diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80a33c7de..ff656faa3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -240,4 +240,6 @@ replace (
 // taproot-assets dependency to function properly.
 replace google.golang.org/protobuf => github.com/lightninglabs/protobuf-go-hex-display v1.34.2-hex-display
 
+replace github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets => github.com/GeorgeTsagk/taproot-assets v0.0.0-20250206112306-48fd69f933e2
+
 go 1.22.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c030232c4..fa915816f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -606,6 +606,8 @@ github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161/go.mod h1:xomTg6
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
+github.com/GeorgeTsagk/taproot-assets v0.0.0-20250206112306-48fd69f933e2 h1:9xyB0/UeNAtvQU0Y/1oiu+VMp8vxFo/ReJwhHDu979o=
+github.com/GeorgeTsagk/taproot-assets v0.0.0-20250206112306-48fd69f933e2/go.mod h1:W/R7DYNT8su4SkmHfea1sASR6o4t+Ztfu7wF/Gzdtnw=
 github.com/JohnCGriffin/overflow v0.0.0-20211019200055-46fa312c352c/go.mod h1:X0CRv0ky0k6m906ixxpzmDRLvX58TFUKS2eePweuyxk=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1/go.mod h1:VPu/7SZ7ePZ3QOrcuXROw5FAcLl4a0cBrbBpGY/8hQs=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0 h1:3MEsd0SM6jqZojhjLWWeBY+Kcjy9i6MQAeY7YgDP83g=
@@ -1179,8 +1181,6 @@ github.com/lightninglabs/pool/poolrpc v1.0.0 h1:vvosrgNx9WXF4mcHGqLjZOW8wNM0q+BL
 github.com/lightninglabs/pool/poolrpc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZqpEpBFRMMBAerMmilEjh27tqauSXDwLaLR0O3jvmMA=
 github.com/lightninglabs/protobuf-go-hex-display v1.34.2-hex-display h1:w7FM5LH9Z6CpKxl13mS48idsu6F+cEZf0lkyiV+Dq9g=
 github.com/lightninglabs/protobuf-go-hex-display v1.34.2-hex-display/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
-github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets v0.5.1-rc3 h1:LWyI5hhQsNJeagl9xSGUpzVibbQkRHYVN+R80HR0p+0=
-github.com/lightninglabs/taproot-assets v0.5.1-rc3/go.mod h1:W/R7DYNT8su4SkmHfea1sASR6o4t+Ztfu7wF/Gzdtnw=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-onion v1.2.1-0.20240712235311-98bd56499dfb h1:yfM05S8DXKhuCBp5qSMZdtSwvJ+GFzl94KbXMNB1JDY=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lightning-onion v1.2.1-0.20240712235311-98bd56499dfb/go.mod h1:c0kvRShutpj3l6B9WtTsNTBUtjSmjZXbJd9ZBRQOSKI=
 github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd v0.18.4-beta.rc2.0.20250130074910-e25f8fcc817c h1:GjmabPvyRkovBBEsQsdY3ek+xXB3/VViJwi9LX+Z+yw=
diff --git a/itest/assets_test.go b/itest/assets_test.go
index 49fe394cf..ab4ad701d 100644
--- a/itest/assets_test.go
+++ b/itest/assets_test.go
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ func syncUniverses(t *testing.T, universe *tapClient, nodes ...*HarnessNode) {
 
 		itest.SyncUniverses(
 			ctxt, t, nodeTapClient, universe, universeHostAddr,
+			universerpc.UniverseSyncMode_SYNC_ISSUANCE_ONLY,
 			defaultTimeout,
 		)
 	}