diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/ECDSAPublicKeyTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/ECDSAPublicKeyTest.java
index 3c225c783..3f8ba0fe9 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/ECDSAPublicKeyTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/ECDSAPublicKeyTest.java
@@ -71,11 +71,8 @@ void keyByteSerialization2() {
     @Test
     void keyByteValidation() {
         byte[] invalidKeyECDSA = new byte[33];
-        assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-            .isThrownBy(() -> PublicKey.fromBytes(invalidKeyECDSA));
-
-        assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-            .isThrownBy(() -> PublicKey.fromBytesECDSA(invalidKeyECDSA));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> PublicKey.fromBytes(invalidKeyECDSA));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> PublicKey.fromBytesECDSA(invalidKeyECDSA));
 
         byte[] invalidCompressedKey = new byte[]{
             0x00,
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/Ed25519PublicKeyTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/Ed25519PublicKeyTest.java
index 0c8d0c724..ee3a53530 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/Ed25519PublicKeyTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/com/hedera/hashgraph/sdk/Ed25519PublicKeyTest.java
@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ void verifyTransaction() {
     @Test
     void keyByteValidation() {
         byte[] invalidKeyED25519 = new byte[32];
-        assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-            .isThrownBy(() -> PublicKey.fromBytes(invalidKeyED25519));
-
-        assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-            .isThrownBy(() -> PublicKey.fromBytesED25519(invalidKeyED25519));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> PublicKey.fromBytes(invalidKeyED25519));
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> PublicKey.fromBytesED25519(invalidKeyED25519));
 
         byte[] invalidKey = new byte[]{
             0x00,