diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7704831e0d6..864a2f89a62f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (server) [#15984](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15984) Use `cosmossdk.io/log` package for logging instead of CometBFT logger. NOTE: v0.45 and v0.46 were not using CometBFT logger either. This keeps the same underlying logger (zerolog) as in v0.45.x+ and v0.46.x+ but now properly supporting filtered logging.
 * (gov) [#15979](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/15979) Improve gov error message when failing to convert v1 proposal to v1beta1.
 * (store) [#16067](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16067) Add local snapshots management commands.
-* (server) [#16061](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16061) add comet bootstrap command
+* (server) [#16061](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16061) Add Comet bootstrap command.
+* (x/staking) [#16068](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/16068) Update simulation to allow non-EOA accounts to stake.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/x/staking/simulation/operations.go b/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
index a675c4c9e634..edea79a6f6c6 100644
--- a/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
+++ b/x/staking/simulation/operations.go
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ func SimulateMsgUndelegate(ak types.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKeeper, k *keepe
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		// if simaccount.PrivKey == nil, delegation address does not exist in accs. Return error
+		// if simaccount.PrivKey == nil, delegation address does not exist in accs. However, since smart contracts and module accounts can stake, we can ignore the error
 		if simAccount.PrivKey == nil {
-			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, msg.Type(), "account private key is nil"), nil, fmt.Errorf("delegation addr: %s does not exist in simulation accounts", delAddr)
+			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, msg.Type(), "account private key is nil"), nil, nil
 		}
 
 		account := ak.GetAccount(ctx, delAddr)
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ func SimulateMsgBeginRedelegate(ak types.AccountKeeper, bk types.BankKeeper, k *
 			}
 		}
 
-		// if simaccount.PrivKey == nil, delegation address does not exist in accs. Return error
+		// if simaccount.PrivKey == nil, delegation address does not exist in accs. However, since smart contracts and module accounts can stake, we can ignore the error
 		if simAccount.PrivKey == nil {
-			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, types.TypeMsgBeginRedelegate, "account private key is nil"), nil, fmt.Errorf("delegation addr: %s does not exist in simulation accounts", delAddr)
+			return simtypes.NoOpMsg(types.ModuleName, types.TypeMsgBeginRedelegate, "account private key is nil"), nil, nil
 		}
 
 		account := ak.GetAccount(ctx, delAddr)