diff --git a/adapters/celestia/src/verifier/address.rs b/adapters/celestia/src/verifier/address.rs
index 240e9c70d..f08a6ac73 100644
--- a/adapters/celestia/src/verifier/address.rs
+++ b/adapters/celestia/src/verifier/address.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a [u8]> for CelestiaAddress {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
 
     fn try_from(value: &'a [u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        if value.len() >= HRP.len() && &value[..HRP.len()] == HRP.as_bytes() && value.is_ascii() {
+        if value.starts_with(HRP.as_bytes()) && value.is_ascii() {
             // safety, because we checked that it is ASCII
             let s = unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(value) };
             return CelestiaAddress::from_str(s).map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("{}", e));
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_address_display_from_string() {
-        let raw_address_str = "celestia1w7wcupk5gswj25c0khnkey5fwmlndx6t5aarmk";
+        let raw_address_str = "celestia1hvp2nfz3r6nqt8mlrzqf9ctwle942tkr0wql75";
         let address = CelestiaAddress::from_str(raw_address_str).unwrap();
         let output = format!("{}", address);
         assert_eq!(raw_address_str, output);