diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7a5a1a907..2ecb3ea48 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/creachadair/taskgroup v0.3.2
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.46.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8
-	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.0
+	github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.1
 	gotest.tools v2.2.0+incompatible
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 297b27a74..5f391f394 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1116,8 +1116,8 @@ github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyC
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.30.0/go.mod h1:2rsYD01CKFrjjsvFxx75KlEUNpWNBY9JWD3K/7o2Cus=
 github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.7.0/go.mod h1:sqKJnoaOF88V07vkO+9FL8fb9uZg/VPSJnLYn+LmLk8=
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
-github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.0 h1:jzHQuiWMbLK52usAz/3wyIf07gZnACOsTJ8/AcHA/2s=
-github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.0/go.mod h1:bnD1T8tExSgPD1ripLkDbr60JA9VtQeu12P3wgLZd7M=
+github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.1 h1:Lqs7aZiC7TwZO76fJ/4Zsb3NaO4F7cuuz0mZLYeNwtQ=
+github.com/vektra/mockery/v2 v2.13.1/go.mod h1:bnD1T8tExSgPD1ripLkDbr60JA9VtQeu12P3wgLZd7M=
 github.com/viki-org/dnscache v0.0.0-20130720023526-c70c1f23c5d8/go.mod h1:dniwbG03GafCjFohMDmz6Zc6oCuiqgH6tGNyXTkHzXE=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.1.0/go.mod h1:cTgwzPIzzgDAYoQrMm0EdrjRUBkTqKYppBueQtXaqoE=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17pCcGlemwknint6hfoeCVQrEMVwxRLRjXpq+BU=
diff --git a/internal/p2p/router_test.go b/internal/p2p/router_test.go
index e0910fb21..86af19385 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/router_test.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/router_test.go
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func TestRouter_AcceptPeers_Errors(t *testing.T) {
 			// the router from calling Accept again.
 			mockTransport := &mocks.Transport{}
 			mockTransport.On("String").Maybe().Return("mock")
-			mockTransport.On("Accept", mock.Anything).Once().Return(nil, io.EOF)
+			mockTransport.On("Accept", mock.Anything).Once().Return(nil, err)
 			mockTransport.On("Close").Return(nil)
 			mockTransport.On("Listen", mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 
diff --git a/types/vote.go b/types/vote.go
index f7006b8cd..821a63018 100644
--- a/types/vote.go
+++ b/types/vote.go
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	nilVoteStr string = "nil-Vote"
+	absentVoteStr string = "Vote{absent}"
+	nilVoteStr    string = "nil"
 
 	// The maximum supported number of bytes in a vote extension.
 	MaxVoteExtensionSize int = 1024 * 1024
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ func (vote *Vote) Copy() *Vote {
 // 10. timestamp
 func (vote *Vote) String() string {
 	if vote == nil {
-		return nilVoteStr
+		return absentVoteStr
 	}
 
 	var typeString string
@@ -202,16 +203,22 @@ func (vote *Vote) String() string {
 		panic("Unknown vote type")
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Vote{%v:%X %v/%02d/%v(%v) %X %X %X @ %s}",
+	var blockHashString string
+	if len(vote.BlockID.Hash) > 0 {
+		blockHashString = fmt.Sprintf("%X", tmbytes.Fingerprint(vote.BlockID.Hash))
+	} else {
+		blockHashString = nilVoteStr
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("Vote{%v:%X %v/%d %s %s %X %d @ %s}",
 		vote.ValidatorIndex,
 		tmbytes.Fingerprint(vote.ValidatorAddress),
 		vote.Height,
 		vote.Round,
-		vote.Type,
 		typeString,
-		tmbytes.Fingerprint(vote.BlockID.Hash),
+		blockHashString,
 		tmbytes.Fingerprint(vote.Signature),
-		tmbytes.Fingerprint(vote.Extension),
+		len(vote.Extension),
 		CanonicalTime(vote.Timestamp),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/types/vote_set.go b/types/vote_set.go
index 6d83ac85d..7ca69f302 100644
--- a/types/vote_set.go
+++ b/types/vote_set.go
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ func (voteSet *VoteSet) StringIndented(indent string) string {
 	voteStrings := make([]string, len(voteSet.votes))
 	for i, vote := range voteSet.votes {
 		if vote == nil {
-			voteStrings[i] = nilVoteStr
+			voteStrings[i] = absentVoteStr
 		} else {
 			voteStrings[i] = vote.String()
 		}
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func (voteSet *VoteSet) voteStrings() []string {
 	voteStrings := make([]string, len(voteSet.votes))
 	for i, vote := range voteSet.votes {
 		if vote == nil {
-			voteStrings[i] = nilVoteStr
+			voteStrings[i] = absentVoteStr
 		} else {
 			voteStrings[i] = vote.String()
 		}
diff --git a/types/vote_test.go b/types/vote_test.go
index d0819d7c4..917de2e4b 100644
--- a/types/vote_test.go
+++ b/types/vote_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,6 +17,22 @@ import (
 	tmproto "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/proto/tendermint/types"
 )
 
+const (
+	//nolint: lll
+	preCommitTestStr = `Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/2 Precommit 8B01023386C3 000000000000 0 @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}`
+	//nolint: lll
+	preVoteTestStr = `Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/2 Prevote 8B01023386C3 000000000000 0 @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}`
+)
+
+var (
+	// nolint: lll
+	nilVoteTestStr                = fmt.Sprintf(`Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/2 Precommit %s 000000000000 0 @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}`, nilVoteStr)
+	formatNonEmptyVoteExtensionFn = func(voteExtensionLength int) string {
+		// nolint: lll
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/2 Precommit 8B01023386C3 000000000000 %d @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}`, voteExtensionLength)
+	}
+)
+
 func examplePrevote(t *testing.T) *Vote {
 	t.Helper()
 	return exampleVote(t, byte(tmproto.PrevoteType))
@@ -321,16 +338,43 @@ func TestVoteVerify(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestVoteString(t *testing.T) {
-	str := examplePrecommit(t).String()
-	expected := `Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/02/SIGNED_MSG_TYPE_PRECOMMIT(Precommit) 8B01023386C3 000000000000 000000000000 @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}` //nolint:lll //ignore line length for tests
-	if str != expected {
-		t.Errorf("got unexpected string for Vote. Expected:\n%v\nGot:\n%v", expected, str)
+	testcases := map[string]struct {
+		vote           *Vote
+		expectedResult string
+	}{
+		"pre-commit": {
+			vote:           examplePrecommit(t),
+			expectedResult: preCommitTestStr,
+		},
+		"pre-vote": {
+			vote:           examplePrevote(t),
+			expectedResult: preVoteTestStr,
+		},
+		"absent vote": {
+			expectedResult: absentVoteStr,
+		},
+		"nil vote": {
+			vote: func() *Vote {
+				v := examplePrecommit(t)
+				v.BlockID.Hash = nil
+				return v
+			}(),
+			expectedResult: nilVoteTestStr,
+		},
+		"non-empty vote extension": {
+			vote: func() *Vote {
+				v := examplePrecommit(t)
+				v.Extension = []byte{1, 2}
+				return v
+			}(),
+			expectedResult: formatNonEmptyVoteExtensionFn(2),
+		},
 	}
 
-	str2 := examplePrevote(t).String()
-	expected = `Vote{56789:6AF1F4111082 12345/02/SIGNED_MSG_TYPE_PREVOTE(Prevote) 8B01023386C3 000000000000 000000000000 @ 2017-12-25T03:00:01.234Z}` //nolint:lll //ignore line length for tests
-	if str2 != expected {
-		t.Errorf("got unexpected string for Vote. Expected:\n%v\nGot:\n%v", expected, str2)
+	for name, tc := range testcases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedResult, tc.vote.String())
+		})
 	}
 }