diff --git a/tests/integration/geth-1.10.6-fixture.zip b/tests/integration/geth-1.10.6-fixture.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2f738bc38
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/integration/geth-1.10.6-fixture.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py b/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
index 2ae80cb3ca..cb4be4357f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 KEYFILE_PW = 'web3py-test'
 
-GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = 'geth-1.10.8-fixture.zip'
+GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = 'geth-1.10.6-fixture.zip'
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
diff --git a/web3/_utils/validation.py b/web3/_utils/validation.py
index 65fcb9f1c0..ebfc2f94e3 100644
--- a/web3/_utils/validation.py
+++ b/web3/_utils/validation.py
@@ -160,21 +160,30 @@ def is_not_address_string(value: Any) -> bool:
             is_checksum_address(value) and not is_hex_address(value))
 
 
+def is_hex_integer(value: Any) -> bool:
+    return (is_integer(value) and not is_string(value) and not is_bytes(value) and not
+            is_checksum_address(value) and not is_hex_address(value))
+
+
 def validate_address(value: Any) -> None:
     """
     Helper function for validating an address
     """
+    if is_hex_integer(value):
+        value = str(value)
+
     if is_not_address_string(value):
         if not is_valid_ens_name(value):
             raise InvalidAddress(f"ENS name: '{value}' is invalid.")
         return
+
     if is_bytes(value):
         if not is_binary_address(value):
             raise InvalidAddress("Address must be 20 bytes when input type is bytes", value)
         return
 
     if not isinstance(value, str):
-        raise TypeError('Address {} must be provided as a string'.format(value))
+        raise TypeError('Address {} must be provided as a string or a hex'.format(value))
     if not is_hex_address(value):
         raise InvalidAddress("Address must be 20 bytes, as a hex string with a 0x prefix", value)
     if not is_checksum_address(value):