diff --git a/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/datastructures/execution/ExpectedWithdrawals.java b/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/datastructures/execution/ExpectedWithdrawals.java
index 8c46bc6de7a..128c4e76bbf 100644
--- a/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/datastructures/execution/ExpectedWithdrawals.java
+++ b/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/datastructures/execution/ExpectedWithdrawals.java
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public void processWithdrawals(
     final SszList<Withdrawal> expectedWithdrawals =
         getExpectedWithdrawalsSszList(schemaDefinitionsCapella);
 
-    // EIP7732 TODO: hacky (requires refactor)
+    // no verification against a header required in ePBS
     if (genericState.toVersionEip7732().isEmpty()) {
       assertWithdrawalsInExecutionPayloadMatchExpected(payloadSummary, expectedWithdrawals);
     }
diff --git a/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/logic/versions/eip7732/block/BlockProcessorEip7732.java b/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/logic/versions/eip7732/block/BlockProcessorEip7732.java
index 6ccf2933b2d..e83608ebc54 100644
--- a/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/logic/versions/eip7732/block/BlockProcessorEip7732.java
+++ b/ethereum/spec/src/main/java/tech/pegasys/teku/spec/logic/versions/eip7732/block/BlockProcessorEip7732.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.blocks.blockbody.versions.eip7732.BeaconBlockBodyEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.execution.ExecutionPayload;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.execution.ExecutionPayloadHeader;
+import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.execution.ExecutionPayloadSummary;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.execution.SignedExecutionPayloadHeader;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.execution.versions.eip7732.ExecutionPayloadHeaderEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.operations.IndexedPayloadAttestation;
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.state.beaconstate.MutableBeaconState;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.datastructures.state.beaconstate.versions.eip7732.MutableBeaconStateEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.common.helpers.BeaconStateMutators.ValidatorExitContext;
-import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.common.helpers.Predicates;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.common.operations.OperationSignatureVerifier;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.common.operations.validation.OperationValidator;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.common.statetransition.exceptions.BlockProcessingException;
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.bellatrix.block.OptimisticExecutionPayloadExecutor;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.eip7732.helpers.BeaconStateAccessorsEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.eip7732.helpers.MiscHelpersEip7732;
+import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.eip7732.helpers.PredicatesEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.eip7732.util.AttestationUtilEip7732;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.electra.block.BlockProcessorElectra;
 import tech.pegasys.teku.spec.logic.versions.electra.helpers.BeaconStateMutatorsElectra;
@@ -63,11 +64,12 @@ public class BlockProcessorEip7732 extends BlockProcessorElectra {
 
   private final MiscHelpersEip7732 miscHelpersEip7732;
   private final BeaconStateAccessorsEip7732 beaconStateAccessorsEip7732;
+  private final PredicatesEip7732 predicatesEip7732;
   private final AttestationUtilEip7732 attestationUtilEip7732;
 
   public BlockProcessorEip7732(
       final SpecConfigEip7732 specConfig,
-      final Predicates predicates,
+      final PredicatesEip7732 predicates,
       final MiscHelpersEip7732 miscHelpers,
       final SyncCommitteeUtil syncCommitteeUtil,
       final BeaconStateAccessorsEip7732 beaconStateAccessors,
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public BlockProcessorEip7732(
         schemaDefinitions);
     this.miscHelpersEip7732 = miscHelpers;
     this.beaconStateAccessorsEip7732 = beaconStateAccessors;
+    this.predicatesEip7732 = predicates;
     this.attestationUtilEip7732 = attestationUtil;
   }
 
@@ -285,6 +288,17 @@ public void processExecutionPayload(
     // Removed in EIP-7732
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void processWithdrawals(
+      final MutableBeaconState genericState, final ExecutionPayloadSummary payloadSummary)
+      throws BlockProcessingException {
+    // return early if the parent block was empty
+    if (!predicatesEip7732.isParentBlockFull(genericState)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    super.processWithdrawals(genericState, payloadSummary);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public ExecutionPayloadHeader extractExecutionPayloadHeader(final BeaconBlockBody beaconBlockBody)
       throws BlockProcessingException {