diff --git a/integration-tests/smoke/ccip/ccip_messaging_test.go b/integration-tests/smoke/ccip/ccip_messaging_test.go
index fc154b848be..c4153205442 100644
--- a/integration-tests/smoke/ccip/ccip_messaging_test.go
+++ b/integration-tests/smoke/ccip/ccip_messaging_test.go
@@ -82,12 +82,13 @@ func Test_CCIPMessaging(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	t.Run("data message to eoa", func(t *testing.T) {
+		receiver := common.HexToAddress("0xdead")
 		out = runMessagingTestCase(messagingTestCase{
 			testCaseSetup: setup,
 			replayed:      replayed,
 			nonce:         nonce,
 		},
-			common.HexToAddress("0xdead"),
+			receiver[:],
 			[]byte("hello eoa"),
 			nil,                                 // default extraArgs
 			testhelpers.EXECUTION_STATE_SUCCESS, // success because offRamp won't call an EOA
@@ -95,13 +96,14 @@ func Test_CCIPMessaging(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("message to contract not implementing CCIPReceiver", func(t *testing.T) {
+		receiver := state.Chains[destChain].FeeQuoter.Address()
 		out = runMessagingTestCase(
 			messagingTestCase{
 				testCaseSetup: setup,
 				replayed:      out.replayed,
 				nonce:         out.nonce,
 			},
-			state.Chains[destChain].FeeQuoter.Address(),
+			receiver[:],
 			[]byte("hello FeeQuoter"),
 			nil,                                 // default extraArgs
 			testhelpers.EXECUTION_STATE_SUCCESS, // success because offRamp won't call a contract not implementing CCIPReceiver
@@ -111,13 +113,14 @@ func Test_CCIPMessaging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("message to contract implementing CCIPReceiver", func(t *testing.T) {
 		latestHead, err := e.Env.Chains[destChain].Client.HeaderByNumber(ctx, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		receiver := state.Chains[destChain].Receiver.Address()
 		out = runMessagingTestCase(
 			messagingTestCase{
 				testCaseSetup: setup,
 				replayed:      out.replayed,
 				nonce:         out.nonce,
 			},
-			state.Chains[destChain].Receiver.Address(),
+			receiver[:],
 			[]byte("hello CCIPReceiver"),
 			nil, // default extraArgs
 			testhelpers.EXECUTION_STATE_SUCCESS,
@@ -136,13 +139,14 @@ func Test_CCIPMessaging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("message to contract implementing CCIPReceiver with low exec gas", func(t *testing.T) {
 		latestHead, err := e.Env.Chains[destChain].Client.HeaderByNumber(ctx, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
+		receiver := state.Chains[destChain].Receiver.Address()
 		out = runMessagingTestCase(
 			messagingTestCase{
 				testCaseSetup: setup,
 				replayed:      out.replayed,
 				nonce:         out.nonce,
 			},
-			state.Chains[destChain].Receiver.Address(),
+			receiver[:],
 			[]byte("hello CCIPReceiver with low exec gas"),
 			testhelpers.MakeEVMExtraArgsV2(1, false), // 1 gas is too low.
 			testhelpers.EXECUTION_STATE_FAILURE,      // state would be failed onchain due to low gas
@@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ func sleepAndReplay(t *testing.T, e testhelpers.DeployedEnv, sourceChain, destCh
 
 func runMessagingTestCase(
 	tc messagingTestCase,
-	receiver common.Address,
+	receiver []byte,
 	msgData []byte,
 	extraArgs []byte,
 	expectedExecutionState int,
@@ -308,10 +312,11 @@ func runMessagingTestCase(
 	}, tc.sourceChain, tc.sender)
 	require.NoError(tc.t, err)
 	require.Equal(tc.t, tc.nonce, latestNonce)
+	require.LessOrEqual(tc.t, 32, receiver)
 
 	startBlocks := make(map[uint64]*uint64)
 	msgSentEvent := testhelpers.TestSendRequest(tc.t, tc.deployedEnv.Env, tc.onchainState, tc.sourceChain, tc.destChain, false, router.ClientEVM2AnyMessage{
-		Receiver:     common.LeftPadBytes(receiver.Bytes(), 32),
+		Receiver:     common.LeftPadBytes(receiver, 32),
 		Data:         msgData,
 		TokenAmounts: nil,
 		FeeToken:     common.HexToAddress("0x0"),