diff --git a/crates/ibc/src/client_state.rs b/crates/ibc/src/client_state.rs
index 77b7175..c564512 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/src/client_state.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc/src/client_state.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ impl<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize> Ics2ClientState for ClientState<SYNC_COMM
         client_id: ClientId,
         header: Any,
     ) -> Result<UpdatedState, ClientError> {
+        let cc = self.build_context(ctx);
         let header = Header::<SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE>::try_from(header)?;
+        header.validate(&cc)?;
+
         let trusted_sync_committee = header.trusted_sync_committee;
         let consensus_state = match maybe_consensus_state(
             ctx,
@@ -338,7 +341,6 @@ impl<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize> Ics2ClientState for ClientState<SYNC_COMM
         let account_update = header.account_update;
         let header_timestamp = header.timestamp;
 
-        let cc = self.build_context(ctx);
         self.consensus_verifier
             .validate_updates(
                 &cc,
diff --git a/crates/ibc/src/header.rs b/crates/ibc/src/header.rs
index 3700275..90cc1b7 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/src/header.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc/src/header.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ use crate::types::{
     ConsensusUpdateInfo, ExecutionUpdateInfo, TrustedSyncCommittee,
 };
 use bytes::Buf;
+use ethereum_consensus::compute::compute_timestamp_at_slot;
+use ethereum_consensus::context::ChainContext;
 use ethereum_ibc_proto::ibc::lightclients::ethereum::v1::Header as RawHeader;
+use ethereum_light_client_verifier::updates::ConsensusUpdate;
 use ibc::core::ics02_client::error::ClientError;
 use ibc::core::ics02_client::header::Header as Ics02Header;
 use ibc::timestamp::Timestamp;
@@ -72,6 +75,22 @@ pub fn decode_header<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize, B: Buf>(
     RawHeader::decode(buf).map_err(Error::Decode)?.try_into()
 }
 
+impl<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize> Header<SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE> {
+    pub fn validate<C: ChainContext>(&self, ctx: &C) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.trusted_sync_committee.sync_committee.validate()?;
+        let header_timestamp = self.timestamp.into_tm_time().unwrap().unix_timestamp() as u64;
+        let timestamp =
+            compute_timestamp_at_slot(ctx, self.consensus_update.finalized_beacon_header().slot);
+        if header_timestamp != timestamp.0 {
+            return Err(Error::UnexpectedTimestamp(
+                timestamp.into(),
+                header_timestamp,
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize> Ics02Header for Header<SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE> {
     fn height(&self) -> ibc::Height {
         ibc::Height::new(0, self.execution_update.block_number.into()).unwrap()
@@ -220,8 +239,14 @@ mod tests {
                 consensus_update: update.clone(),
                 execution_update: ExecutionUpdateInfo::default(),
                 account_update: AccountUpdateInfo::default(),
-                timestamp: Timestamp::from_nanoseconds(1730729158 * 1_000_000_000).unwrap(),
+                timestamp: Timestamp::from_nanoseconds(
+                    compute_timestamp_at_slot(&ctx, update.finalized_beacon_header().slot).0
+                        * 1_000_000_000,
+                )
+                .unwrap(),
             };
+            let res = header.validate(&ctx);
+            assert!(res.is_ok(), "header validation failed: {:?}", res);
             let any = IBCAny::from(header.clone());
             let decoded = Header::<32>::try_from(any).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(header, decoded);
diff --git a/crates/ibc/src/update.rs b/crates/ibc/src/update.rs
index 9c8a064..4608978 100644
--- a/crates/ibc/src/update.rs
+++ b/crates/ibc/src/update.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use crate::{
     types::ConsensusUpdateInfo,
 };
 use ethereum_consensus::{
-    beacon::Slot,
-    compute::{compute_sync_committee_period_at_slot, compute_timestamp_at_slot},
+    compute::compute_sync_committee_period_at_slot,
     context::ChainContext,
     types::{H256, U64},
 };
@@ -23,20 +22,11 @@ pub fn apply_updates<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize, C: ChainContext>(
     consensus_update: ConsensusUpdateInfo<SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE>,
     block_number: U64,
     account_storage_root: H256,
-    timestamp: Timestamp,
+    header_timestamp: Timestamp,
 ) -> Result<(ClientState<SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE>, ConsensusState), Error> {
     let store_period = consensus_state.current_period(ctx);
     let update_finalized_slot = consensus_update.finalized_header.0.slot;
     let update_finalized_period = compute_sync_committee_period_at_slot(ctx, update_finalized_slot);
-    let timestamp = timestamp.into_tm_time().unwrap().unix_timestamp() as u64;
-    let finalized_header_timestamp: u64 =
-        compute_timestamp_at_slot(ctx, update_finalized_slot).into();
-    if finalized_header_timestamp != timestamp {
-        return Err(Error::UnexpectedTimestamp(
-            finalized_header_timestamp,
-            timestamp,
-        ));
-    }
 
     // Let `store_period` be the period of the current sync committe of the consensus state, then the state transition is the following:
     // - If `store_period == update_finalized_period`, then the new consensus state will have the same sync committee info as the current consensus state.
@@ -47,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn apply_updates<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize, C: ChainContext>(
         ConsensusState {
             slot: update_finalized_slot,
             storage_root: account_storage_root.0.to_vec().into(),
-            timestamp: wrap_compute_timestamp_at_slot(ctx, update_finalized_slot)?,
+            timestamp: header_timestamp,
             current_sync_committee: consensus_state.current_sync_committee.clone(),
             next_sync_committee: consensus_state.next_sync_committee.clone(),
         }
@@ -59,7 +49,7 @@ pub fn apply_updates<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize, C: ChainContext>(
             ConsensusState {
                 slot: update_finalized_slot,
                 storage_root: account_storage_root.0.to_vec().into(),
-                timestamp: wrap_compute_timestamp_at_slot(ctx, update_finalized_slot)?,
+                timestamp: header_timestamp,
                 current_sync_committee: consensus_state.next_sync_committee.clone(),
                 next_sync_committee: update_next_sync_committee.aggregate_pubkey,
             }
@@ -87,13 +77,3 @@ pub fn apply_updates<const SYNC_COMMITTEE_SIZE: usize, C: ChainContext>(
     new_consensus_state.validate()?;
     Ok((new_client_state, new_consensus_state))
 }
-
-fn wrap_compute_timestamp_at_slot<C: ChainContext>(
-    ctx: &C,
-    slot: Slot,
-) -> Result<Timestamp, Error> {
-    // NOTE: The return value of `compute_timestamp_at_slot`'s unit is seconds,
-    // so we need to convert it to nanoseconds.
-    let timestamp = compute_timestamp_at_slot(ctx, slot);
-    Ok(Timestamp::from_nanoseconds(timestamp.0 * 1_000_000_000)?)
-}