diff --git a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/TxBody.hs b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/TxBody.hs
index 9a5799729f1..4785e60a483 100644
--- a/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/TxBody.hs
+++ b/cardano-api/src/Cardano/Api/TxBody.hs
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ module Cardano.Api.TxBody (
 
 import           Prelude
 
+import           Control.Applicative (some)
 import           Control.Monad (guard)
 import           Data.Aeson (object, withObject, withText, (.:), (.:?), (.=))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ import qualified Data.Text as Text
 import           Data.Type.Equality (TestEquality (..), (:~:) (Refl))
 import           Data.Word (Word32, Word64)
 import           GHC.Generics
+import           Text.Parsec ((<?>))
 import qualified Text.Parsec as Parsec
 import qualified Text.Parsec.Language as Parsec
 import qualified Text.Parsec.String as Parsec
@@ -403,7 +405,7 @@ instance FromJSON TxIn where
 
 parseTxId :: Parsec.Parser TxId
 parseTxId = do
-  str <- Parsec.many1 Parsec.hexDigit Parsec.<?> "transaction id (hexadecimal)"
+  str <- some Parsec.hexDigit <?> "transaction id (hexadecimal)"
   hoistEitherWith ("Incorrect transaction id format: " ++) $
     deserialiseFromRawBytesHex AsTxId $ BSC.pack str
 
@@ -1157,7 +1159,7 @@ pattern TxOutDatum s d  <- TxOutDatum' s _ d
 
 parseHashScriptData :: Parsec.Parser (Hash ScriptData)
 parseHashScriptData = do
-  str <- Parsec.many1 Parsec.hexDigit Parsec.<?> "script data hash"
+  str <- some Parsec.hexDigit <?> "script data hash"
   hoistEitherWith ("Invalid datum hash: " ++) $
     deserialiseFromRawBytesHex (AsHash AsScriptData) $ BSC.pack str
 
diff --git a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
index 91a3975f5c8..cd02203ae29 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
+++ b/cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/Shelley/Parsers.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import           Options.Applicative hiding (help, str)
 import qualified Options.Applicative as Opt
 import qualified Options.Applicative.Help as H
 import           Prettyprinter (line, pretty)
+import           Text.Parsec ((<?>))
 import qualified Text.Parsec as Parsec
 import qualified Text.Parsec.Error as Parsec
 import qualified Text.Parsec.Language as Parsec
@@ -1879,7 +1880,7 @@ parseTxIn = TxIn <$> parseTxId <*> (Parsec.char '#' *> parseTxIx)
 
 parseTxId :: Parsec.Parser TxId
 parseTxId = do
-  str <- Parsec.many1 Parsec.hexDigit Parsec.<?> "transaction id (hexadecimal)"
+  str <- some Parsec.hexDigit <?> "transaction id (hexadecimal)"
   case deserialiseFromRawBytesHex AsTxId (BSC.pack str) of
     Right addr -> return addr
     Left msg -> fail $ "Incorrect transaction id format: " ++ msg
@@ -2688,7 +2689,7 @@ pExtraEntropy =
     parseEntropyBytes :: Parsec.Parser ByteString
     parseEntropyBytes = either fail return
                       . B16.decode . BSC.pack
-                    =<< Parsec.many1 Parsec.hexDigit
+                    =<< some Parsec.hexDigit
 
 pUTxOCostPerWord :: Parser Lovelace
 pUTxOCostPerWord =