diff --git a/pythnet/pythnet_sdk/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/pythnet/pythnet_sdk/src/test_utils/mod.rs
index bc603c8014..bdd3383894 100644
--- a/pythnet/pythnet_sdk/src/test_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/pythnet/pythnet_sdk/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -228,13 +228,13 @@ pub fn create_vaa_from_payload(
     (header, body).into()
 }
 
-pub fn trim_vaa_signatures(vaa: Vec<u8>, n: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
-    let mut parsed_vaa: Vaa<&RawMessage> = serde_wormhole::from_slice(vaa.as_slice()).unwrap();
-    parsed_vaa.signatures = parsed_vaa
+pub fn trim_vaa_signatures(vaa: Vaa<&RawMessage>, n: u8) -> Vaa<&RawMessage> {
+    let mut vaa_copy = vaa.clone();
+    vaa_copy.signatures = vaa
         .signatures
         .choose_multiple(&mut thread_rng(), n.into())
         .cloned()
         .collect();
-    parsed_vaa.signatures.sort_by(|a, b| a.index.cmp(&b.index));
-    serde_wormhole::to_vec(&parsed_vaa).unwrap()
+    vaa_copy.signatures.sort_by(|a, b| a.index.cmp(&b.index));
+    vaa_copy
 }
diff --git a/target_chains/solana/programs/pyth-solana-receiver/tests/test_post_updates_atomic.rs b/target_chains/solana/programs/pyth-solana-receiver/tests/test_post_updates_atomic.rs
index 7b8ba3085b..972692ffe4 100644
--- a/target_chains/solana/programs/pyth-solana-receiver/tests/test_post_updates_atomic.rs
+++ b/target_chains/solana/programs/pyth-solana-receiver/tests/test_post_updates_atomic.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ async fn test_post_updates_atomic() {
     let feed_2 = create_dummy_price_feed_message(200);
     let message = create_accumulator_message(&[feed_1, feed_2], &[feed_1, feed_2], false);
     let (vaa, merkle_price_updates) = deserialize_accumulator_update_data(message).unwrap();
-
-    let vaa = trim_vaa_signatures(vaa, 5);
+    let vaa = serde_wormhole::to_vec(&trim_vaa_signatures(
+        serde_wormhole::from_slice(&vaa).unwrap(),
+        5,
+    ))
+    .unwrap();
 
     let ProgramTestFixtures {
         mut program_simulator,