diff --git a/x/ccv/provider/proposal_handler_test.go b/x/ccv/provider/proposal_handler_test.go
index 3d221dc2ca..8f1322b3d2 100644
--- a/x/ccv/provider/proposal_handler_test.go
+++ b/x/ccv/provider/proposal_handler_test.go
@@ -73,20 +73,6 @@ func TestProviderProposalHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			blockTime:            hourFromNow,
 			expValidEquivocation: true,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid change reward denoms proposal, none to add or remove",
-			content: providertypes.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
-				"title", "description", []string{}, []string{}),
-			blockTime:                 hourFromNow,
-			expValidChangeRewardDenom: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid change reward denoms proposal, same denom in both sets",
-			content: providertypes.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
-				"title", "description", []string{"denom1"}, []string{"denom1"}),
-			blockTime:                 hourFromNow,
-			expValidChangeRewardDenom: false,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "valid change reward denoms proposal",
 			content: providertypes.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
diff --git a/x/ccv/provider/types/proposal_test.go b/x/ccv/provider/types/proposal_test.go
index fac4c7fc4b..e3f069db0c 100644
--- a/x/ccv/provider/types/proposal_test.go
+++ b/x/ccv/provider/types/proposal_test.go
@@ -362,3 +362,38 @@ func TestEquivocationProposalValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestChangeRewardDenomsProposalValidateBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		name        string
+		proposal    govv1beta1.Content
+		expectError bool
+	}{{
+		name: "invalid change reward denoms proposal, none to add or remove",
+		proposal: types.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
+			"title", "description", []string{}, []string{}),
+		expectError: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "invalid change reward denoms proposal, same denom in both sets",
+		proposal: types.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
+			"title", "description", []string{"denom1"}, []string{"denom1"}),
+		expectError: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "valid change reward denoms proposal",
+		proposal: types.NewChangeRewardDenomsProposal(
+			"title", "description", []string{"denom1"}, []string{"denom2"}),
+		expectError: false,
+	},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := tc.proposal.ValidateBasic()
+			if tc.expectError {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}