diff --git a/go/node/deployment/v1/codec.go b/go/node/deployment/v1/codec.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cad24fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/node/deployment/v1/codec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
+	cdctypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec/types"
+)
+
+var (
+	// ModuleCdc references the global x/deployment module codec. Note, the codec should
+	// ONLY be used in certain instances of tests and for JSON encoding as Amino is
+	// still used for that purpose.
+	//
+	// The actual codec used for serialization should be provided to x/deployment and
+	// defined at the application level.
+	//
+	// Deprecated: ModuleCdc use is deprecated
+	ModuleCdc = codec.NewProtoCodec(cdctypes.NewInterfaceRegistry())
+)
+
diff --git a/go/node/deployment/v1/msgs.go b/go/node/deployment/v1/msgs.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bbe13ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/node/deployment/v1/msgs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
+)
+
+// GetSignBytes encodes the message for signing
+//
+// Deprecated: GetSignBytes is deprecated
+func (msg *MsgDepositDeployment) GetSignBytes() []byte {
+	return sdk.MustSortJSON(ModuleCdc.MustMarshalJSON(msg))
+}
+
diff --git a/proto/node/akash/deployment/v1/msg.proto b/proto/node/akash/deployment/v1/msg.proto
index e2196f9a..34f6cf24 100644
--- a/proto/node/akash/deployment/v1/msg.proto
+++ b/proto/node/akash/deployment/v1/msg.proto
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import "akash/deployment/v1/deployment.proto";
 
 option go_package = "pkg.akt.dev/go/node/deployment/v1";
 
-
 // MsgDepositDeployment deposits more funds into the deposit account
 message MsgDepositDeployment {
   option (gogoproto.equal) = false;
@@ -36,5 +35,5 @@ message MsgDepositDeployment {
   ];
 }
 
-// MsgCreateDeploymentResponse defines the Msg/CreateDeployment response type.
+// MsgDepositDeploymentResponse defines response type for the MsgDepositDeployment.
 message MsgDepositDeploymentResponse {}