diff --git a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
index e5ca6f0aa3..1a90c5e1c0 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
+++ b/web3.js/src/publickey.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ export class PublicKey extends Struct {
     return zeroPad;
   }
 
+  get [Symbol.toStringTag](): string {
+    return `PublicKey(${this.toString()})`;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the base-58 representation of the public key
    */
diff --git a/web3.js/test/connection.test.ts b/web3.js/test/connection.test.ts
index 7e159eb09a..d77b22f478 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/connection.test.ts
+++ b/web3.js/test/connection.test.ts
@@ -4518,7 +4518,8 @@ describe('Connection', function () {
 
         expect(largestAccounts).to.have.length(2);
         const largestAccount = largestAccounts[0];
-        expect(largestAccount.address).to.eql(testTokenAccountPubkey);
+        expect(largestAccount.address.equals(testTokenAccountPubkey)).to.be
+          .true;
         expect(largestAccount.amount).to.eq('11110');
         expect(largestAccount.decimals).to.eq(2);
         expect(largestAccount.uiAmount).to.eq(111.1);