diff --git a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptor/responses.spec.ts b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptor/responses.spec.ts
index a0de568c..04bdd6ee 100644
--- a/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptor/responses.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tendermint-rpc/src/tendermint34/adaptor/responses.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+import { fromBase64, fromHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+
 import { decodeValidatorGenesis, decodeValidatorInfo, decodeValidatorUpdate } from "./responses";
 
 describe("Adaptor Responses", () => {
   describe("decodeValidatorGenesis", () => {
     it("works for genesis format", () => {
       // from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosmos/mainnet/master/genesis.json
-      decodeValidatorGenesis({
+      const validator = decodeValidatorGenesis({
         address: "A03DC128D38DB0BC5F18AE1872F1CB2E1FD41157",
         name: "真本聪&IOSG",
         power: "169980",
@@ -14,13 +16,21 @@ describe("Adaptor Responses", () => {
           value: "2BX6Zuj8RmdJAkD1BAg6KB0v04liyM7jBdwOGIb9F9Q=",
         },
       });
+      expect(validator).toEqual({
+        address: fromHex("A03DC128D38DB0BC5F18AE1872F1CB2E1FD41157"),
+        votingPower: 169980,
+        pubkey: {
+          algorithm: "ed25519",
+          data: fromBase64("2BX6Zuj8RmdJAkD1BAg6KB0v04liyM7jBdwOGIb9F9Q="),
+        },
+      });
     });
   });
 
   describe("decodeValidatorUpdate", () => {
     it("works for block results format", () => {
       // from https://rpc.cosmos.network/block_results?height=10539773
-      decodeValidatorUpdate({
+      const update = decodeValidatorUpdate({
         pub_key: {
           Sum: {
             type: "tendermint.crypto.PublicKey_Ed25519",
@@ -31,13 +41,20 @@ describe("Adaptor Responses", () => {
         },
         power: "11418237",
       });
+      expect(update).toEqual({
+        pubkey: {
+          algorithm: "ed25519",
+          data: fromBase64("0kNlxBMpm+5WtfHIG1xsWatOXTKPLtmSqn3EiEIDZeI="),
+        },
+        votingPower: 11418237,
+      });
     });
   });
 
   describe("decodeValidatorInfo", () => {
     it("works for validators format", () => {
       // from https://rpc.cosmos.network/validators?height=10601034
-      decodeValidatorInfo({
+      const info = decodeValidatorInfo({
         address: "AC2D56057CD84765E6FBE318979093E8E44AA18F",
         pub_key: {
           type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
@@ -46,6 +63,15 @@ describe("Adaptor Responses", () => {
         voting_power: "11228980",
         proposer_priority: "62870960",
       });
+      expect(info).toEqual({
+        address: fromHex("AC2D56057CD84765E6FBE318979093E8E44AA18F"),
+        pubkey: {
+          algorithm: "ed25519",
+          data: fromBase64("0kNlxBMpm+5WtfHIG1xsWatOXTKPLtmSqn3EiEIDZeI="),
+        },
+        votingPower: 11228980,
+        proposerPriority: 62870960,
+      });
     });
   });
 });