diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 2f2eb506b..a2ae47a09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/tendermi
 
 ### BUG FIXES
 
-[docker] \#9073 enable cross platform build using docker buildx
+- [consensus] \#9229 fix round number of `enterPropose` when handling `RoundStepNewRound` timeout. (@fatcat22)
+- [docker] \#9073 enable cross platform build using docker buildx
diff --git a/consensus/state.go b/consensus/state.go
index 20c406c05..9d93d9f6b 100644
--- a/consensus/state.go
+++ b/consensus/state.go
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ func (cs *State) handleTimeout(ti timeoutInfo, rs cstypes.RoundState) {
 		cs.enterNewRound(ti.Height, 0)
 
 	case cstypes.RoundStepNewRound:
-		cs.enterPropose(ti.Height, 0)
+		cs.enterPropose(ti.Height, ti.Round)
 
 	case cstypes.RoundStepPropose:
 		if err := cs.eventBus.PublishEventTimeoutPropose(cs.RoundStateEvent()); err != nil {