diff --git a/artemis/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriter.java b/artemis/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriter.java
index e6656b9fca2..afc176fb2ff 100644
--- a/artemis/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriter.java
+++ b/artemis/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriter.java
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ public void writeKeys(final BLSKeyPair validatorKey, final BLSKeyPair withdrawal
     final KeyStoreData withdrawalKeyStoreData =
         generateKeystoreData(withdrawalKey, withdrawalKeyPassword);
 
-    saveKeyStore(
-        keystoreDirectory.resolve("validator_" + validatorKey.getPublicKey().toString() + ".json"),
-        validatorKeyStoreData);
-    saveKeyStore(
-        keystoreDirectory.resolve(
-            "withdrawal_" + withdrawalKey.getPublicKey().toString() + ".json"),
-        withdrawalKeyStoreData);
+    final String validatorFileName =
+        "validator_" + trimPublicKey(validatorKey.getPublicKey().toString()) + ".json";
+    final String withdrawalFileName =
+        "withdrawal_" + trimPublicKey(withdrawalKey.getPublicKey().toString()) + ".json";
+
+    saveKeyStore(keystoreDirectory.resolve(validatorFileName), validatorKeyStoreData);
+    saveKeyStore(keystoreDirectory.resolve(withdrawalFileName), withdrawalKeyStoreData);
   }
 
   private Path createKeystoreDirectory(final BLSKeyPair validatorKey) {
     final Path keystoreDirectory =
-        outputPath.resolve("validator_" + validatorKey.getPublicKey().toString());
+        outputPath.resolve("validator_" + trimPublicKey(validatorKey.getPublicKey().toString()));
     try {
       return Files.createDirectories(keystoreDirectory);
     } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -99,4 +99,11 @@ private void saveKeyStore(final Path outputPath, final KeyStoreData keyStoreData
       throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
     }
   }
+
+  private String trimPublicKey(final String publicKey) {
+    if (publicKey.toLowerCase().startsWith("0x")) {
+      return publicKey.substring(2, 9);
+    }
+    return publicKey.substring(0, 7);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/artemis/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriterTest.java b/artemis/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriterTest.java
index 51295dfc62f..6cf50004f99 100644
--- a/artemis/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriterTest.java
+++ b/artemis/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/artemis/cli/deposit/EncryptedKeystoreWriterTest.java
@@ -57,22 +57,38 @@ void keysAreWrittenToEncryptedKeystores(@TempDir final Path tempDir) {
 
     assertKeyStoreCreatedAndCanBeDecrypted(
         tempDir.resolve(
-            "validator_" + validator1PubKey + "/validator_" + validator1PubKey + ".json"),
+            "validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator1PubKey)
+                + "/validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator1PubKey)
+                + ".json"),
         validator1SecretKey);
     assertKeyStoreCreatedAndCanBeDecrypted(
         tempDir.resolve(
-            "validator_" + validator1PubKey + "/withdrawal_" + withdrawal1PubKey + ".json"),
+            "validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator1PubKey)
+                + "/withdrawal_"
+                + trimPublicKey(withdrawal1PubKey)
+                + ".json"),
         withdrawal1SecretKey);
 
     keysWriter.writeKeys(new BLSKeyPair(validator2SecretKey), new BLSKeyPair(withdrawal2SecretKey));
 
     assertKeyStoreCreatedAndCanBeDecrypted(
         tempDir.resolve(
-            "validator_" + validator2PubKey + "/validator_" + validator2PubKey + ".json"),
+            "validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator2PubKey)
+                + "/validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator2PubKey)
+                + ".json"),
         validator2SecretKey);
     assertKeyStoreCreatedAndCanBeDecrypted(
         tempDir.resolve(
-            "validator_" + validator2PubKey + "/withdrawal_" + withdrawal2PubKey + ".json"),
+            "validator_"
+                + trimPublicKey(validator2PubKey)
+                + "/withdrawal_"
+                + trimPublicKey(withdrawal2PubKey)
+                + ".json"),
         withdrawal2SecretKey);
   }
 
@@ -83,4 +99,11 @@ private void assertKeyStoreCreatedAndCanBeDecrypted(
     assertThat(KeyStore.decrypt(PASSWORD, keyStoreData))
         .isEqualTo(blsSecretKey.getSecretKey().toBytes());
   }
+
+  private String trimPublicKey(final String publicKey) {
+    if (publicKey.toLowerCase().startsWith("0x")) {
+      return publicKey.substring(2, 9);
+    }
+    return publicKey.substring(0, 7);
+  }
 }