---
title: "UpdateParams defines a governance operation for updating the x/gov module parameters. The authority is defined in the keeper."
method: POST
path: "/cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/UpdateParams"
tags: ["Msg"]
---

# UpdateParams defines a governance operation for updating the x/gov module parameters. The authority is defined in the keeper.

`POST /cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/UpdateParams`

Since: cosmos-sdk 0.47

## Request body

- CosmosGovV1MsgUpdateParams — MsgUpdateParams is the Msg/UpdateParams request type. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.47
  - `authority` string — authority is the address that controls the module (defaults to x/gov unless overwritten).
  - `params` CosmosGovV1Params — Params defines the parameters for the x/gov module. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.47
    - `burn_proposal_deposit_prevote` boolean
    - `burn_vote_quorum` boolean
    - `burn_vote_veto` boolean
    - `expedited_min_deposit` CosmosBaseV1beta1Coin[] — Minimum expedited deposit for a proposal to enter voting period.
      - `amount` string
      - `denom` string
    - `expedited_threshold` string — Minimum proportion of Yes votes for proposal to pass. Default value: 0.67. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.50
    - `expedited_voting_period` string — Duration of the voting period of an expedited proposal. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.50
    - `max_deposit_period` string — Maximum period for Atom holders to deposit on a proposal. Initial value: 2 months.
    - `min_deposit` CosmosBaseV1beta1Coin[] — Minimum deposit for a proposal to enter voting period.
      - `amount` string
      - `denom` string
    - `min_deposit_ratio` string — The ratio representing the proportion of the deposit value minimum that must be met when making a deposit. Default value: 0.01. Meaning that for a chain with a min_deposit of 100stake, a deposit of 1stake would be required. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.50
    - `min_initial_deposit_ratio` string — The ratio representing the proportion of the deposit value that must be paid at proposal submission.
    - `proposal_cancel_dest` string — The address which will receive (proposal_cancel_ratio * deposit) proposal deposits. If empty, the (proposal_cancel_ratio * deposit) proposal deposits will be burned. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.50
    - `proposal_cancel_ratio` string — The cancel ratio which will not be returned back to the depositors when a proposal is cancelled. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.50
    - `quorum` string — Minimum percentage of total stake needed to vote for a result to be considered valid.
    - `threshold` string — Minimum proportion of Yes votes for proposal to pass. Default value: 0.5.
    - `veto_threshold` string — Minimum value of Veto votes to Total votes ratio for proposal to be vetoed. Default value: 1/3.
    - `voting_period` string — Duration of the voting period.

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- CosmosGovV1MsgUpdateParamsResponse — MsgUpdateParamsResponse defines the response structure for executing a MsgUpdateParams message. Since: cosmos-sdk 0.47

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2025-02-05** `de0653d8a73d` — 1 info
  - api operation id `EvidenceMsg_UpdateParamsMixin99` removed and replaced with `CircuitMsg_UpdateParamsMixin102`
- **2024-08-29** `29f6671190b2` — 1 info
  - api operation id `EvidenceMsg_UpdateParamsMixin102` removed and replaced with `EvidenceMsg_UpdateParamsMixin99`
- **2024-08-14** `21c607e4fa20` — 1 info
  - api operation id `CosmosGovV1Msg_UpdateParams` removed and replaced with `EvidenceMsg_UpdateParamsMixin102`
- **2024-02-23** `54713b4a9d25` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/pokt-network/apis/http-api-console/changes/cosmos.gov.v1.Msg/UpdateParams/post.md)

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