diff --git a/crates/utils/cw-client/src/cli.rs b/crates/utils/cw-client/src/cli.rs
index 1074bef..66c2d0c 100644
--- a/crates/utils/cw-client/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/utils/cw-client/src/cli.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use color_eyre::{eyre::eyre, Help, Report, Result};
 use cosmrs::{tendermint::chain::Id, AccountId};
 use reqwest::Url;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+ use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::CwClient;
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ impl CliClient {
         let output_str: String = std::str::from_utf8(&output).expect("unable to parse command output").to_string();
         let json: Value = serde_json::from_str(&output_str).expect("could not convert to JSON");
         
-        let price = json["price"]["amount"].to_string().parse::<u64>().expect("couldn't parse gas price");
+        let price = u64::from_str(&json["price"]["amount"].to_string()).expect("couldn't parse gas price");
         let gas_price = format!("{}untrn", price);
         
         Self {