diff --git a/x/capability/types/keys.go b/x/capability/types/keys.go
index aefd13ba2286..27661135824c 100644
--- a/x/capability/types/keys.go
+++ b/x/capability/types/keys.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func RevCapabilityKey(module, name string) []byte {
 // FwdCapabilityKey returns a forward lookup key for a given module and capability
 // reference.
 func FwdCapabilityKey(module string, cap *Capability) []byte {
-	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s/fwd/%p", module, cap))
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s/fwd/%#016p", module, cap))
 }
 
 // IndexToKey returns bytes to be used as a key for a given capability index.
diff --git a/x/capability/types/keys_test.go b/x/capability/types/keys_test.go
index e767c3d34222..1ac4702ba581 100644
--- a/x/capability/types/keys_test.go
+++ b/x/capability/types/keys_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func TestRevCapabilityKey(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestFwdCapabilityKey(t *testing.T) {
 	cap := types.NewCapability(23)
-	expected := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("bank/fwd/%p", cap))
+	expected := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("bank/fwd/%#016p", cap))
 	require.Equal(t, expected, types.FwdCapabilityKey("bank", cap))
 }