diff --git a/PENDING.md b/PENDING.md
index 60fafbdc167..7fd70146408 100644
--- a/PENDING.md
+++ b/PENDING.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ decoded automatically.
 
 ### SDK
 
+* \#3559 fix occasional failing due to non-determinism in lcd test TestBonding
+  where validator is unexpectedly slashed throwing off test calculations
 * [\#3411] Include the `RequestInitChain.Time` in the block header init during
 `InitChain`.
 
diff --git a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
index 41f569949fa..681078a510e 100644
--- a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
+++ b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
@@ -545,10 +545,18 @@ func TestBonding(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, resultTx.Height, txs[0].Height)
 
 	// query delegations, unbondings and redelegations from validator and delegator
-	rdShares := rdTokens.ToDec()
 	delegatorDels = getDelegatorDelegations(t, port, addr)
 	require.Len(t, delegatorDels, 1)
-	require.Equal(t, rdShares, delegatorDels[0].GetShares())
+	require.Equal(t, operAddrs[1], delegatorDels[0].ValidatorAddr)
+
+	// because the second validator never signs during these tests, if this
+	// this test takes a long time to run,  eventually this second validator
+	// will get slashed, meaning that it's exchange rate is no-longer 1-to-1,
+	// hence we utilize the exchange rate in the following test
+
+	validator2 := getValidator(t, port, operAddrs[1])
+	delTokensAfterRedelegation := delegatorDels[0].GetShares().Mul(validator2.DelegatorShareExRate())
+	require.Equal(t, rdTokens.ToDec(), delTokensAfterRedelegation)
 
 	redelegation := getRedelegations(t, port, addr, operAddrs[0], operAddrs[1])
 	require.Len(t, redelegation, 1)