diff --git a/ethereum/executionclient/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClientTest.java b/ethereum/executionclient/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClientTest.java
index e9a70f36b0c..0f6e6be5fa8 100644
--- a/ethereum/executionclient/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClientTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/executionclient/src/integration-test/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClientTest.java
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@ public void newPayloadV4_shouldBuildRequestAndResponseSuccessfully() {
     assertThat(((List<Object>) requestData.get("params")).get(2))
         .asString()
         .isEqualTo(parentBeaconBlockRoot.toHexString());
+    assertThat(((List<Object>) requestData.get("params")).get(3))
+        .asInstanceOf(LIST)
+        .containsExactlyElementsOf(
+            executionRequests.stream().map(Bytes::toHexString).collect(Collectors.toList()));
   }
 
   @TestTemplate
diff --git a/ethereum/executionclient/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClient.java b/ethereum/executionclient/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClient.java
index c47e6f87b61..6eed83dd565 100644
--- a/ethereum/executionclient/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClient.java
+++ b/ethereum/executionclient/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/ethereum/executionclient/web3j/Web3JExecutionEngineClient.java
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ public SafeFuture<Response<PayloadStatusV1>> newPayloadV4(
       final List<Bytes> executionRequests) {
     final List<String> expectedBlobVersionedHashes =
         blobVersionedHashes.stream().map(VersionedHash::toHexString).toList();
+    final List<String> executionRequestsHexList =
+        executionRequests.stream().map(Bytes::toHexString).toList();
     final Request<?, PayloadStatusV1Web3jResponse> web3jRequest =
         new Request<>(
             "engine_newPayloadV4",
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ public SafeFuture<Response<PayloadStatusV1>> newPayloadV4(
                 executionPayload,
                 expectedBlobVersionedHashes,
                 parentBeaconBlockRoot.toHexString(),
-                executionRequests),
+                executionRequestsHexList),
             web3JClient.getWeb3jService(),
             PayloadStatusV1Web3jResponse.class);
     return web3JClient.doRequest(web3jRequest, EL_ENGINE_BLOCK_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT);