diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 - The `importmulti` RPC will now contain a new per-request `warnings`
   field with strings that explain when fields are being ignored or
   inconsistent, if any.
+- Fixed a bug where `listreceivedaddress` would fail to take an address as a
+  string.
 
 Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the
 Low-level Changes section below.
@@ -72,4 +74,4 @@
 New RPC methods
 ------------
 
-- `deriveaddresses` returns one or more addresses corresponding to an [output descriptor](/doc/descriptors.md).
\ No newline at end of file
+- `deriveaddresses` returns one or more addresses corresponding to an [output descriptor](/doc/descriptors.md).
diff --git a/src/rpc/client.cpp b/src/rpc/client.cpp
--- a/src/rpc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/client.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     {"listreceivedbyaddress", 0, "minconf"},
     {"listreceivedbyaddress", 1, "include_empty"},
     {"listreceivedbyaddress", 2, "include_watchonly"},
-    {"listreceivedbyaddress", 3, "address_filter"},
     {"listreceivedbylabel", 0, "minconf"},
     {"listreceivedbylabel", 1, "include_empty"},
     {"listreceivedbylabel", 2, "include_watchonly"},
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_listreceivedby.py b/test/functional/wallet_listreceivedby.py
--- a/test/functional/wallet_listreceivedby.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_listreceivedby.py
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@
             minconf=0, include_empty=True, include_watchonly=True, address_filter=addr)
         assert_array_result(res, {"address": addr}, expected)
         assert_equal(len(res), 1)
+        # Test for regression on CLI calls with address string (#14173)
+        cli_res = self.nodes[1].cli.listreceivedbyaddress(0, True, True, addr)
+        assert_array_result(cli_res, {"address": addr}, expected)
+        assert_equal(len(cli_res), 1)
         # Error on invalid address
         assert_raises_rpc_error(-4, "address_filter parameter was invalid",
                                 self.nodes[1].listreceivedbyaddress, minconf=0, include_empty=True, include_watchonly=True, address_filter="bamboozling")