diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs.go b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs.go
index 4205d1099cec..c6f248a8ca80 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	clienttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/02-client/types"
 	channeltypesv1 "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/04-channel/types"
+	commitmenttypesv1 "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/23-commitment/types"
 	commitmenttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/23-commitment/types/v2"
 	host "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/24-host"
 	ibcerrors "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/errors"
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ var (
 
 	_ sdk.Msg              = (*MsgCreateChannel)(nil)
 	_ sdk.HasValidateBasic = (*MsgCreateChannel)(nil)
+
+	_ sdk.Msg              = (*MsgSendPacket)(nil)
+	_ sdk.HasValidateBasic = (*MsgSendPacket)(nil)
+
+	_ sdk.Msg              = (*MsgAcknowledgement)(nil)
+	_ sdk.HasValidateBasic = (*MsgAcknowledgement)(nil)
 )
 
 // NewMsgProvideCounterparty creates a new MsgProvideCounterparty instance
@@ -130,3 +137,19 @@ func NewMsgAcknowledgement(packet Packet, acknowledgement Acknowledgement, proof
 		Signer:          signer,
 	}
 }
+
+// ValidateBasic performs basic checks on a MsgAcknowledgement.
+func (msg *MsgAcknowledgement) ValidateBasic() error {
+	if len(msg.ProofAcked) == 0 {
+		return errorsmod.Wrap(commitmenttypesv1.ErrInvalidProof, "cannot submit an empty acknowledgement proof")
+	}
+
+	// TODO: Add validation for ack object https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/issues/7472
+
+	_, err := sdk.AccAddressFromBech32(msg.Signer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errorsmod.Wrapf(ibcerrors.ErrInvalidAddress, "string could not be parsed as address: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return msg.Packet.ValidateBasic()
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs_test.go b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs_test.go
index 208db17638c1..d4965835b77d 100644
--- a/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs_test.go
+++ b/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types/msgs_test.go
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 
+	clienttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/02-client/types"
 	channeltypesv1 "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/04-channel/v2/types"
 	commitmenttypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/23-commitment/types"
 	host "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/24-host"
 	ibcerrors "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/modules/core/errors"
 	ibctesting "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/testing"
+	mockv2 "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v9/testing/mock/v2"
 )
 
+var testProof = []byte("proof")
+
 type TypesTestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 
@@ -211,3 +215,53 @@ func (s *TypesTestSuite) TestMsgSendPacketValidateBasic() {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *TypesTestSuite) TestMsgAcknowledge_ValidateBasic() {
+	var msg *types.MsgAcknowledgement
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		malleate func()
+		expError error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "success",
+			malleate: func() {},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "failure: invalid signer",
+			malleate: func() {
+				msg.Signer = ""
+			},
+			expError: ibcerrors.ErrInvalidAddress,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "failure: invalid packet",
+			malleate: func() {
+				msg.Packet.Sequence = 0
+			},
+			expError: types.ErrInvalidPacket,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
+			msg = types.NewMsgAcknowledgement(
+				types.NewPacket(1, ibctesting.FirstChannelID, ibctesting.SecondChannelID, s.chainA.GetTimeoutTimestamp(), mockv2.NewMockPacketData(mockv2.ModuleNameA, mockv2.ModuleNameB)),
+				types.Acknowledgement{},
+				testProof,
+				clienttypes.ZeroHeight(),
+				s.chainA.SenderAccount.GetAddress().String(),
+			)
+
+			tc.malleate()
+
+			err := msg.ValidateBasic()
+			expPass := tc.expError == nil
+			if expPass {
+				s.Require().NoError(err)
+			} else {
+				ibctesting.RequireErrorIsOrContains(s.T(), err, tc.expError)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/keeper/events_test.go b/modules/core/keeper/events_test.go
index 1143782ddc83..359322833f0c 100644
--- a/modules/core/keeper/events_test.go
+++ b/modules/core/keeper/events_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package keeper_test
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
diff --git a/modules/core/keeper/msg_server.go b/modules/core/keeper/msg_server.go
index 92348c0de039..7b987945e615 100644
--- a/modules/core/keeper/msg_server.go
+++ b/modules/core/keeper/msg_server.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
diff --git a/modules/core/keeper/msg_server_test.go b/modules/core/keeper/msg_server_test.go
index bea3fccc45a1..547d57023045 100644
--- a/modules/core/keeper/msg_server_test.go
+++ b/modules/core/keeper/msg_server_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
 	upgradetypes "cosmossdk.io/x/upgrade/types"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"