diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4e935fb069e..b8dbfb9067f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (testing) [\#4630](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/4630) Update `testconfig` to use revision formatted chain IDs.
 * (core/04-channel) [\#4706](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/4706) Retrieve correct next send sequence for packets in unordered channels.
 * (core/02-client) [\#4746](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/4746) Register implementations against `govtypes.Content` interface.
+* (core/02-client) [\#5020](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/pull/5020) Fix expect pointer error when unmarshalling misbehaviour file.
 
 ### Documentation
 
diff --git a/modules/core/02-client/client/cli/tx.go b/modules/core/02-client/client/cli/tx.go
index 46d46678742..19fd8b3f90b 100644
--- a/modules/core/02-client/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/modules/core/02-client/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func newSubmitMisbehaviourCmd() *cobra.Command {
 					return fmt.Errorf("neither JSON input nor path to .json file for misbehaviour were provided: %w", err)
 				}
 
-				if err := cdc.UnmarshalInterfaceJSON(contents, misbehaviour); err != nil {
+				if err := cdc.UnmarshalInterfaceJSON(contents, &misbehaviour); err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling misbehaviour file: %w", err)
 				}
 			}