.go
index 406a015e63..84a06eeab9 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/main.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/main.go
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ func (tr *TestRun) runStep(step Step, verbose bool) {
 		tr.updateLightClient(action, verbose)
 	case assertChainIsHaltedAction:
 		tr.assertChainIsHalted(action, verbose)
+	case detectConsumerEvidenceAction:
+		tr.detectConsumerEvidence(action, verbose)
 	default:
 		log.Fatalf("unknown action in testRun %s: %#v", tr.name, action)
 	}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/state.go b/tests/e2e/state.go
index 8d9ba9a81e..d0d908a494 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/state.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/state.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -776,3 +777,50 @@ func (tr TestRun) getClientFrozenHeight(chain chainID, clientID string) clientty
 
 	return clienttypes.Height{RevisionHeight: uint64(revHeight), RevisionNumber: uint64(revNumber)}
 }
+
+func (tr TestRun) getTrustedHeight(
+	chain chainID,
+	clientID string,
+	index int,
+) clienttypes.Height {
+	//#nosec G204 -- Bypass linter warning for spawning subprocess with cmd arguments.
+	configureNodeCmd := exec.Command("docker", "exec", tr.containerConfig.instanceName, "hermes",
+		"--json", "query", "client", "consensus", "--chain", string(chain),
+		`--client`, clientID,
+	)
+
+	cmdReader, err := configureNodeCmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	configureNodeCmd.Stderr = configureNodeCmd.Stdout
+
+	if err := configureNodeCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(cmdReader)
+
+	var trustedHeight gjson.Result
+	// iterate on the relayer's response
+	// and parse the the command "result"
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		out := scanner.Text()
+		if len(gjson.Get(out, "result").Array()) > 0 {
+			trustedHeight = gjson.Get(out, "result").Array()[index]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	revHeight, err := strconv.Atoi(trustedHeight.Get("revision_height").String())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	revNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(trustedHeight.Get("revision_number").String())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	return clienttypes.Height{RevisionHeight: uint64(revHeight), RevisionNumber: uint64(revNumber)}
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/steps_consumer_misbehaviour.go b/tests/e2e/steps_consumer_misbehaviour.go
index 6401b5f638..53cfb78fae 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/steps_consumer_misbehaviour.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/steps_consumer_misbehaviour.go
@@ -213,43 +213,65 @@ func stepsCauseConsumerMisbehaviour(consumerName string) []Step {
 			},
 			state: State{},
 		},
+		// start relayer to detect IBC misbehaviour
 		{
-			// start relayer to detect ICS misbehaviour
 			action: startRelayerAction{},
 			state:  State{},
 		},
+		// detect the ICS misbehaviour
+		// and jail alice on the provider
+		{
+			action: detectConsumerEvidenceAction{
+				chain: chainID(consumerName),
+			},
+			state: State{
+				chainID("provi"): ChainState{
+					ValPowers: &map[validatorID]uint{
+						validatorID("alice"): 511,
+						validatorID("bob"):   20,
+					},
+				},
+				chainID(consumerName): ChainState{
+					ValPowers: &map[validatorID]uint{
+						validatorID("alice"): 511,
+						validatorID("bob"):   20,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			// update the fork consumer client to create a light client attack
 			// which should trigger a ICS misbehaviour message
 			action: updateLightClientAction{
+				chain:         chainID(consumerName),
+				clientID:      consumerClientID,
 				hostChain:     chainID("provi"),
 				relayerConfig: forkRelayerConfig, // this relayer config uses the "forked" consumer
-				clientID:      consumerClientID,
 			},
 			state: State{
 				chainID("provi"): ChainState{
-					// validator should be jailed on the provider
+					// alice should be jailed on the provider
 					ValPowers: &map[validatorID]uint{
 						validatorID("alice"): 0,
 						validatorID("bob"):   20,
 					},
-					// The consumer light client should not be frozen
+					// The consumer light client should be frozen on the provider
 					ClientsFrozenHeights: &map[string]clienttypes.Height{
-						"07-tendermint-0": {
+						consumerClientID: {
 							RevisionNumber: 0,
-							RevisionHeight: 0,
+							RevisionHeight: 1,
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				chainID(consumerName): ChainState{
+					// consumer should not have learned the jailing of alice
+					// since its light client is frozen on the provider
+					ValPowers: &map[validatorID]uint{
+						validatorID("alice"): 511,
+						validatorID("bob"):   20,
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
-		// we expect the consumer chain to be halted since the last VSC packet should
-		// have updated the alice validator power to 0.
-		{
-			action: assertChainIsHaltedAction{
-				chain: chainID("consu"),
-			},
-			state: State{},
-		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testnet-scripts/fork-consumer.sh b/tests/e2e/testnet-scripts/fork-consumer.sh
index 0bf96fcb79..7c12438b71 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testnet-scripts/fork-consumer.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/testnet-scripts/fork-consumer.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ rpc_addr = "http://$CONS_CHAIN_PREFIX.252:26658"
 rpc_timeout = "10s"
 store_prefix = "ibc"
 trusting_period = "2days"
-websocket_addr = "ws://$CONS_CHAIN_PREFIX.252:26658/websocket"
+event_source = { mode = 'push', url = 'ws://$CONS_CHAIN_PREFIX.252:26658/websocket' , batch_delay = '50ms' }
 
 [chains.gas_price]
         denom = "stake"
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ rpc_addr = "http://$PROV_CHAIN_PREFIX.4:26658"
 rpc_timeout = "10s"
 store_prefix = "ibc"
 trusting_period = "2days"
-websocket_addr = "ws://$PROV_CHAIN_PREFIX.4:26658/websocket"
+event_source = { mode = 'push', url = 'ws://$PROV_CHAIN_PREFIX.4:26658/websocket' , batch_delay = '50ms' }
+
+
 
 [chains.gas_price]
         denom = "stake"