diff --git a/packages/faucet/src/addresses.ts b/packages/faucet/src/addresses.ts
index 825de6bf9e..ff836f3a76 100644
--- a/packages/faucet/src/addresses.ts
+++ b/packages/faucet/src/addresses.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { fromBech32 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
 export function isValidAddress(input: string, requiredPrefix: string): boolean {
   try {
     const { prefix, data } = fromBech32(input);
-    return (
-      prefix === requiredPrefix && input.length >= 8 && input.length <= 90 && data.length >= 4 // 6 chars = 30 bits (3.75 bytes), rounded to whole byte
-    );
+    if (prefix !== requiredPrefix) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return data.length >= 20 && data.length <= 32;
   } catch {
     return false;
   }