diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/account.ts b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/account.ts
index 91e3dc8f7c4..253ee3575e3 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/account.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/account.ts
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ import { keyStoreSchema } from './schemas';
 import { TransactionFactory } from './tx/transactionFactory';
 import type {
 	SignatureObject,
-	SignResult,
 	SignTransactionResult,
 	TypedTransaction,
 	Web3Account,
+	SignResult,
 } from './types';
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts b/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
index 3a85ad72342..0e0f8deca11 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import {
 	transactionReceiptSchema,
 	transactionInfoSchema,
 	accessListResultSchema,
+	SignatureObjectSchema,
 } from './schemas';
 import {
 	SendSignedTransactionEvents,
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ export async function getStorageAt<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 		storageSlotFormatted,
 		blockNumberFormatted,
 	);
-	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response, returnFormat);
+	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response as Bytes, returnFormat);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ export async function getCode<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 		address,
 		blockNumberFormatted,
 	);
-	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response, returnFormat);
+	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response as Bytes, returnFormat);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -877,11 +878,10 @@ export async function sign<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 	returnFormat: ReturnFormat,
 ) {
 	const messageFormatted = format({ format: 'bytes' }, message, DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT);
-
 	if (web3Context.wallet?.get(addressOrIndex)) {
 		const wallet = web3Context.wallet.get(addressOrIndex) as Web3BaseWalletAccount;
-
-		return wallet.sign(messageFormatted);
+		const signed = wallet.sign(messageFormatted);
+		return format(SignatureObjectSchema, signed, returnFormat);
 	}
 
 	if (typeof addressOrIndex === 'number') {
@@ -896,7 +896,8 @@ export async function sign<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 		addressOrIndex,
 		messageFormatted,
 	);
-	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response, returnFormat);
+
+	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response as Bytes, returnFormat);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ export async function call<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 		blockNumberFormatted,
 	);
 
-	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response, returnFormat);
+	return format({ format: 'bytes' }, response as Bytes, returnFormat);
 }
 
 // TODO - Investigate whether response is padded as 1.x docs suggest
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/src/schemas.ts b/packages/web3-eth/src/schemas.ts
index aa3c8a0d18a..f5b200204db 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/src/schemas.ts
@@ -479,6 +479,29 @@ export const transactionReceiptSchema = {
 	},
 };
 
+export const SignatureObjectSchema = {
+	type: 'object',
+	properties: {
+		messageHash: {
+			format: 'bytes',
+		},
+		r: {
+			format: 'bytes32',
+		},
+		s: {
+			format: 'bytes32',
+		},
+		v: {
+			format: 'bytes',
+		},
+		message: {
+			format: 'bytes',
+		},
+		signature: {
+			format: 'bytes',
+		},
+	},
+};
 export const feeHistorySchema = {
 	type: 'object',
 	properties: {
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/fixtures/sign.ts b/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/fixtures/sign.ts
index 641e59cf1a4..fa3f475d802 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/fixtures/sign.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/fixtures/sign.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 along with web3.js.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-import { Address, Bytes } from 'web3-types';
+import { Address, Bytes, FMT_BYTES, FMT_NUMBER } from 'web3-types';
 import { hexToBytes } from 'web3-utils';
 
 export const mockRpcResponse = '0x736f796c656e7420677265656e2069732070656f706c65';
@@ -49,3 +49,15 @@ export const testData: TestData[] = [
 		],
 	],
 ];
+export const walletTestData: [string, [Bytes, Address | number], any][] = [
+	[
+		'message = "0xd5677cf67b5aa051bb40496e68ad359eb97cfbf8"',
+		['0xd5677cf67b5aa051bb40496e68ad359eb97cfbf8', 0],
+		{ number: FMT_NUMBER.STR, bytes: FMT_BYTES.UINT8ARRAY },
+	],
+	[
+		'message = "0xd5677cf67b5aa051bb40496e68ad359eb97cfbf8"',
+		['0xd5677cf67b5aa051bb40496e68ad359eb97cfbf8', 0],
+		{ number: FMT_NUMBER.STR, bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX },
+	],
+];
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/sign.test.ts b/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/sign.test.ts
index 8f521e51973..ebbbc16955c 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/sign.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/test/unit/rpc_method_wrappers/sign.test.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ import { Web3Context } from 'web3-core';
 import { format } from 'web3-utils';
 import { DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT, FMT_BYTES, FMT_NUMBER, Web3EthExecutionAPI } from 'web3-types';
 import { ethRpcMethods } from 'web3-rpc-methods';
-
+import { Wallet } from 'web3-eth-accounts';
 import { sign } from '../../../src/rpc_method_wrappers';
-import { mockRpcResponse, testData } from './fixtures/sign';
+import { mockRpcResponse, testData, walletTestData } from './fixtures/sign';
+import { createAccountProvider } from '../../fixtures/system_test_utils';
+import { SignatureObjectSchema } from '../../../src/schemas';
 
 jest.mock('web3-rpc-methods');
 
@@ -40,7 +42,6 @@ describe('sign', () => {
 				inputMessage,
 				DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT,
 			);
-
 			await sign(web3Context, ...inputParameters, DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT);
 			expect(ethRpcMethods.sign).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
 				web3Context.requestManager,
@@ -49,6 +50,25 @@ describe('sign', () => {
 			);
 		},
 	);
+	it.each(walletTestData)(
+		`should call rpcMethods.sign using the context wallet with expected parameters\nTitle: %s\nInput parameters: %s\n and return with expected format`,
+		async (_, inputParameters, expectedReturnFormat) => {
+			// set up wallet for signing
+			const localContext = new Web3Context('http://127.0.0.1:8545');
+			const accountProvider = createAccountProvider(localContext);
+			const wallet = new Wallet(accountProvider);
+			wallet.create(1);
+			localContext['_wallet'] = wallet;
+
+			const result = await sign(localContext, ...inputParameters, expectedReturnFormat);
+			const expectedFormattedResult = format(
+				SignatureObjectSchema,
+				result,
+				expectedReturnFormat,
+			);
+			expect(result).toStrictEqual(expectedFormattedResult);
+		},
+	);
 
 	it.each(testData)(
 		`should format mockRpcResponse using provided return format\nTitle: %s\nInput parameters: %s\n`,