diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbd8216b..4d15bd46 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "yarn@3.2.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@changesets/cli": "^2.24.4"
+    "@changesets/cli": "^2.24.4",
+    "bech32": "^2.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/client/src/client.ts b/packages/client/src/client.ts
index 56a2f12a..5523dcf2 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/client.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { makeSignDoc as makeSignDocAmino } from "@cosmjs/amino";
 import { createWasmAminoConverters } from "@cosmjs/cosmwasm-stargate";
 import { fromBase64, fromBech32 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { bech32m } from "bech32";
 import { Int53 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { Decimal } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { makePubkeyAnyFromAccount } from "./proto-signing/pubkey";
@@ -1866,11 +1867,20 @@ export class SkipClient {
       switch (chain?.chainType) {
         case types.ChainType.Cosmos:
           try {
-            const { prefix } = fromBech32(userAddress.address);
-            return chain.bech32Prefix === prefix;
-          } catch (_error) {
+            if (chain.chainID.includes("penumbra")) {
+              try {
+                return chain.bech32Prefix === bech32m.decode(userAddress.address, 143)?.prefix;
+              } catch {
+                // The temporary solution to route around Noble address breakage.
+                // This can be entirely removed once `noble-1` upgrades.
+                return ["penumbracompat1", "tpenumbra"].includes(fromBech32(userAddress.address).prefix);
+              }
+            }
+            return chain.bech32Prefix === fromBech32(userAddress.address).prefix;
+          } catch {
             return false;
           }
+ 
         case types.ChainType.EVM:
           try {
             return isAddress(userAddress.address);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ec31a193..79e43aa8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -24953,6 +24953,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^6.21.0
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^6.21.0
     axios: 1.x
+    bech32: ^2.0.0
     cosmjs-types: 0.9.0
     eslint: ^8.56.0
     eslint-config-prettier: ^9.1.0