diff --git a/packages/utils/CHANGELOG.json b/packages/utils/CHANGELOG.json
index e0e0ab09a6..c557e80a45 100644
--- a/packages/utils/CHANGELOG.json
+++ b/packages/utils/CHANGELOG.json
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 [
+    {
+        "version": "5.4.1",
+        "changes": [
+            {
+                "note": "Fix extra space in `provider.send` signature",
+                "pr": 2428
+            }
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "version": "5.4.0",
         "changes": [
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/provider_utils.ts b/packages/utils/src/provider_utils.ts
index 69b8b0f8bf..a2d81bb848 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/provider_utils.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/provider_utils.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export const providerUtils = {
         } else if ((supportedProvider as any).send !== undefined) {
             // HACK(fabio): Detect if the `send` method has the old interface `send(payload, cb)` such
             // as in versions < Web3.js@1.0.0-beta.37. If so, do a simple re-mapping
-            if (_.includes((supportedProvider as any).send.toString(), 'function (payload, callback)')) {
+            if (_.includes((supportedProvider as any).send.toString().replace(' ', ''), 'function(payload,callback)')) {
                 provider.sendAsync = (supportedProvider as any).send.bind(supportedProvider);
                 return provider;
             } else {