diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/constants.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/constants.ts
index 425b90a2da..135f430f22 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@ export const APTOS_ACCOUNT_MODULE = 'aptos_account';
 export const FUNGIBLE_ASSET_MODULE = 'primary_fungible_store';
 
 export const FUNGIBLE_ASSET_FUNCTION = '0x1::primary_fungible_store::transfer';
+export const APTOS_COIN_FUNCTION = '0x1::aptos_account::transfer_coins';
 
 export const FUNGIBLE_ASSET = '0x1::fungible_asset::Metadata';
+export const APTOS_COIN = '0x1::aptos_coin::AptosCoin';
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transaction/transferTransaction.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transaction/transferTransaction.ts
index 264cad73fd..4737bcf8f7 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transaction/transferTransaction.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transaction/transferTransaction.ts
@@ -10,21 +10,28 @@ import {
 } from '@aptos-labs/ts-sdk';
 
 import { BaseCoin as CoinConfig, NetworkType } from '@bitgo/statics';
+import { APTOS_COIN, APTOS_COIN_FUNCTION } from '../constants';
 
 export class TransferTransaction extends Transaction {
   constructor(coinConfig: Readonly<CoinConfig>) {
     super(coinConfig);
     this._type = TransactionType.Send;
+    this._assetId = APTOS_COIN;
   }
 
   protected parseTransactionPayload(payload: TransactionPayload): void {
-    if (!(payload instanceof TransactionPayloadEntryFunction)) {
+    if (
+      !(payload instanceof TransactionPayloadEntryFunction) ||
+      !payload.entryFunction.type_args[0] ||
+      payload.entryFunction.type_args[0].toString().length === 0
+    ) {
       throw new InvalidTransactionError('Invalid transaction payload');
     }
     const entryFunction = payload.entryFunction;
     if (!this._recipient) {
       this._recipient = {} as TransactionRecipient;
     }
+    this._assetId = entryFunction.type_args[0].toString();
     this._recipient.address = entryFunction.args[0].toString();
     const amountBuffer = Buffer.from(entryFunction.args[1].bcsToBytes());
     this._recipient.amount = amountBuffer.readBigUint64LE().toString();
@@ -35,12 +42,11 @@ export class TransferTransaction extends Transaction {
     const aptos = new Aptos(new AptosConfig({ network }));
     const senderAddress = AccountAddress.fromString(this._sender);
     const recipientAddress = AccountAddress.fromString(this._recipient.address);
-    const typeArgs = this.assetId ? [this.assetId] : ['0x1::aptos_coin::AptosCoin'];
     const simpleTxn = await aptos.transaction.build.simple({
       sender: senderAddress,
       data: {
-        function: '0x1::aptos_account::transfer_coins',
-        typeArguments: typeArgs,
+        function: APTOS_COIN_FUNCTION,
+        typeArguments: [this.assetId],
         functionArguments: [recipientAddress, this.recipient.amount],
       },
       options: {
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
index b0dc090c6c..f95204ed90 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/src/lib/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export class TransferBuilder extends TransactionBuilder {
     return TransactionType.Send;
   }
 
+  assetId(assetId: string): TransactionBuilder {
+    this.transaction.assetId = assetId;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /** @inheritdoc */
   validateTransaction(transaction?: TransferTransaction): void {
     if (!transaction) {
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/resources/apt.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/resources/apt.ts
index aeeb23e1ae..d552708045 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/resources/apt.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/resources/apt.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const invalidRecipients: Recipient[] = [
 export const TRANSFER =
   '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';
 
-export const CHANGED_FUNCTION_TRANSFER =
+export const TRANSACTION_USING_TRANSFER_COINS =
   '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';
 
 export const INVALID_TRANSFER =
diff --git a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/unit/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/unit/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
index 466f5ade76..453e0eecd3 100644
--- a/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/unit/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
+++ b/modules/sdk-coin-apt/test/unit/transactionBuilder/transferBuilder.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('Apt Transfer Transaction', () => {
       });
 
       it('should build and send a signed tx', async function () {
-        const txBuilder = factory.from(testData.CHANGED_FUNCTION_TRANSFER);
+        const txBuilder = factory.from(testData.TRANSACTION_USING_TRANSFER_COINS);
         const tx = (await txBuilder.build()) as TransferTransaction;
         should.equal(tx.type, TransactionType.Send);
         tx.inputs.length.should.equal(1);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe('Apt Transfer Transaction', () => {
         should.equal(tx.type, TransactionType.Send);
         const rawTx = tx.toBroadcastFormat();
         should.equal(txBuilder.isValidRawTransaction(rawTx), true);
-        should.equal(rawTx, testData.CHANGED_FUNCTION_TRANSFER);
+        should.equal(rawTx, testData.TRANSACTION_USING_TRANSFER_COINS);
       });
 
       it('should succeed to validate a valid signablePayload', async function () {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe('Apt Transfer Transaction', () => {
       });
 
       it('should build a signed tx and validate its toJson', async function () {
-        const txBuilder = factory.from(testData.CHANGED_FUNCTION_TRANSFER);
+        const txBuilder = factory.from(testData.TRANSACTION_USING_TRANSFER_COINS);
         const tx = (await txBuilder.build()) as TransferTransaction;
         const toJson = tx.toJson();
         should.equal(toJson.id, '0x80a52dd5d4f712a80b77ad7b4a12a8e61b76243a546099b0ab9acfef4e9a4e31');