diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 45edecfdfe6b..eb23b60027af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### Improvements
 
 * (server) [#21941](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21941) Regenerate addrbook.json for in place testnet.
+* (store) [#923](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/923) Enable iavl async pruning.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/store/iavl/store.go b/store/iavl/store.go
index e73dcd6c1fdd..8e091260fe40 100644
--- a/store/iavl/store.go
+++ b/store/iavl/store.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func LoadStore(db dbm.DB, logger log.Logger, key types.StoreKey, id types.Commit
 // provided DB. An error is returned if the version fails to load, or if called with a positive
 // version on an empty tree.
 func LoadStoreWithInitialVersion(db dbm.DB, logger log.Logger, key types.StoreKey, id types.CommitID, initialVersion uint64, cacheSize int, disableFastNode bool, metrics metrics.StoreMetrics) (types.CommitKVStore, error) {
-	tree := iavl.NewMutableTree(wrapper.NewDBWrapper(db), cacheSize, disableFastNode, logger, iavl.InitialVersionOption(initialVersion))
+	tree := iavl.NewMutableTree(wrapper.NewDBWrapper(db), cacheSize, disableFastNode, logger, iavl.InitialVersionOption(initialVersion), iavl.AsyncPruningOption(true))
 
 	isUpgradeable, err := tree.IsUpgradeable()
 	if err != nil {