diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83c27dffbd..88000ee4de 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5805,6 +5805,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethabi 16.0.0",
  "frame-support",
  "frame-system",
+ "hex",
  "lazy_static",
  "orml-traits",
  "pallet-balances",
diff --git a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/axelar-gateway-precompile/src/lib.rs b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/axelar-gateway-precompile/src/lib.rs
index 4622199339..1468d434b3 100644
--- a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/axelar-gateway-precompile/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/axelar-gateway-precompile/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use cfg_types::domain_address::{Domain, DomainAddress};
 use fp_evm::PrecompileHandle;
+use frame_support::ensure;
 use pallet_evm::{ExitError, PrecompileFailure};
 use precompile_utils::prelude::*;
 use sp_core::{bounded::BoundedVec, ConstU32, H256, U256};
@@ -250,11 +251,12 @@ where
 		source_address: String<MAX_SOURCE_ADDRESS_BYTES>,
 		payload: Bytes<MAX_PAYLOAD_BYTES>,
 	) -> EvmResult {
-		if handle.context().caller != GatewayContract::<T>::get() {
-			return Err(PrecompileFailure::Error {
-				exit_status: ExitError::Other("axelar gateway contract address mismatch".into()),
-			});
-		}
+		ensure!(
+			handle.context().caller == GatewayContract::<T>::get(),
+			PrecompileFailure::Error {
+				exit_status: ExitError::Other("gateway contract address mismatch".into()),
+			}
+		);
 
 		let msg = BoundedVec::<
 			u8,
diff --git a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/Cargo.toml b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/Cargo.toml
index d0ba8b5395..fae92ee6ea 100644
--- a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 
 [dependencies]
+hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", features = ["derive"], default-features = false }
 frame-support = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", default-features = false, branch = "polkadot-v0.9.38" }
 frame-system = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate", default-features = false, branch = "polkadot-v0.9.38" }
diff --git a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/src/routers/axelar_evm.rs b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/src/routers/axelar_evm.rs
index 137160536f..a5912166fd 100644
--- a/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/src/routers/axelar_evm.rs
+++ b/pallets/liquidity-pools-gateway/routers/src/routers/axelar_evm.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ use ethabi::{Contract, Function, Param, ParamType, Token};
 use frame_support::dispatch::{DispatchError, DispatchResult};
 use frame_system::pallet_prelude::OriginFor;
 use scale_info::{
-	prelude::string::{String, ToString},
+	prelude::{
+		format,
+		string::{String, ToString},
+	},
 	TypeInfo,
 };
 use sp_core::{bounded::BoundedVec, ConstU32, H160};
@@ -155,7 +158,11 @@ pub(crate) fn get_axelar_encoded_msg(
 	.map_err(|_| "cannot retrieve Axelar contract function")?
 	.encode_input(&[
 		Token::String(target_chain_string),
-		Token::String(target_contract.to_string()),
+		// Ensure that the target contract is correctly converted to hex.
+		//
+		// The `to_string` method on the H160 is returning a string containing an ellipsis, such
+		// as: 0x1234…7890
+		Token::String(format!("0x{}", hex::encode(target_contract.0))),
 		Token::Bytes(encoded_liquidity_pools_contract),
 	])
 	.map_err(|_| "cannot encode input for Axelar contract function")?;