diff --git a/core/types/transaction_signing.go b/core/types/transaction_signing.go
index 5f8048493..87f0390a6 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction_signing.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction_signing.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (s londonSigner) Sender(tx *Transaction) (common.Address, error) {
 	// id, add 27 to become equivalent to unprotected Homestead signatures.
 	V = new(big.Int).Add(V, big.NewInt(27))
 	if tx.ChainId().Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
-		return common.Address{}, ErrInvalidChainId
+		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: have %d want %d", ErrInvalidChainId, tx.ChainId(), s.chainId)
 	}
 	return recoverPlain(s.Hash(tx), R, S, V, true)
 }
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (s londonSigner) SignatureValues(tx *Transaction, sig []byte) (R, S, V *big
 	// Check that chain ID of tx matches the signer. We also accept ID zero here,
 	// because it indicates that the chain ID was not specified in the tx.
 	if txdata.ChainID.Sign() != 0 && txdata.ChainID.Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
-		return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidChainId
+		return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: have %d want %d", ErrInvalidChainId, txdata.ChainID, s.chainId)
 	}
 	R, S, _ = decodeSignature(sig)
 	V = big.NewInt(int64(sig[64]))
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (s eip2930Signer) Sender(tx *Transaction) (common.Address, error) {
 		return common.Address{}, ErrTxTypeNotSupported
 	}
 	if tx.ChainId().Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
-		return common.Address{}, ErrInvalidChainId
+		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: have %d want %d", ErrInvalidChainId, tx.ChainId(), s.chainId)
 	}
 	return recoverPlain(s.Hash(tx), R, S, V, true)
 }
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func (s eip2930Signer) SignatureValues(tx *Transaction, sig []byte) (R, S, V *bi
 		// Check that chain ID of tx matches the signer. We also accept ID zero here,
 		// because it indicates that the chain ID was not specified in the tx.
 		if txdata.ChainID.Sign() != 0 && txdata.ChainID.Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
-			return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidChainId
+			return nil, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: have %d want %d", ErrInvalidChainId, txdata.ChainID, s.chainId)
 		}
 		R, S, _ = decodeSignature(sig)
 		V = big.NewInt(int64(sig[64]))
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func (s EIP155Signer) Sender(tx *Transaction) (common.Address, error) {
 		return HomesteadSigner{}.Sender(tx)
 	}
 	if tx.ChainId().Cmp(s.chainId) != 0 {
-		return common.Address{}, ErrInvalidChainId
+		return common.Address{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: have %d want %d", ErrInvalidChainId, tx.ChainId(), s.chainId)
 	}
 	V, R, S := tx.RawSignatureValues()
 	V = new(big.Int).Sub(V, s.chainIdMul)
diff --git a/core/types/transaction_signing_test.go b/core/types/transaction_signing_test.go
index 1c775f129..2a9ceb095 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction_signing_test.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction_signing_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ func TestChainId(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	_, err = Sender(NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(2)), tx)
-	if err != ErrInvalidChainId {
-		t.Error("expected error:", ErrInvalidChainId)
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidChainId) {
+		t.Error("expected error:", ErrInvalidChainId, err)
 	}
 
 	_, err = Sender(NewEIP155Signer(big.NewInt(1)), tx)
diff --git a/core/types/transaction_test.go b/core/types/transaction_test.go
index 67e5b3cce..8e8ee595c 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction_test.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -170,14 +171,14 @@ func TestEIP2930Signer(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: wrong sig hash: got %x, want %x", i, sigHash, test.wantSignerHash)
 		}
 		sender, err := Sender(test.signer, test.tx)
-		if err != test.wantSenderErr {
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.wantSenderErr) {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: wrong Sender error %q", i, err)
 		}
 		if err == nil && sender != keyAddr {
 			t.Errorf("test %d: wrong sender address %x", i, sender)
 		}
 		signedTx, err := SignTx(test.tx, test.signer, key)
-		if err != test.wantSignErr {
+		if !errors.Is(err, test.wantSignErr) {
 			t.Fatalf("test %d: wrong SignTx error %q", i, err)
 		}
 		if signedTx != nil {