diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a3fd06fe8..483563dde9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3583,7 +3583,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "light-hasher"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-bn254",
  "light-poseidon",
@@ -3713,7 +3713,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "light-sdk"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 dependencies = [
  "account-compression",
  "aligned-sized",
diff --git a/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml b/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
index d734b58fb9..b2c3285a4f 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "light-hasher"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1"
 description = "Trait for generic usage of hash functions on Solana"
 repository = "https://github.com/Lightprotocol/light-protocol"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/merkle-tree/hasher/src/errors.rs b/merkle-tree/hasher/src/errors.rs
index 6bcf3f01b0..d8a6c17d2c 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/hasher/src/errors.rs
+++ b/merkle-tree/hasher/src/errors.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ pub enum HasherError {
     PoseidonSyscall(#[from] PoseidonSyscallError),
     #[error("Unknown Solana syscall error: {0}")]
     UnknownSolanaSyscall(u64),
+    #[error("Input length {0} exceeds maximum of {1} bytes")]
+    InputTooLarge(usize, usize),
 }
 
 // NOTE(vadorovsky): Unfortunately, we need to do it by hand. `num_derive::ToPrimitive`
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ impl From<HasherError> for u32 {
             HasherError::Poseidon(_) => 7002,
             HasherError::PoseidonSyscall(e) => (u64::from(e)).try_into().unwrap_or(7003),
             HasherError::UnknownSolanaSyscall(e) => e.try_into().unwrap_or(7004),
+            HasherError::InputTooLarge(_, _) => 7005,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/merkle-tree/hasher/src/poseidon.rs b/merkle-tree/hasher/src/poseidon.rs
index 9ae42c7003..86172517a7 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/hasher/src/poseidon.rs
+++ b/merkle-tree/hasher/src/poseidon.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@ impl Hasher for Poseidon {
     }
 
     fn hashv(vals: &[&[u8]]) -> Result<Hash, HasherError> {
+        // Poseidon syscall requires exactly 32-byte inputs.
+        // Leading zeros preserve big-endian field element values.
+        let padded_bufs: Vec<[u8; 32]> = vals
+            .iter()
+            .map(|v| {
+                if v.len() > 32 {
+                    return Err(HasherError::InputTooLarge(v.len(), 32));
+                }
+                let mut buf = [0u8; 32];
+                buf[32 - v.len()..].copy_from_slice(v);
+                Ok(buf)
+            })
+            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        let vals: Vec<&[u8]> = padded_bufs.iter().map(|b| b.as_slice()).collect();
+        let vals: &[&[u8]] = vals.as_slice();
+
         // Perform the calculation inline, calling this from within a program is
         // not supported.
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))]
diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/Cargo.toml
index 05f54d1d0c..85b1a671f0 100644
--- a/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "light-sdk"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 description = "Rust SDK for ZK Compression on Solana"
 repository = "https://github.com/Lightprotocol/light-protocol"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ aligned-sized = { version = "1.1.0", path = "../macros/aligned-sized" }
 light-macros = { version = "1.1.0", path = "../macros/light" }
 light-sdk-macros = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../macros/light-sdk-macros" }
 bytemuck = "1.17"
-light-hasher = { version = "1.1.0", path = "../merkle-tree/hasher", features=["solana"] }
+light-hasher = { version = "1.1.1", path = "../merkle-tree/hasher", features=["solana"] }
 light-heap = { version = "1.1.0", path = "../heap", optional = true }
 light-indexed-merkle-tree = { workspace = true }
 account-compression = { workspace = true , optional = true }