diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/config/locator.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/config/locator.rs
index 33d0e3d47..f40652024 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/config/locator.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/config/locator.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     str::FromStr,
 };
-use stellar_strkey::DecodeError;
+use stellar_strkey::{Contract, DecodeError};
 
 use crate::{utils::find_config_dir, Pwd};
 
@@ -319,13 +319,15 @@ impl Args {
         &self,
         alias_or_contract_id: &str,
         network_passphrase: &str,
-    ) -> Result<[u8; 32], Error> {
+    ) -> Result<Contract, Error> {
         let contract_id = self
             .get_contract_id(alias_or_contract_id, network_passphrase)?
             .unwrap_or_else(|| alias_or_contract_id.to_string());
 
-        soroban_spec_tools::utils::contract_id_from_str(&contract_id)
-            .map_err(|e| Error::CannotParseContractId(contract_id.clone(), e))
+        Ok(Contract(
+            soroban_spec_tools::utils::contract_id_from_str(&contract_id)
+                .map_err(|e| Error::CannotParseContractId(contract_id.clone(), e))?,
+        ))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
index 635446b85..f761fff85 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/bindings/typescript.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
 
             let contract_id = self
                 .locator
-                .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?;
+                .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?
+                .0;
 
             get_remote_contract_spec(
                 &contract_id,
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/fetch.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/fetch.rs
index c2eb5d7f6..42f474558 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/fetch.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/fetch.rs
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ impl Cmd {
         let network = self.network()?;
         Ok(self
             .locator
-            .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?)
+            .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?
+            .0)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
index e1ee84386..c14c5706d 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
         let contract_id = self
             .config
             .locator
-            .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?;
+            .resolve_contract_id(&self.contract_id, &network.network_passphrase)?
+            .0;
         let spec_entries = self.spec_entries()?;
         if let Some(spec_entries) = &spec_entries {
             // For testing wasm arg parsing
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
index 23cd07e9d..a16be5734 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/events.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use super::{
     config::{self, locator},
     global, network, NetworkRunnable,
 };
-use crate::{rpc, utils};
+use crate::rpc;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug, Clone)]
 #[group(skip)]
@@ -159,14 +159,6 @@ impl Cmd {
             }
         }
 
-        // Validate contract_ids
-        for id in &mut self.contract_ids {
-            utils::contract_id_from_str(id).map_err(|e| Error::InvalidContractId {
-                contract_id: id.clone(),
-                error: e,
-            })?;
-        }
-
         let response = self.run_against_rpc_server(None, None).await?;
 
         for event in &response.events {
@@ -226,11 +218,23 @@ impl NetworkRunnable for Cmd {
         client
             .verify_network_passphrase(Some(&network.network_passphrase))
             .await?;
+
+        let contract_ids: Vec<String> = self
+            .contract_ids
+            .iter()
+            .map(|id| {
+                Ok(self
+                    .locator
+                    .resolve_contract_id(id, &network.network_passphrase)?
+                    .to_string())
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, Error>>()?;
+
         Ok(client
             .get_events(
                 start,
                 Some(self.event_type),
-                &self.contract_ids,
+                &contract_ids,
                 &self.topic_filters,
                 Some(self.count),
             )