diff --git a/src/utils/processWhitelist.js b/src/utils/processWhitelist.js
index cedc29736..6d220e2e0 100644
--- a/src/utils/processWhitelist.js
+++ b/src/utils/processWhitelist.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { validateAddress } from './utils'
+import Web3 from 'web3'
 
-const isAddress = (address) => validateAddress(address)
 const isNumber = (number) => !isNaN(parseFloat(number))
 
 /**
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ export default function (rows, cb) {
 
     const [addr, min, max] = row
 
-    if (!isAddress(addr) || !isNumber(min) || !isNumber(max)) return
+    if (!Web3.utils.isAddress(addr) || !isNumber(min) || !isNumber(max)) return
 
     cb({ addr, min, max })
 
diff --git a/src/utils/processWhitelist.spec.js b/src/utils/processWhitelist.spec.js
index f7d05f919..b03d9fa42 100644
--- a/src/utils/processWhitelist.spec.js
+++ b/src/utils/processWhitelist.spec.js
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ describe('processWhitelist function', () => {
   it('should ignore invalid addresses', () => {
     // Given
     const rows = [
-      ['0x123456789012345678901234567890123456789', '1', '10'],
-      ['0x12345678901234567890123456789012345678901', '1', '10']
+      ['0x123456789012345678901234567890123456789', '1', '10'], // 41 characters
+      ['0x12345678901234567890123456789012345678901', '1', '10'], // 43 characters
+      ['0x90F8bf6A479f320ead074411a4B0e7944Ea8c9CG', '1', '10'], // invalid character
+      ['0x90F8bf6A479f320ead074411a4B0e7944Ea8c9c1', '1', '10'] // invalid checksum
     ]
     const cb = jest.fn()