diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 21bbaca6..d6f16f42 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
-## [1.2.0] - 2024-02-12
+## [1.3.1] - 2024-02-29
+### Changed
+- Updated cookie assistant logic to support the Indexer exchange server not using cookies and the chain server using them
+
+## [1.3.0] - 2024-02-12
 ### Changed
 - Removed `asyncio` from the dependencies
 
diff --git a/pyinjective/core/network.py b/pyinjective/core/network.py
index c739151e..93d006eb 100644
--- a/pyinjective/core/network.py
+++ b/pyinjective/core/network.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ async def chain_metadata(self, metadata_query_provider: Callable) -> Tuple[Tuple
 
     async def exchange_metadata(self, metadata_query_provider: Callable) -> Tuple[Tuple[str, str]]:
         cookie = await self.exchange_cookie(metadata_query_provider=metadata_query_provider)
-        return (("cookie", cookie),)
+        metadata = None
+        if cookie is not None and cookie != "":
+            metadata = (("cookie", cookie),)
+        return metadata
 
 
 class KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant(CookieAssistant):
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ async def _fetch_exchange_cookie(self, metadata_query_provider: Callable):
         cookie_info = next((value for key, value in metadata if key == "set-cookie"), None)
 
         if cookie_info is None:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Error fetching exchange cookie ({metadata})")
+            cookie_info = ""
 
         self._exchange_cookie = cookie_info
 
@@ -83,7 +86,11 @@ def _is_cookie_expired(self, cookie_data: str) -> bool:
         cookie = SimpleCookie()
         cookie.load(cookie_data)
 
-        expiration_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(cookie["GCLB"]["expires"], "%a, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S %Z").timestamp()
+        expiration_data: Optional[str] = cookie.get("GCLB", {}).get("expires", None)
+        if expiration_data is None:
+            expiration_time = 0
+        else:
+            expiration_time = datetime.datetime.strptime(expiration_data, "%a, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S %Z").timestamp()
 
         timestamp_diff = expiration_time - time.time()
         return timestamp_diff < self.SESSION_RENEWAL_OFFSET
@@ -130,7 +137,7 @@ async def _fetch_exchange_cookie(self, metadata_query_provider: Callable):
         cookie_info = next((value for key, value in metadata if key == "set-cookie"), None)
 
         if cookie_info is None:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Error fetching exchange cookie ({metadata})")
+            cookie_info = ""
 
         self._exchange_cookie = cookie_info
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e53facef..81c1888f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "injective-py"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.3.1"
 description = "Injective Python SDK, with Exchange API Client"
 authors = ["Injective Labs <contact@injectivelabs.org>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/tests/core/test_network.py b/tests/core/test_network.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..479f7027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/test_network.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import pytest
+
+from pyinjective.core.network import BareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant, KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant
+
+
+class TestBareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_chain_metadata(self):
+        assistant = BareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("set-cookie", "expected_cookie")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.chain_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+        expected_metadata = (("cookie", "expected_cookie"),)
+
+        assert expected_metadata == metadata
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_chain_metadata_fails_when_cookie_info_not_included_in_server_response(self):
+        assistant = BareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("invalid_key", "invalid_value")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=f"Error fetching chain cookie ({dummy_metadata})"):
+            await assistant.chain_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_exchange_metadata(self):
+        assistant = BareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("set-cookie", "expected_cookie")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.exchange_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+        expected_metadata = (("cookie", "expected_cookie"),)
+
+        assert expected_metadata == metadata
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_exchange_metadata_is_none_when_cookie_info_not_included_in_server_response(self):
+        assistant = BareMetalLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("invalid_key", "invalid_value")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.exchange_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+
+        assert metadata is None
+
+
+class TestKubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant:
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_chain_metadata(self):
+        assistant = KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("set-cookie", "expected_cookie")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.chain_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+        expected_metadata = (("cookie", "expected_cookie"),)
+
+        assert expected_metadata == metadata
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_chain_metadata_fails_when_cookie_info_not_included_in_server_response(self):
+        assistant = KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("invalid_key", "invalid_value")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=f"Error fetching chain cookie ({dummy_metadata})"):
+            await assistant.chain_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_exchange_metadata(self):
+        assistant = KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("set-cookie", "expected_cookie")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.exchange_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+        expected_metadata = (("cookie", "expected_cookie"),)
+
+        assert expected_metadata == metadata
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_exchange_metadata_is_none_when_cookie_info_not_included_in_server_response(self):
+        assistant = KubernetesLoadBalancedCookieAssistant()
+        dummy_metadata = [("invalid_key", "invalid_value")]
+
+        async def dummy_metadata_provider():
+            return dummy_metadata
+
+        metadata = await assistant.exchange_metadata(metadata_query_provider=dummy_metadata_provider)
+
+        assert metadata is None