diff --git a/api/coreservice.go b/api/coreservice.go
index 66ace25a13..42f4dabd01 100644
--- a/api/coreservice.go
+++ b/api/coreservice.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ type (
 	// CoreService provides api interface for user to interact with blockchain data
 	CoreService interface {
 		// Account returns the metadata of an account
-		Account(addr address.Address) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error)
+		Account(string) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error)
 		// ChainMeta returns blockchain metadata
 		ChainMeta() (*iotextypes.ChainMeta, string, error)
 		// ServerMeta gets the server metadata
@@ -306,14 +306,17 @@ func newCoreService(
 }
 
 // Account returns the metadata of an account
-func (core *coreService) Account(addr address.Address) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error) {
+func (core *coreService) Account(addrStr string) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error) {
 	ctx, span := tracer.NewSpan(context.Background(), "coreService.Account")
 	defer span.End()
-	addrStr := addr.String()
 	if addrStr == address.RewardingPoolAddr || addrStr == address.StakingBucketPoolAddr {
 		return core.getProtocolAccount(ctx, addrStr)
 	}
 	span.AddEvent("accountutil.AccountStateWithHeight")
+	addr, err := address.FromString(addrStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, status.Error(codes.FailedPrecondition, err.Error())
+	}
 	ctx = genesis.WithGenesisContext(ctx, core.bc.Genesis())
 	state, tipHeight, err := accountutil.AccountStateWithHeight(ctx, core.sf, addr)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1068,7 +1071,6 @@ func (core *coreService) ActionsByAddress(addr address.Address, start uint64, co
 	if count > core.cfg.RangeQueryLimit {
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "range exceeds the limit")
 	}
-
 	actions, err := core.indexer.GetActionsByAddress(hash.BytesToHash160(addr.Bytes()), start, count)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Cause(err) == db.ErrBucketNotExist || errors.Cause(err) == db.ErrNotExist {
diff --git a/api/grpcserver.go b/api/grpcserver.go
index 3856a08fbd..18a9b052d7 100644
--- a/api/grpcserver.go
+++ b/api/grpcserver.go
@@ -159,11 +159,7 @@ func (svr *gRPCHandler) SuggestGasPrice(ctx context.Context, in *iotexapi.Sugges
 func (svr *gRPCHandler) GetAccount(ctx context.Context, in *iotexapi.GetAccountRequest) (*iotexapi.GetAccountResponse, error) {
 	span := tracer.SpanFromContext(ctx)
 	defer span.End()
-	addr, err := address.FromString(in.Address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	accountMeta, blockIdentifier, err := svr.coreService.Account(addr)
+	accountMeta, blockIdentifier, err := svr.coreService.Account(in.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/api/grpcserver_test.go b/api/grpcserver_test.go
index ff6d987982..1897366ff8 100644
--- a/api/grpcserver_test.go
+++ b/api/grpcserver_test.go
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ func TestGrpcServer_GetAccount(t *testing.T) {
 		request := &iotexapi.GetAccountRequest{
 			Address: "9254d943485d0fb859ff63c5581acc44f00fc2110343ac0445b99dfe39a6f1a5",
 		}
-
+		core.EXPECT().Account(gomock.Any()).Return(nil, nil, expectedErr)
 		_, err := grpcSvr.GetAccount(context.Background(), request)
-		require.Contains(err.Error(), expectedErr.Error())
+		require.ErrorContains(err, expectedErr.Error())
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/api/web3server.go b/api/web3server.go
index df14d98b45..2025072d98 100644
--- a/api/web3server.go
+++ b/api/web3server.go
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ func (svr *web3Handler) getBalance(in *gjson.Result) (interface{}, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(ioAddr)
+	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(ioAddr.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ func (svr *web3Handler) getCode(in *gjson.Result) (interface{}, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(ioAddr)
+	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(ioAddr.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/api/web3server_integrity_test.go b/api/web3server_integrity_test.go
index 65dab79027..c018871182 100644
--- a/api/web3server_integrity_test.go
+++ b/api/web3server_integrity_test.go
@@ -252,11 +252,9 @@ func getBlockByNumber(t *testing.T, handler *hTTPHandler) {
 func getBalance(t *testing.T, handler *hTTPHandler) {
 	require := require.New(t)
 	result := serveTestHTTP(require, handler, "eth_getBalance", `["0xDa7e12Ef57c236a06117c5e0d04a228e7181CF36"]`)
-	ans, ok := new(big.Int).SetString("9999999999999999999999999991", 10)
-	require.True(ok)
 	actual, ok := result.(string)
 	require.True(ok)
-	ans, ok = new(big.Int).SetString("9999999999999999999999999991", 10)
+	ans, ok := new(big.Int).SetString("9999999999999999999999999991", 10)
 	require.True(ok)
 	require.Equal("0x"+fmt.Sprintf("%x", ans), actual)
 }
diff --git a/api/web3server_utils.go b/api/web3server_utils.go
index 6b07df3c63..76165c0d4e 100644
--- a/api/web3server_utils.go
+++ b/api/web3server_utils.go
@@ -193,11 +193,7 @@ func (svr *web3Handler) checkContractAddr(to string) (bool, error) {
 	if to == "" {
 		return true, nil
 	}
-	ioAddr, err := address.FromString(to)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(ioAddr)
+	accountMeta, _, err := svr.coreService.Account(to)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7bc3c3af2c..b2e8da2964 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/iotexproject/go-fsm v1.0.0
 	github.com/iotexproject/go-p2p v0.3.7-0.20240327085559-423bb9cc8f5f
 	github.com/iotexproject/go-pkgs v0.1.13
-	github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.8
+	github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.9-0.20241020230354-523f3f51b5f9
 	github.com/iotexproject/iotex-antenna-go/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/iotexproject/iotex-election v0.3.5-0.20210611041425-20ddf674363d
 	github.com/iotexproject/iotex-proto v0.6.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9e3e683b0a..a8c8e889bf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1178,8 +1178,8 @@ github.com/iotexproject/go-pkgs v0.1.13 h1:bK48DVenkfYkC4TRoqL77RLFRBE1MUfscCW49
 github.com/iotexproject/go-pkgs v0.1.13/go.mod h1:t5X9kQ1VL5H+L+DC5GmohXnFKlcxaTcRnIBBuydcsTQ=
 github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.4/go.mod h1:K78yPSMB4K7gF/iQ7djT1amph0RBrP3rSkFfH7gNG70=
 github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.7/go.mod h1:K78yPSMB4K7gF/iQ7djT1amph0RBrP3rSkFfH7gNG70=
-github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.8 h1:jaTR5pZe/ljiYW4OqHl9NKPs0h1o91Gi6FILOTaBCXw=
-github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.8/go.mod h1:K78yPSMB4K7gF/iQ7djT1amph0RBrP3rSkFfH7gNG70=
+github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.9-0.20241020230354-523f3f51b5f9 h1:WeEbCkm4t2I3RxsRZXzHUkDGE1VlGvDUIMR3S3nJFLw=
+github.com/iotexproject/iotex-address v0.2.9-0.20241020230354-523f3f51b5f9/go.mod h1:LEpPNy+jJbMKaQ6XLEPBUkoyyllHgW9js1YdixMQL9k=
 github.com/iotexproject/iotex-antenna-go/v2 v2.5.1-0.20210604061028-2c2056a5bfdb/go.mod h1:NqFzRL8RtA3xfXGpYbs0IY71HDiD6Dh2hD9iYngKLIU=
 github.com/iotexproject/iotex-antenna-go/v2 v2.5.1 h1:Z7X0qXxc/4hSSE3koBaFRpLAdiD6MlCxKbn7iAdI+xQ=
 github.com/iotexproject/iotex-antenna-go/v2 v2.5.1/go.mod h1:8pDZcM45M0gY6jm3PoM20rzoD2Z0vg3Hg64RS4c3qx0=
diff --git a/test/mock/mock_apicoreservice/mock_apicoreservice.go b/test/mock/mock_apicoreservice/mock_apicoreservice.go
index 49890a041d..d51752b84c 100644
--- a/test/mock/mock_apicoreservice/mock_apicoreservice.go
+++ b/test/mock/mock_apicoreservice/mock_apicoreservice.go
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ func (m *MockCoreService) EXPECT() *MockCoreServiceMockRecorder {
 }
 
 // Account mocks base method.
-func (m *MockCoreService) Account(addr address.Address) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error) {
+func (m *MockCoreService) Account(arg0 string) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta, *iotextypes.BlockIdentifier, error) {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Account", addr)
+	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "Account", arg0)
 	ret0, _ := ret[0].(*iotextypes.AccountMeta)
 	ret1, _ := ret[1].(*iotextypes.BlockIdentifier)
 	ret2, _ := ret[2].(error)
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ func (m *MockCoreService) Account(addr address.Address) (*iotextypes.AccountMeta
 }
 
 // Account indicates an expected call of Account.
-func (mr *MockCoreServiceMockRecorder) Account(addr interface{}) *gomock.Call {
+func (mr *MockCoreServiceMockRecorder) Account(arg0 interface{}) *gomock.Call {
 	mr.mock.ctrl.T.Helper()
-	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "Account", reflect.TypeOf((*MockCoreService)(nil).Account), addr)
+	return mr.mock.ctrl.RecordCallWithMethodType(mr.mock, "Account", reflect.TypeOf((*MockCoreService)(nil).Account), arg0)
 }
 
 // Action mocks base method.