diff --git a/x/auth/keeper/keeper.go b/x/auth/keeper/keeper.go
index 7c86fb093390..81257ca02f35 100644
--- a/x/auth/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/auth/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ type AccountKeeper struct {
 	authority string
 
 	// State
-	Schema collections.Schema
-	Params collections.Item[types.Params]
-
+	Schema        collections.Schema
+	Params        collections.Item[types.Params]
+	AccountNumber collections.Sequence
 	// Accounts key: AccAddr | value: AccountI | index: AccountsIndex
 	Accounts *collections.IndexedMap[sdk.AccAddress, sdk.AccountI, AccountsIndexes]
 }
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ func NewAccountKeeper(
 		permAddrs:         permAddrs,
 		authority:         authority,
 		Params:            collections.NewItem(sb, types.ParamsKey, "params", codec.CollValue[types.Params](cdc)),
+		AccountNumber:     collections.NewSequence(sb, types.GlobalAccountNumberKey, "account_number"),
 		Accounts:          collections.NewIndexedMap(sb, types.AddressStoreKeyPrefix, "accounts", sdk.AccAddressKey, codec.CollInterfaceValue[sdk.AccountI](cdc), NewAccountIndexes(sb)),
 	}
 	schema, err := sb.Build()
diff --git a/x/auth/keeper/migrations.go b/x/auth/keeper/migrations.go
index 5b3418b99e65..3e8e17010fc4 100644
--- a/x/auth/keeper/migrations.go
+++ b/x/auth/keeper/migrations.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package keeper
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"cosmossdk.io/collections"
 	v5 "cosmossdk.io/x/auth/migrations/v5"
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/auth/types"
 
@@ -13,16 +12,11 @@ import (
 // Migrator is a struct for handling in-place store migrations.
 type Migrator struct {
 	keeper AccountKeeper
-	// accNum is use in v4 to v5 and v5 to v6 migration
-	accNum collections.Sequence
 }
 
 // NewMigrator returns a new Migrator.
 func NewMigrator(keeper AccountKeeper) Migrator {
-	sb := collections.NewSchemaBuilder(keeper.Environment.KVStoreService)
-	accNumSeq := collections.NewSequence(sb, types.GlobalAccountNumberKey, "account_number")
-
-	return Migrator{keeper: keeper, accNum: accNumSeq}
+	return Migrator{keeper: keeper}
 }
 
 // Migrate1to2 migrates from version 1 to 2.
@@ -48,13 +42,13 @@ func (m Migrator) Migrate3to4(ctx context.Context) error {
 // It migrates the GlobalAccountNumber from being a protobuf defined value to a
 // big-endian encoded uint64, it also migrates it to use a more canonical prefix.
 func (m Migrator) Migrate4To5(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return v5.Migrate(ctx, m.keeper.KVStoreService, m.accNum)
+	return v5.Migrate(ctx, m.keeper.KVStoreService, m.keeper.AccountNumber)
 }
 
 // Migrate5To6 migrates the x/auth module state from the consensus version 5 to 6.
 // It migrates the GlobalAccountNumber from x/auth to x/accounts .
 func (m Migrator) Migrate5To6(ctx context.Context) error {
-	currentAccNum, err := m.accNum.Peek(ctx)
+	currentAccNum, err := m.keeper.AccountNumber.Peek(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}