diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/403-fix-error-todos.md b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/403-fix-error-todos.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f165ca366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/403-fix-error-todos.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Mend error variant todo!()s wherever tendermint client calls the
+  "consensus_state" method
+  ([#403](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-rs/issues/403))
diff --git a/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/client_state.rs b/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/client_state.rs
index 0eb8f671e..f6508091b 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/client_state.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc/src/clients/ics07_tendermint/client_state.rs
@@ -751,7 +751,9 @@ impl Ics2ClientState for ClientState {
             ctx.consensus_state(&trusted_client_cons_state_path)
                 .map_err(|e| match e {
                     ContextError::ClientError(e) => e,
-                    _ => todo!(),
+                    _ => ClientError::Other {
+                        description: e.to_string(),
+                    },
                 })?
                 .as_ref(),
         )?;
@@ -815,7 +817,9 @@ impl Ics2ClientState for ClientState {
                 .next_consensus_state(&client_cons_state_path)
                 .map_err(|e| match e {
                     ContextError::ClientError(e) => e,
-                    _ => todo!(),
+                    _ => ClientError::Other {
+                        description: e.to_string(),
+                    },
                 })?
                 .as_ref()
                 .map(|cs| downcast_tm_consensus_state(cs.as_ref()))
@@ -842,7 +846,9 @@ impl Ics2ClientState for ClientState {
                 .prev_consensus_state(&client_cons_state_path)
                 .map_err(|e| match e {
                     ContextError::ClientError(e) => e,
-                    _ => todo!(),
+                    _ => ClientError::Other {
+                        description: e.to_string(),
+                    },
                 })?
                 .as_ref()
                 .map(|cs| downcast_tm_consensus_state(cs.as_ref()))