diff --git a/api/gateway/share_test.go b/api/gateway/share_test.go
index aeccc9eb02..92b7a2c853 100644
--- a/api/gateway/share_test.go
+++ b/api/gateway/share_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package gateway
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ func Test_dataFromShares(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.Error(t, err)
 				return
 			}
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
 		})
 	}
@@ -121,3 +125,35 @@ func padShare(share []byte) (paddedShare []byte) {
 func fillShare(share []byte, filler byte) (paddedShare []byte) {
 	return append(share, bytes.Repeat([]byte{filler}, appconsts.ShareSize-len(share))...)
 }
+
+// sharesBase64JSON is the base64 encoded share data from Blockspace Race
+// block height 559108 and namespace e8e5f679bf7116cb.
+//
+//go:embed "testdata/sharesBase64.json"
+var sharesBase64JSON string
+
+// Test_dataFromSharesBSR reproduces an error that occurred when parsing shares
+// on Blockspace Race block height 559108 namespace e8e5f679bf7116cb.
+//
+// https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app/issues/1816
+func Test_dataFromSharesBSR(t *testing.T) {
+	var sharesBase64 []string
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(sharesBase64JSON), &sharesBase64)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	input := decode(sharesBase64)
+
+	_, err = dataFromShares(input)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+// decode returns the raw shares from base64Encoded.
+func decode(base64Encoded []string) (rawShares [][]byte) {
+	for _, share := range base64Encoded {
+		rawShare, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(share)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		rawShares = append(rawShares, rawShare)
+	}
+	return rawShares
+}
diff --git a/api/gateway/testdata/sharesBase64.json b/api/gateway/testdata/sharesBase64.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e73d69f420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/gateway/testdata/sharesBase64.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[
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+	"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"
+]
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 25bb89586e..431a78f519 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1
 	github.com/alecthomas/jsonschema v0.0.0-20200530073317-71f438968921
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0
-	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.0
+	github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.3
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-fraud v0.1.0
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-header v0.2.7
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-libp2p-messenger v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 76ec8166ce..a7feaf83ab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ github.com/buger/jsonparser v0.0.0-20181115193947-bf1c66bbce23/go.mod h1:bbYlZJ7
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/c-bata/go-prompt v0.2.2/go.mod h1:VzqtzE2ksDBcdln8G7mk2RX9QyGjH+OVqOCSiVIqS34=
 github.com/casbin/casbin/v2 v2.1.2/go.mod h1:YcPU1XXisHhLzuxH9coDNf2FbKpjGlbCg3n9yuLkIJQ=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.0 h1:NPOR1P98YCCv+E2I9TdqsO1/UnGyzTHW5CBhctWHaOY=
-github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.0/go.mod h1:OcPBfWDyowJgoEQ89NB2LgLOm9LSwloCgCzdZKjmi78=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.3 h1:lJQLBzKALrKe0lLe3Gf8Si7+CF0eqRuNhjIjj7pM2fk=
+github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app v0.13.3/go.mod h1:OcPBfWDyowJgoEQ89NB2LgLOm9LSwloCgCzdZKjmi78=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.15.0-tm-v0.34.23 h1:BHvn41IHOtvHeX1VZqO/xBFIHj93llcw9ZQfNxyVRlI=
 github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-core v1.15.0-tm-v0.34.23/go.mod h1:nL+vkAMKy/A8wWemWqMwBy4pOGWYYbboAVTEe3N5gIU=
 github.com/celestiaorg/cosmos-sdk v1.8.0-sdk-v0.46.7 h1:EADZy33ufskVIy6Rj6jbi3SOVCeYYo26zUi7iYx+QR0=