diff --git a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/metadata_test.go b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/metadata_test.go
index 4b6e0810c05..f96174c04d0 100644
--- a/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/metadata_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/27-interchain-accounts/types/metadata_test.go
@@ -299,12 +299,12 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string
 		malleate func()
-		expPass  bool
+		expError error
 	}{
 		{
 			"success",
 			func() {},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success with empty account address",
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success with EncodingProto3JSON",
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"unsupported encoding format",
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			types.ErrInvalidCodec,
 		},
 		{
 			"unsupported transaction type",
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 "invalid-tx-type",
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			types.ErrUnknownDataType,
 		},
 		{
 			"invalid controller connection",
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			connectiontypes.ErrInvalidConnection,
 		},
 		{
 			"invalid host connection",
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			connectiontypes.ErrInvalidConnection,
 		},
 		{
 			"invalid address",
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			types.ErrInvalidAccountAddress,
 		},
 		{
 			"invalid version",
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 					TxType:                 types.TxTypeSDKMultiMsg,
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			types.ErrInvalidVersion,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -439,10 +439,10 @@ func (suite *TypesTestSuite) TestValidateHostMetadata() {
 				metadata,
 			)
 
-			if tc.expPass {
+			if tc.expError == nil {
 				suite.Require().NoError(err, tc.name)
 			} else {
-				suite.Require().Error(err, tc.name)
+				suite.Require().ErrorIs(err, tc.expError)
 			}
 		})
 	}