diff --git a/modules/core/ante/ante_test.go b/modules/core/ante/ante_test.go
index 2033f1f4e18..68b75fab0a7 100644
--- a/modules/core/ante/ante_test.go
+++ b/modules/core/ante/ante_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package ante_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/cosmos/btcutil/bech32"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	testifysuite "github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name     string
 		malleate func(suite *AnteTestSuite) []sdk.Msg
-		expPass  bool
+		expError error
 	}{
 		{
 			"success on one new RecvPacket message",
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				// the RecvPacket message has not been submitted to the chain yet, so it will succeed
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createRecvPacketMessage(false)}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on one new Acknowledgement message",
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				// the Acknowledgement message has not been submitted to the chain yet, so it will succeed
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createAcknowledgementMessage(false)}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on one new Timeout message",
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				// the Timeout message has not been submitted to the chain yet, so it will succeed
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createTimeoutMessage(false)}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on one new TimeoutOnClose message",
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				// the TimeoutOnClose message has not been submitted to the chain yet, so it will succeed
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createTimeoutOnCloseMessage(false)}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on three new messages of each type",
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on three redundant messages of RecvPacket, Acknowledgement and TimeoutOnClose, and one new Timeout message",
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on one new message and two redundant messages of each type",
@@ -301,21 +302,21 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on one new UpdateClient message",
 			func(suite *AnteTestSuite) []sdk.Msg {
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createUpdateClientMessage()}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on three new UpdateClient messages",
 			func(suite *AnteTestSuite) []sdk.Msg {
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createUpdateClientMessage(), suite.createUpdateClientMessage(), suite.createUpdateClientMessage()}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on three new Updateclient messages and one new RecvPacket message",
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 					suite.createRecvPacketMessage(false),
 				}
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"success on three redundant RecvPacket messages and one SubmitMisbehaviour message",
@@ -342,14 +343,14 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				msgs = append(msgs, &clienttypes.MsgSubmitMisbehaviour{}) //nolint:staticcheck // we're using the deprecated message for testing
 				return msgs
 			},
-			true,
+			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one redundant RecvPacket message",
 			func(suite *AnteTestSuite) []sdk.Msg {
 				return []sdk.Msg{suite.createRecvPacketMessage(true)}
 			},
-			false,
+			channeltypes.ErrRedundantTx,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on three redundant messages of each type",
@@ -374,12 +375,12 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			channeltypes.ErrRedundantTx,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new UpdateClient message and three redundant RecvPacket messages",
 			func(suite *AnteTestSuite) []sdk.Msg {
-				msgs := []sdk.Msg{&clienttypes.MsgUpdateClient{}}
+				msgs := []sdk.Msg{suite.createUpdateClientMessage()}
 
 				for i := 1; i <= 3; i++ {
 					msgs = append(msgs, suite.createRecvPacketMessage(true))
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			channeltypes.ErrRedundantTx,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new UpdateClient message: invalid client identifier",
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				msgs := []sdk.Msg{&clienttypes.MsgUpdateClient{ClientId: ibctesting.InvalidID, ClientMessage: clientMsg}}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			clienttypes.ErrClientNotActive,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new UpdateClient message: client module not found",
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				msgs := []sdk.Msg{&clienttypes.MsgUpdateClient{ClientId: clienttypes.FormatClientIdentifier("08-wasm", 1), ClientMessage: clientMsg}}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			clienttypes.ErrClientNotActive,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new UpdateClient message: no consensus state for trusted height",
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				msgs := []sdk.Msg{&clienttypes.MsgUpdateClient{ClientId: suite.path.EndpointA.ClientID, ClientMessage: clientMsg}}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			clienttypes.ErrConsensusStateNotFound,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on three new UpdateClient messages and three redundant messages of each type",
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 				}
 				return msgs
 			},
-			false,
+			channeltypes.ErrRedundantTx,
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new message and one invalid message",
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 					channeltypes.NewMsgRecvPacket(packet, []byte("proof"), clienttypes.NewHeight(1, 1), "signer"),
 				}
 			},
-			false,
+			bech32.ErrInvalidLength(6),
 		},
 		{
 			"no success on one new message and one redundant message in the same block",
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 
 				return []sdk.Msg{msg}
 			},
-			false,
+			channeltypes.ErrRedundantTx,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -515,10 +516,10 @@ func (suite *AnteTestSuite) TestAnteDecorator() {
 			suite.Require().NoError(err, "antedecorator should not error on DeliverTx")
 
 			_, err = decorator.AnteHandle(checkCtx, tx, false, next)
-			if tc.expPass {
+			if tc.expError == nil {
 				suite.Require().NoError(err, "non-strict decorator did not pass as expected")
 			} else {
-				suite.Require().Error(err, "non-strict antehandler did not return error as expected")
+				suite.Require().ErrorIs(err, tc.expError, "non-strict antehandler did not return error as expected")
 			}
 		})
 	}