diff --git a/.changeset/silver-peas-mate.md b/.changeset/silver-peas-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54a188eeda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-peas-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@hyperlane-xyz/cli': minor
+'@hyperlane-xyz/sdk': minor
+---
+
+updates the warp deployment config schema to be closer to the ica routing schema
diff --git a/typescript/cli/src/deploy/warp.ts b/typescript/cli/src/deploy/warp.ts
index 17e6c083d7..71eca0dc09 100644
--- a/typescript/cli/src/deploy/warp.ts
+++ b/typescript/cli/src/deploy/warp.ts
@@ -731,8 +731,9 @@ async function enrollRemoteRouters(
 
         mutatedWarpRouteConfig.remoteRouters =
           otherChains.reduce<RemoteRouters>((remoteRouters, otherChain) => {
-            remoteRouters[multiProvider.getDomainId(otherChain)] =
-              deployedRoutersAddresses[otherChain];
+            remoteRouters[multiProvider.getDomainId(otherChain)] = {
+              address: deployedRoutersAddresses[otherChain],
+            };
             return remoteRouters;
           }, {});
 
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/ica/schemas.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/ica/schemas.ts
index de438650a0..69ed2e1a3e 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/ica/schemas.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/ica/schemas.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { ZHash } from '../metadata/customZodTypes.js';
+import { RemoteRouterDomain, RemoteRouterRouter } from '../router/types.js';
 import { DerivedOwnableSchema } from '../schemas.js';
 
 export const RemoteIcaRouterConfigSchema = z.record(
-  z.string(),
-  z.object({
-    address: ZHash,
-    interchainSecurityModule: ZHash.optional(),
-  }),
+  RemoteRouterDomain,
+  RemoteRouterRouter.merge(
+    z.object({
+      interchainSecurityModule: ZHash.optional().describe(
+        'Optional ISM override to be used on the chain',
+      ),
+    }),
+  ),
 );
 
 export const IcaRouterConfigSchema = z.object({
@@ -21,23 +25,13 @@ export const IcaRouterConfigSchema = z.object({
   remoteIcaRouters: RemoteIcaRouterConfigSchema.optional(),
 });
 
-export const DerivedRemoteIcaRouterConfigSchema = z.record(
-  z.string(),
-  z.object({
-    address: ZHash,
-    interchainSecurityModule: ZHash.optional().describe(
-      'Optional ISM override to be used on the chain',
-    ),
-  }),
-);
-
 export const DerivedIcaRouterConfigSchema = DerivedOwnableSchema.merge(
   z
     .object({
       owner: ZHash,
       mailbox: ZHash,
       proxyAdmin: DerivedOwnableSchema,
-      remoteIcaRouters: DerivedRemoteIcaRouterConfigSchema,
+      remoteIcaRouters: RemoteIcaRouterConfigSchema,
     })
     .strict(),
 );
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/router/types.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/router/types.ts
index d950e43a30..9329ed7d9d 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/router/types.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/router/types.ts
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ export const ForeignDeploymentConfigSchema = z.object({
   foreignDeployment: z.string().optional(),
 });
 
-const RemoteRouterDomain = z.string();
-const RemoteRouterRouter = z.string().startsWith('0x');
+export const RemoteRouterDomain = z.string();
+export const RemoteRouterRouter = z.object({
+  address: z.string().startsWith('0x'),
+});
 export const RemoteRoutersSchema = z.record(
   RemoteRouterDomain,
   RemoteRouterRouter,
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.hardhat-test.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.hardhat-test.ts
index 3acfacb880..82d3190daa 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.hardhat-test.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.hardhat-test.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import { TokenRouterConfig } from './schemas.js';
 const randomRemoteRouters = (n: number) => {
   const routers: RemoteRouters = {};
   for (let domain = 0; domain < n; domain++) {
-    routers[domain] = randomAddress();
+    routers[domain] = {
+      address: randomAddress(),
+    };
   }
   return routers;
 };
@@ -580,7 +582,9 @@ describe('EvmERC20WarpHyperlaneModule', async () => {
       txs = await evmERC20WarpModule.update({
         ...config,
         remoteRouters: {
-          3: randomAddress(),
+          3: {
+            address: randomAddress(),
+          },
         },
       });
 
@@ -679,7 +683,9 @@ describe('EvmERC20WarpHyperlaneModule', async () => {
         ...baseConfig,
         type: TokenType.native,
         remoteRouters: {
-          [domain]: randomAddress(),
+          [domain]: {
+            address: randomAddress(),
+          },
         },
       };
 
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.ts
index 7d1b84a51a..fd497196e5 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpModule.ts
@@ -145,14 +145,25 @@ export class EvmERC20WarpModule extends HyperlaneModule<
       return [];
     }
 
-    // We normalize the addresses for comparison
-    actualConfig.remoteRouters = normalizeConfig(actualConfig.remoteRouters);
-    expectedConfig.remoteRouters = normalizeConfig(
-      expectedConfig.remoteRouters,
-    );
     assert(actualConfig.remoteRouters, 'actualRemoteRouters is undefined');
     assert(expectedConfig.remoteRouters, 'actualRemoteRouters is undefined');
 
+    // We normalize the addresses for comparison
+    actualConfig.remoteRouters = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(actualConfig.remoteRouters).map(([key, value]) => [
+        key,
+        // normalizeConfig removes the address property but we don't want to lose that info
+        { ...normalizeConfig(value), address: normalizeConfig(value.address) },
+      ]),
+    );
+    expectedConfig.remoteRouters = Object.fromEntries(
+      Object.entries(expectedConfig.remoteRouters).map(([key, value]) => [
+        key,
+        // normalizeConfig removes the address property but we don't want to lose that info
+        { ...normalizeConfig(value), address: normalizeConfig(value.address) },
+      ]),
+    );
+
     const { remoteRouters: actualRemoteRouters } = actualConfig;
     const { remoteRouters: expectedRemoteRouters } = expectedConfig;
 
@@ -171,7 +182,7 @@ export class EvmERC20WarpModule extends HyperlaneModule<
           [
             Object.keys(expectedRemoteRouters).map((k) => Number(k)),
             Object.values(expectedRemoteRouters).map((a) =>
-              addressToBytes32(a),
+              addressToBytes32(a.address),
             ),
           ],
         ),
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.hardhat-test.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.hardhat-test.ts
index 782acc3d28..28f9163797 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.hardhat-test.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.hardhat-test.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ describe('ERC20WarpRouterReader', async () => {
     );
     expect(Object.keys(derivedConfig.remoteRouters!).length).to.equal(1);
     expect(
-      derivedConfig.remoteRouters![otherChainMetadata.domainId!],
+      derivedConfig.remoteRouters![otherChainMetadata.domainId!].address,
     ).to.be.equal(warpRoute[otherChain].collateral.address);
   });
 });
diff --git a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.ts b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.ts
index d65f4fad7b..7940cde7af 100644
--- a/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.ts
+++ b/typescript/sdk/src/token/EvmERC20WarpRouteReader.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ import { DeployedOwnableConfig } from '../deploy/types.js';
 import { EvmHookReader } from '../hook/EvmHookReader.js';
 import { EvmIsmReader } from '../ism/EvmIsmReader.js';
 import { MultiProvider } from '../providers/MultiProvider.js';
-import { DestinationGas, RemoteRouters } from '../router/types.js';
+import {
+  DestinationGas,
+  RemoteRouters,
+  RemoteRoutersSchema,
+} from '../router/types.js';
 import { ChainNameOrId } from '../types.js';
 import { HyperlaneReader } from '../utils/HyperlaneReader.js';
 
@@ -267,13 +271,18 @@ export class EvmERC20WarpRouteReader extends HyperlaneReader {
     );
     const domains = await warpRoute.domains();
 
-    return Object.fromEntries(
+    const routers = Object.fromEntries(
       await Promise.all(
         domains.map(async (domain) => {
-          return [domain, bytes32ToAddress(await warpRoute.routers(domain))];
+          return [
+            domain,
+            { address: bytes32ToAddress(await warpRoute.routers(domain)) },
+          ];
         }),
       ),
     );
+
+    return RemoteRoutersSchema.parse(routers);
   }
 
   async fetchProxyAdminConfig(