diff --git a/apps/desktop-wallet/src/api/queries/transactionQueries.ts b/apps/desktop-wallet/src/api/queries/transactionQueries.ts
index b68b9f9c7..89986ef35 100644
--- a/apps/desktop-wallet/src/api/queries/transactionQueries.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop-wallet/src/api/queries/transactionQueries.ts
@@ -43,18 +43,14 @@ export const addressLatestTransactionQuery = ({ addressHash, networkId, skip }:
     queryFn:
       !skip && networkId !== undefined
         ? async ({ queryKey }) => {
-            const transactions = await throttledClient.explorer.addresses.getAddressesAddressTransactions(addressHash, {
-              page: 1,
-              limit: 1
-            })
+            const latestTx = await throttledClient.explorer.addresses.getAddressesAddressLatestTransaction(addressHash)
 
-            const latestTx = transactions.length > 0 ? transactions[0] : undefined
             const cachedData = queryClient.getQueryData(queryKey) as AddressLatestTransactionQueryFnData | undefined
             const cachedLatestTx = cachedData?.latestTx
 
             // The following block invalidates queries that need to refetch data if a new transaction hash has been
             // detected. This way, we don't need to use the latest tx hash in the queryKey of each of those queries.
-            if (latestTx !== undefined && latestTx.hash !== cachedLatestTx?.hash) {
+            if (latestTx?.hash && latestTx.hash !== cachedLatestTx?.hash) {
               queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['address', addressHash, 'balance'] })
               queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['wallet', 'transactions', 'latest'] })
             }