diff --git a/contracts/contracts/strategies/NativeStaking/CompoundingValidatorManager.sol b/contracts/contracts/strategies/NativeStaking/CompoundingValidatorManager.sol
index 3754718271..7633552b15 100644
--- a/contracts/contracts/strategies/NativeStaking/CompoundingValidatorManager.sol
+++ b/contracts/contracts/strategies/NativeStaking/CompoundingValidatorManager.sol
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ abstract contract CompoundingValidatorManager is Governable, Pausable {
             );
             // Limits the number of validator balance proofs to verifyBalances
             require(
-                verifiedValidators.length + 1 < MAX_VERIFIED_VALIDATORS,
+                verifiedValidators.length + 1 <= MAX_VERIFIED_VALIDATORS,
                 "Max validators"
             );