diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 05e74faa8..c42bd57f6 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: f420f1f858100218dad50997d939eaaf129ff654a0648a47ddc60d626ab0b8e9
-updated: 2017-12-10T05:37:46.41123196Z
+hash: ff6e6786ec24ffac91df45d4a1cdcefae5280700667ca76b8b9b96f343d78c95
+updated: 2017-12-13T18:04:10.05914801+01:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/btcsuite/btcd
   version: 2e60448ffcc6bf78332d1fe590260095f554dd78
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ imports:
   - leveldb/table
   - leveldb/util
 - name: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: fca2b508c185b855af1446ec4afc19bdfc7b315d
+  version: 895e14d6bd9cdad98eab4a051decbaad46f7eebd
   subpackages:
   - client
   - example/code
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index e614d0a1e..2b6593a17 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/spf13/viper
   version: v1.0.0
 - package: github.com/tendermint/abci
-  version: ~v0.8.0
+  version: feature/enhance-endblock
   subpackages:
   - client
   - example/dummy
diff --git a/state/execution.go b/state/execution.go
index 7ba4ac3e9..6f6a7ca18 100644
--- a/state/execution.go
+++ b/state/execution.go
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ func execBlockOnProxyApp(txEventPublisher types.TxEventPublisher, proxyAppConn p
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	valDiff := abciResponses.EndBlock.Diffs
+	valChanges := abciResponses.EndBlock.Changes
 
 	logger.Info("Executed block", "height", block.Height, "validTxs", validTxs, "invalidTxs", invalidTxs)
-	if len(valDiff) > 0 {
-		logger.Info("Update to validator set", "updates", abci.ValidatorsString(valDiff))
+	if len(valChanges) > 0 {
+		logger.Info("Update to validator set", "updates", abci.ValidatorsString(valChanges))
 	}
 
 	return abciResponses, nil
diff --git a/state/state.go b/state/state.go
index f8a8d1a03..3c9333b75 100644
--- a/state/state.go
+++ b/state/state.go
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ func (s *State) SetBlockAndValidators(header *types.Header, blockPartsHeader typ
 	nextValSet := prevValSet.Copy()
 
 	// update the validator set with the latest abciResponses
-	if len(abciResponses.EndBlock.Diffs) > 0 {
-		err := updateValidators(nextValSet, abciResponses.EndBlock.Diffs)
+	if len(abciResponses.EndBlock.Changes) > 0 {
+		err := updateValidators(nextValSet, abciResponses.EndBlock.Changes)
 		if err != nil {
 			s.logger.Error("Error changing validator set", "err", err)
 			// TODO: err or carry on?
diff --git a/state/state_test.go b/state/state_test.go
index 9b78b3871..2c403a425 100644
--- a/state/state_test.go
+++ b/state/state_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestABCIResponsesSaveLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	abciResponses := NewABCIResponses(block)
 	abciResponses.DeliverTx[0] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("foo"), Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}
 	abciResponses.DeliverTx[1] = &abci.ResponseDeliverTx{Data: []byte("bar"), Log: "ok", Tags: []*abci.KVPair{}}
-	abciResponses.EndBlock = &abci.ResponseEndBlock{Diffs: []*abci.Validator{
+	abciResponses.EndBlock = &abci.ResponseEndBlock{Changes: []*abci.Validator{
 		{
 			PubKey: crypto.GenPrivKeyEd25519().PubKey().Bytes(),
 			Power:  10,
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ func makeHeaderPartsResponses(state *State, height int64,
 	_, val := state.Validators.GetByIndex(0)
 	abciResponses := &ABCIResponses{
 		Height:   height,
-		EndBlock: &abci.ResponseEndBlock{Diffs: []*abci.Validator{}},
+		EndBlock: &abci.ResponseEndBlock{Changes: []*abci.Validator{}},
 	}
 
 	// if the pubkey is new, remove the old and add the new
 	if !bytes.Equal(pubkey.Bytes(), val.PubKey.Bytes()) {
 		abciResponses.EndBlock = &abci.ResponseEndBlock{
-			Diffs: []*abci.Validator{
+			Changes: []*abci.Validator{
 				{val.PubKey.Bytes(), 0},
 				{pubkey.Bytes(), 10},
 			},