diff --git a/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go b/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go
index b09889b58..f0266029e 100644
--- a/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go
+++ b/internal/blocksync/v2/reactor_test.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func newTestReactor(t *testing.T, p testReactorParams) *BlockchainReactor {
 	} else {
 		app := &testApp{}
 		cc := abciclient.NewLocalCreator(app)
-		proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
+		proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc, proxy.NopMetrics())
 		err := proxyApp.Start()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		db := dbm.NewMemDB()
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func newReactorStore(
 	require.Len(t, privVals, 1)
 	app := &testApp{}
 	cc := abciclient.NewLocalCreator(app)
-	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc)
+	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc, proxy.NopMetrics())
 	err := proxyApp.Start()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("error start app: %w", err))
diff --git a/node/node_test.go b/node/node_test.go
index b22a37125..0ea910d2f 100644
--- a/node/node_test.go
+++ b/node/node_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestCreateProposalBlock(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(cfg.RootDir)
 	cc := abciclient.NewLocalCreator(kvstore.NewApplication())
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc, proxy.NopMetrics())
-	err := proxyApp.Start()
+	err = proxyApp.Start()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	defer proxyApp.Stop() //nolint:errcheck // ignore for tests
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func TestMaxTxsProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(cfg.RootDir)
 	cc := abciclient.NewLocalCreator(kvstore.NewApplication())
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc, proxy.NopMetrics())
-	err := proxyApp.Start()
+	err = proxyApp.Start()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	defer proxyApp.Stop() //nolint:errcheck // ignore for tests
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestMaxProposalBlockSize(t *testing.T) {
 	defer os.RemoveAll(cfg.RootDir)
 	cc := abciclient.NewLocalCreator(kvstore.NewApplication())
 	proxyApp := proxy.NewAppConns(cc, proxy.NopMetrics())
-	err := proxyApp.Start()
+	err = proxyApp.Start()
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	defer proxyApp.Stop() //nolint:errcheck // ignore for tests