diff --git a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/aw-validators/rc.json b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/aw-validators/rc.json
index 55638fa670..5427114cb7 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/aw-validators/rc.json
+++ b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/aw-validators/rc.json
@@ -218,5 +218,8 @@
       "0xb825c1bd020cb068f477b320f591b32e26814b5b",
       "0x0a5b31090d4c3c207b9ea6708f938e328f895fce"
     ]
+  },
+  "stride": {
+    "validators": ["0x1edadb2330c77769a7e9b48d990289ccdcafa430"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/validators.ts b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/validators.ts
index 0ba31db6bd..8cf8b1877d 100644
--- a/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/validators.ts
+++ b/typescript/infra/config/environments/mainnet3/validators.ts
@@ -1385,6 +1385,18 @@ export const validatorChainConfig = (
         'soon',
       ),
     },
+    stride: {
+      interval: 5,
+      reorgPeriod: getReorgPeriod('stride'),
+      validators: validatorsConfig(
+        {
+          [Contexts.ReleaseCandidate]: [
+            '0x1edadb2330c77769a7e9b48d990289ccdcafa430',
+          ],
+        },
+        'stride',
+      ),
+    },
 
     // fractal: {
     //   interval: 5,