diff --git a/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts b/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts
index 47d9abe161..ed6d09f109 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ export class Engine {
           [validators.object(executionPayloadV4FieldValidators)],
           [validators.array(validators.bytes32)],
           [validators.bytes32],
+          [validators.array(validators.hex)],
         ],
-        ['executionPayload', 'blobVersionedHashes', 'parentBeaconBlockRoot'],
+        ['executionPayload', 'blobVersionedHashes', 'parentBeaconBlockRoot', 'executionRequests'],
       ),
       ([payload], response) => this.connectionManager.lastNewPayload({ payload, response }),
     )
@@ -337,9 +338,9 @@ export class Engine {
    *   3. validationError: String|null - validation error message
    */
   private async newPayload(
-    params: [ExecutionPayload, (Bytes32[] | null)?, (Bytes32 | null)?],
+    params: [ExecutionPayload, (Bytes32[] | null)?, (Bytes32 | null)?, (PrefixedHexString[] | null)?],
   ): Promise<PayloadStatusV1> {
-    const [payload, blobVersionedHashes, parentBeaconBlockRoot] = params
+    const [payload, blobVersionedHashes, parentBeaconBlockRoot, executionRequests] = params
     if (this.config.synchronized) {
       this.connectionManager.newPayloadLog()
     }
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ export class Engine {
         ...payload,
         // ExecutionPayload only handles undefined
         parentBeaconBlockRoot: parentBeaconBlockRoot ?? undefined,
+        executionRequests: executionRequests ?? undefined,
       },
       this.chain,
       this.chainCache,
diff --git a/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/util/getPayload.ts b/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/util/getPayload.ts
index cc7b674af8..cae5de8694 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/util/getPayload.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/util/getPayload.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,21 @@ export const blockToExecutionPayload = (block: Block, value: bigint, bundle?: Bl
   if (executionPayload.parentBeaconBlockRoot !== undefined) {
     delete executionPayload.parentBeaconBlockRoot
   }
+  const { executionRequests } = executionPayload
+  if (executionPayload.executionRequests !== undefined) {
+    delete executionPayload.executionRequests
+  }
+
   const blobsBundle: BlobsBundleV1 | undefined = bundle ? bundle : undefined
 
   // ethereumjs does not provide any transaction censoring detection (yet) to suggest
   // overriding builder/mev-boost blocks
   const shouldOverrideBuilder = false
-  return { executionPayload, blockValue: bigIntToHex(value), blobsBundle, shouldOverrideBuilder }
+  return {
+    executionPayload,
+    executionRequests,
+    blockValue: bigIntToHex(value),
+    blobsBundle,
+    shouldOverrideBuilder,
+  }
 }