diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index fde09a1e3..fd6309ce8 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ project_name: nibid
 
 env:
   - CGO_ENABLED=1
+  - GO111MODULE=on
+  - DEFAULT_DB_BACKEND=pebbledb
 
 builds:
   - id: darwin
@@ -31,9 +33,11 @@ builds:
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=nibid
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version={{ .Version }}
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit={{ .Commit }}
-      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=rocksdb
+      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags={{ .Env.DARWIN_TAGS }}
+      - -X github.com/cometbft/cometbft/version.CMTSemVer={{ .Env.CMT_VERSION }}
+      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend={{ .Env.DEFAULT_DB_BACKEND }}
       - -linkmode=external
-      - -extldflags '-lrocksdb -lstdc++ -ldl -lz -lbz2'
+      - -extldflags '-lrocksdb -lstdc++ -lz -lbz2'
     tags:
       - netgo
       - osusergo
@@ -71,7 +75,9 @@ builds:
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.AppName=nibid
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version={{ .Version }}
       - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit={{ .Commit }}
-      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=rocksdb
+      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags={{ .Env.LINUX_TAGS }}
+      - -X github.com/cometbft/cometbft/version.CMTSemVer={{ .Env.CMT_VERSION }}
+      - -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend={{ .Env.DEFAULT_DB_BACKEND }}
       - -linkmode=external
       - -extldflags '-static -lm -lbz2'
     tags:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88c3b263a..10705f8ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 - [#2104](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2104) - chore: update chain IDs
+- [#2202](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2202) - chore(build): add build tags and missing flags/variables
 - [#2206](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2206) - ci(chaosnet): fix docker image build
 - [#2207](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2207) - chore(ci): add cache for chaosnet builds
 - [#2209](https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru/pull/2209) - refator(ci):
diff --git a/contrib/make/build.mk b/contrib/make/build.mk
index f05af853b..378acb617 100644
--- a/contrib/make/build.mk
+++ b/contrib/make/build.mk
@@ -25,14 +25,9 @@ else
 endif
 SUDO := $(shell if [ "$(shell id -u)" != "0" ]; then echo "sudo"; fi)
 
-# SDK_PACK: Cosmos-SDK version
-SDK_PACK := $(shell go list -m github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk | sed  's/ /\@/g')
-# TM_VERSION: Tendermint Core version (CometBFT)
-# grab everything after the space in "github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.7"
-TM_VERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/cometbft/cometbft | sed 's:.* ::') 
+CMT_VERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/cometbft/cometbft | sed 's:.* ::')
 ROCKSDB_VERSION := 8.9.1
 WASMVM_VERSION := $(shell go list -m github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm | awk '{sub(/^v/, "", $$2); print $$2}')
-DOCKER := $(shell which docker)
 BUILDDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/build
 TEMPDIR ?= $(CURDIR)/temp
 
@@ -45,7 +40,6 @@ ifeq ($(OS_NAME),darwin)
 else
 	build_tags += muslc
 endif
-build_tags += $(BUILD_TAGS)
 build_tags := $(strip $(build_tags))
 
 whitespace :=
@@ -59,12 +53,11 @@ ldflags = -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Name=nibiru \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Version=$(VERSION) \
 		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
 		  -X "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version.BuildTags=$(build_tags_comma_sep)" \
-		  -X github.com/tendermint/tendermint/version.TMCoreSemVer=$(TM_VERSION) \
-		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=rocksdb \
+		  -X github.com/cometbft/cometbft/version.CMTSemVer=$(CMT_VERSION) \
+		  -X github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types.DBBackend=pebbledb \
 		  -linkmode=external \
 		  -w -s
 
-ldflags += $(LDFLAGS)
 ldflags := $(strip $(ldflags))
 
 BUILD_FLAGS := -tags "$(build_tags)" -ldflags '$(ldflags)'
@@ -132,7 +125,7 @@ packages:
 # command for make build and make install
 build: BUILDARGS=-o $(BUILDDIR)/
 build install: go.sum $(BUILDDIR)/ rocksdblib wasmvmlib packages
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" go $@ -mod=readonly $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILDARGS) ./...
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" go $@ -mod=readonly -trimpath $(BUILD_FLAGS) $(BUILDARGS) ./...
 
 # ensure build directory exists
 $(BUILDDIR)/:
diff --git a/contrib/make/release.mk b/contrib/make/release.mk
index 4f1290b8a..29f28cfd0 100644
--- a/contrib/make/release.mk
+++ b/contrib/make/release.mk
@@ -4,29 +4,48 @@
 
 PACKAGE_NAME		  := github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru
 GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION  ?= v1.21.5
+CMT_VERSION 		  := $(shell go list -m github.com/cometbft/cometbft | sed 's:.* ::')
 
-# The `make release` command is running a Docker container with the image 
+DOCKER_YQ = docker run --rm -v $(PWD):/work -w /work mikefarah/yq:4
+
+DARWIN_TAGS := $(shell $(DOCKER_YQ) e \
+    '.builds | map(select(.id == "darwin")) | .[0].tags | join(",")' \
+    .goreleaser.yml)
+
+LINUX_TAGS := $(shell $(DOCKER_YQ) e \
+    '.builds | map(select(.id == "linux")) | .[0].tags | join(",")' \
+    .goreleaser.yml)
+
+# The `make release` command is running a Docker container with the image
 # `gorelease/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION}`. This command:
-# `-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME)`: mounts the current directory 
+# `-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME)`: mounts the current directory
 # `release --clean`: executes the release inside the directory
 release:
+	@echo "Darwin Tags: $(DARWIN_TAGS)"
+	@echo "Linux Tags: $(LINUX_TAGS)"
 	docker run \
 		--rm \
 		--platform linux/amd64 \
 		-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
-		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
 		-e GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN} \
+		-e CMT_VERSION=$(CMT_VERSION) \
+		-e DARWIN_TAGS="$(DARWIN_TAGS)" \
+		-e LINUX_TAGS="$(LINUX_TAGS)" \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
 		release --clean
 
 release-snapshot:
+	@echo "Darwin Tags: $(DARWIN_TAGS)"
+	@echo "Linux Tags: $(LINUX_TAGS)"
 	docker run \
 		--rm \
 		--platform linux/amd64 \
 		-v /tmp:/tmp \
 		-v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
-		-e CGO_ENABLED=1 \
+		-e CMT_VERSION=$(CMT_VERSION) \
+		-e DARWIN_TAGS="$(DARWIN_TAGS)" \
+		-e LINUX_TAGS="$(LINUX_TAGS)" \
 		goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:${GOLANG_CROSS_VERSION} \
 		release --clean --snapshot
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