diff --git a/contracts/src/Gateway.sol b/contracts/src/Gateway.sol
index 7d18be0e96..b6e446bb9f 100644
--- a/contracts/src/Gateway.sol
+++ b/contracts/src/Gateway.sol
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ contract Gateway is IGatewayBase, IGatewayV1, IGatewayV2, IInitializable, IUpgra
     */
 
     // Verify that a message commitment is considered finalized by our BEEFY light client.
-    function _verifyCommitment(bytes32 commitment, Verification.Proof calldata proof)
+    function _verifyCommitment(bytes32 commitment, Verification.Proof calldata proof, bool isV2)
         internal
         view
         virtual
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ contract Gateway is IGatewayBase, IGatewayV1, IGatewayV2, IInitializable, IUpgra
             BEEFY_CLIENT,
             ScaleCodec.encodeU32(uint32(ParaID.unwrap(Constants.BRIDGE_HUB_PARA_ID))),
             commitment,
-            proof
+            proof,
+            isV2
         );
     }
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ contract Gateway is IGatewayBase, IGatewayV1, IGatewayV2, IInitializable, IUpgra
         bytes32 commitment = MerkleProof.processProof(leafProof, leafHash);
 
         // Verify that the commitment is included in a parachain header finalized by BEEFY.
-        if (!_verifyCommitment(commitment, headerProof)) {
+        if (!_verifyCommitment(commitment, headerProof, false)) {
             revert IGatewayBase.InvalidProof();
         }
 
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ contract Gateway is IGatewayBase, IGatewayV1, IGatewayV2, IInitializable, IUpgra
         bytes32 commitment = MerkleProof.processProof(leafProof, leafHash);
 
         // Verify that the commitment is included in a parachain header finalized by BEEFY.
-        if (!_verifyCommitment(commitment, headerProof)) {
+        if (!_verifyCommitment(commitment, headerProof, true)) {
             revert IGatewayBase.InvalidProof();
         }
 
diff --git a/contracts/src/Verification.sol b/contracts/src/Verification.sol
index 186f7e5c8b..c26db5a9ca 100644
--- a/contracts/src/Verification.sol
+++ b/contracts/src/Verification.sol
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ library Verification {
     /// @dev Enum variant ID for CustomDigestItem::Snowbridge
     bytes1 public constant DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER_SNOWBRIDGE = 0x00;
 
+    /// @dev Enum variant ID for CustomDigestItem::SnowbridgeV2
+    bytes1 public constant DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER_SNOWBRIDGE_V2 = 0x01;
+
     /// @dev Verify the message commitment by applying several proofs
     ///
     /// 1. First check that the commitment is included in the digest items of the parachain header
@@ -100,13 +103,13 @@ library Verification {
     /// @param commitment The message commitment root expected to be contained within the
     ///                   digest of BridgeHub parachain header.
     /// @param proof The chain of proofs described above
-    function verifyCommitment(address beefyClient, bytes4 encodedParaID, bytes32 commitment, Proof calldata proof)
+    function verifyCommitment(address beefyClient, bytes4 encodedParaID, bytes32 commitment, Proof calldata proof, bool isV2)
         external
         view
         returns (bool)
     {
         // Verify that parachain header contains the commitment
-        if (!isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(commitment, proof.header)) {
+        if (!isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(commitment, proof.header, isV2)) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -129,19 +132,26 @@ library Verification {
     }
 
     // Verify that a message commitment is in the header digest
-    function isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(bytes32 commitment, ParachainHeader calldata header)
+    function isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(bytes32 commitment, ParachainHeader calldata header, bool isV2)
         internal
         pure
         returns (bool)
     {
         for (uint256 i = 0; i < header.digestItems.length; i++) {
             if (
-                header.digestItems[i].kind == DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER && header.digestItems[i].data.length == 33
+                !isV2 && header.digestItems[i].kind == DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER && header.digestItems[i].data.length == 33
                     && header.digestItems[i].data[0] == DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER_SNOWBRIDGE
                     && commitment == bytes32(header.digestItems[i].data[1:])
             ) {
                 return true;
             }
+            if (
+                isV2 && header.digestItems[i].kind == DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER && header.digestItems[i].data.length == 33
+                    && header.digestItems[i].data[0] == DIGEST_ITEM_OTHER_SNOWBRIDGE_V2
+                    && commitment == bytes32(header.digestItems[i].data[1:])
+            ) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/contracts/test/mocks/MockGateway.sol b/contracts/test/mocks/MockGateway.sol
index 98e92dc939..745d118d48 100644
--- a/contracts/test/mocks/MockGateway.sol
+++ b/contracts/test/mocks/MockGateway.sol
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ contract MockGateway is Gateway {
         commitmentsAreVerified = value;
     }
 
-    function _verifyCommitment(bytes32 commitment, Verification.Proof calldata proof)
+    function _verifyCommitment(bytes32 commitment, Verification.Proof calldata proof, bool isV2)
         internal
         view
         override
         returns (bool)
     {
         if (BEEFY_CLIENT != address(0)) {
-            return super._verifyCommitment(commitment, proof);
+            return super._verifyCommitment(commitment, proof, isV2);
         } else {
             // for unit tests, verification is set with commitmentsAreVerified
             return commitmentsAreVerified;
diff --git a/contracts/test/mocks/VerificationWrapper.sol b/contracts/test/mocks/VerificationWrapper.sol
index 7618bb78c8..20f02fef58 100644
--- a/contracts/test/mocks/VerificationWrapper.sol
+++ b/contracts/test/mocks/VerificationWrapper.sol
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ contract VerificationWrapper {
         pure
         returns (bool)
     {
-        return Verification.isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(commitment, header);
+        return Verification.isCommitmentInHeaderDigest(commitment, header, false);
     }
 }