diff --git a/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat b/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat
index 200a572dd..fce6c1d4d 100644
Binary files a/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat and b/src/blocks/checkpoints.dat differ
diff --git a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
index 16fa39384..1fb98f0a3 100755
--- a/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
+++ b/src/checkpoints/checkpoints.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ namespace cryptonote
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(20000,  "52cc7edcb49eb02f28a653b824089a726f4050eb210263ee6f4180d388a1e5cc");
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(30000,  "d22fde5dd240ade16d3250eb0aa5d1c16dc7cb51c20484e05eb274911032b3fa");
       ADD_CHECKPOINT(40000,  "aee0d642322542ba069cb1c58ab2acd3560f108d4682c3dc3cb15a54d442d91f");
-      ADD_CHECKPOINT(50000,  "5286ac2a0f39b3aefcba363cd71f2760bd1e0d763cbc81026ebdc3f80a86541f");      
+      ADD_CHECKPOINT(50000,  "5286ac2a0f39b3aefcba363cd71f2760bd1e0d763cbc81026ebdc3f80a86541f");
+      ADD_CHECKPOINT(53666,  "3f43f56f66ef0c43cf2fd14d0d28fa2aae0ef8f40716773511345750770f1255"); //Hard fork to v9
+      ADD_CHECKPOINT(54500,  "8ed3078b389c2b44add007803d741b58d3fbed2e1ba4139bda702152d8773c9b");
+
       return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
index 08255d394..d762d3dfb 100755
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/blockchain.cpp
@@ -4441,7 +4441,7 @@ void Blockchain::cancel()
 }
 
 #if defined(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
-static const char expected_block_hashes_hash[] = "16cb7e839284c1910925f8d9f8a752f38ad908ae9deec7afdfbbc4a777f5ef2e";
+static const char expected_block_hashes_hash[] = "e8255f4188ddb613df2953d8ae2ed509223e432290368b0eef062f8c12da9f70";
 void Blockchain::load_compiled_in_block_hashes()
 {
   const bool testnet = m_nettype == TESTNET;