diff --git a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index 9b6a6125401..39d4e458ebc 100644
--- a/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/modules/apps/transfer/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@ func (suite *KeeperTestSuite) TestUpdateParams() {
 			types.NewMsgUpdateParams("", types.DefaultParams()),
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"failure: whitespace authority address",
+			types.NewMsgUpdateParams("    ", types.DefaultParams()),
+			false,
+		},
 		{
 			"failure: unauthorized authority address",
 			types.NewMsgUpdateParams(ibctesting.TestAccAddress, types.DefaultParams()),