diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/val_state_change.go b/x/staking/keeper/val_state_change.go
index 4eece491d429..c1d6c3f3d1b5 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/val_state_change.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/val_state_change.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (k Keeper) ApplyAndReturnValidatorSetUpdates(ctx sdk.Context) (updates []ab
 		}
 
 		// fetch the old power bytes
-		valAddrStr, err := sdk.Bech32ifyAddressBytes(sdk.Bech32PrefixValAddr, valAddr)
+		valAddrStr, err := sdk.Bech32ifyAddressBytes(sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32ValidatorAddrPrefix(), valAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func (k Keeper) getLastValidatorsByAddr(ctx sdk.Context) (validatorsByAddr, erro
 	for ; iterator.Valid(); iterator.Next() {
 		// extract the validator address from the key (prefix is 1-byte, addrLen is 1-byte)
 		valAddr := types.AddressFromLastValidatorPowerKey(iterator.Key())
-		valAddrStr, err := sdk.Bech32ifyAddressBytes(sdk.Bech32PrefixValAddr, valAddr)
+		valAddrStr, err := sdk.Bech32ifyAddressBytes(sdk.GetConfig().GetBech32ValidatorAddrPrefix(), valAddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}