diff --git a/lib/blockchain/chain.js b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
index bacee34a2..7e943a0b5 100644
--- a/lib/blockchain/chain.js
+++ b/lib/blockchain/chain.js
@@ -3582,7 +3582,7 @@ class Chain extends AsyncEmitter {
       const state = await this.getState(prev, deployment);
 
       if (state === thresholdStates.LOCKED_IN
-          || (state === thresholdStates.STARTED && deployment.force)) {
+          || state === thresholdStates.STARTED) {
         version |= 1 << deployment.bit;
       }
     }
diff --git a/lib/mining/miner.js b/lib/mining/miner.js
index daa067eeb..9a8913c78 100644
--- a/lib/mining/miner.js
+++ b/lib/mining/miner.js
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class MinerOptions {
     this.chain = null;
     this.mempool = null;
 
-    this.version = 0;
+    this.version = -1;
     this.addresses = [];
     this.coinbaseFlags = Buffer.from(`mined by ${pkg.name}`, 'ascii');
     this.preverify = false;
diff --git a/test/chain-icann-lockup-test.js b/test/chain-icann-lockup-test.js
index f5b79c05f..477624cf3 100644
--- a/test/chain-icann-lockup-test.js
+++ b/test/chain-icann-lockup-test.js
@@ -1062,6 +1062,10 @@ async function mineBlock(node, opts = {}) {
 
   const job = await miner.cpu.createJob(chain.tip);
 
+  // opt out of all (esp. `hardening`) as
+  // some domains in this test still use RSA-1024
+  job.attempt.version = 0;
+
   if (setICANNLockup)
     job.attempt.version |= (1 << deployments[SOFT_FORK_NAME].bit);