diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c92cd7c..487a82b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@tetherto/wdk-wallet-tron",
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.5",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@tetherto/wdk-wallet-tron",
-      "version": "1.0.0-beta.4",
+      "version": "1.0.0-beta.5",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
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@@ -1389,9 +1389,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-6.14.0.tgz",
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       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -2714,6 +2714,12 @@
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+    "node_modules/bn.js": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bn.js/-/bn.js-5.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EAcmnPkxpntVL+DS7bO1zhcZNvCkxqtkd0ZY53h06GNQ3DEkkGZ/gKgmDv6DdZQGj9BgfSPKtJJ7Dp1GPP8f7w==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.12.tgz",
@@ -3299,6 +3305,27 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
+    "node_modules/elliptic": {
+      "version": "6.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/elliptic/-/elliptic-6.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RaddvvMatK2LJHqFJ+YA4WysVN5Ita9E35botqIYspQ4TkRAlCicdzKOjlyv/1Za5RyTNn7di//eEV0uTAfe3g==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bn.js": "^4.11.9",
+        "brorand": "^1.1.0",
+        "hash.js": "^1.0.0",
+        "hmac-drbg": "^1.0.1",
+        "inherits": "^2.0.4",
+        "minimalistic-assert": "^1.0.1",
+        "minimalistic-crypto-utils": "^1.0.1"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/elliptic/node_modules/bn.js": {
+      "version": "4.12.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bn.js/-/bn.js-4.12.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fGTi3gxV/23FTYdAoUtLYp6qySe2KE3teyZitipKNRuVYcBkoP/bB3guXN/XVKUe9mxCHXnc9C4ocyz8OmgN0g==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/emittery": {
       "version": "0.13.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emittery/-/emittery-0.13.1.tgz",
@@ -6480,9 +6507,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/minimatch": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-J7p63hRiAjw1NDEww1W7i37+ByIrOWO5XQQAzZ3VOcL0PNybwpfmV/N05zFAzwQ9USyEcX6t3UO+K5aqBQOIHw==",
+      "version": "3.1.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VgjWUsnnT6n+NUk6eZq77zeFdpW2LWDzP6zFGrCbHXiYNul5Dzqk2HHQ5uFH2DNW5Xbp8+jVzaeNt94ssEEl4w==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 15b7cc0..f9da26d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tetherto/wdk-wallet-tron",
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.4",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.5",
   "description": "A simple package to manage BIP-32 wallets for the tron blockchain.",
   "keywords": [
     "wdk",
diff --git a/src/wallet-account-read-only-tron.js b/src/wallet-account-read-only-tron.js
index 5e5d937..c562f06 100644
--- a/src/wallet-account-read-only-tron.js
+++ b/src/wallet-account-read-only-tron.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export default class WalletAccountReadOnlyTron extends WalletAccountReadOnly {
 
     const recoveredAddress = await Trx.verifyMessageV2(message, signature)
 
-    return address.toLowerCase() === recoveredAddress.toLowerCase()
+    return address === recoveredAddress
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/tests/wallet-account-read-only-tron.test.js b/tests/wallet-account-read-only-tron.test.js
index 333a29c..a15238d 100644
--- a/tests/wallet-account-read-only-tron.test.js
+++ b/tests/wallet-account-read-only-tron.test.js
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ describe('WalletAccountReadOnlyTron', () => {
       expect(result).toBe(false)
     })
 
+    test('should return false for an address with invalid casing', async () => {
+      const lowercasedAddressAccount = new WalletAccountReadOnlyTron(ADDRESS.toLowerCase())
+
+      const result = await lowercasedAddressAccount.verify(MESSAGE, SIGNATURE)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+
     test('should throw on a malformed signature', async () => {
       await expect(account.verify(MESSAGE, '0xinvalid'))
         .rejects.toThrow(/invalid BytesLike value/)