diff --git a/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_data_set.py b/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_data_set.py
index 6e5a56bf70..0ffd49d0a1 100644
--- a/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_data_set.py
+++ b/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_data_set.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def test_construct_event_data_set_strict(w3, arguments, expected):
         ),
         (
             {"arg0": b"131414"},
-            ValueOutOfBounds,
+            EncodingTypeError,
         ),
         (
             {"arg0": b"13"},
diff --git a/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_topics.py b/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_topics.py
index bdb2d5f608..4cb7020b56 100644
--- a/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_topics.py
+++ b/tests/core/utilities/test_construct_event_topics.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def test_construct_event_topics_non_strict(w3_non_strict_abi, arguments, expecte
         ),
         (
             {"arg0": [""]},
-            EncodingTypeError,
+            ValueOutOfBounds,
         ),
     ),
 )