diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2784f1..604c5f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-wallet-core"
-version = "0.21.2"
+version = "0.21.6"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "The core functionality of the Dusk wallet"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/assets/dusk_wallet_core.wasm b/assets/dusk_wallet_core.wasm
index 75963f0..a04a5e5 100755
Binary files a/assets/dusk_wallet_core.wasm and b/assets/dusk_wallet_core.wasm differ
diff --git a/dusk-wallet-core-0.21.0.wasm b/dusk-wallet-core-0.21.0.wasm
index 8583802..5ac33bc 100644
Binary files a/dusk-wallet-core-0.21.0.wasm and b/dusk-wallet-core-0.21.0.wasm differ
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 9dd6349..39f0252 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 
 type Node = (Note, tx::Opening, u64, JubJubScalar);
+const MAX_ALLOC_LEN: u32 = 2u32.pow(24);
 
 /// Composes a `i64` from the provided arguments. This will be returned from the
 /// WASM module functions.
-pub const fn compose(success: bool, ptr: u32, len: u32) -> i64 {
+pub fn compose(success: bool, ptr: u32, len: u32) -> i64 {
+    assert!(
+        len <= MAX_ALLOC_LEN,
+        "len must be less than {MAX_ALLOC_LEN}"
+    );
+
     let success = (!success) as u64;
     let ptr = (ptr as u64) << 32;
-    let len = ((len as u64) << 48) >> 32;
+    let len = ((len as u64) << 40) >> 32;
+
     (success | ptr | len) as i64
 }
 
@@ -36,9 +43,9 @@ pub const fn compose(success: bool, ptr: u32, len: u32) -> i64 {
 /// - status: a boolean indicating the success of the operation
 /// - ptr: a pointer to the underlying data
 /// - len: the length of the underlying data
-pub const fn decompose(result: i64) -> (bool, u32, u32) {
+pub fn decompose(result: i64) -> (bool, u32, u32) {
     let ptr = (result >> 32) as u32;
-    let len = ((result & 0xFFFFFF00) >> 16) as u32;
+    let len = ((result & 0xFFFFFFF0) >> 8) as u32;
     let success = ((result << 63) >> 63) == 0;
 
     (success, ptr, len)
@@ -76,15 +83,10 @@ pub fn sanitize_rng_seed(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Option<[u8; 32]> {
 }
 
 /// Fails the operation
-pub const fn fail() -> i64 {
+pub fn fail() -> i64 {
     compose(false, 0, 0)
 }
 
-/// fail
-pub const fn fail_with() -> i64 {
-    compose(true, 0, 0)
-}
-
 /// Converts the provided response into an allocated pointer and returns the
 /// composed success value.
 pub fn into_ptr<T>(response: T) -> i64