diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/CodeDelegation.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/CodeDelegation.java
index ecf1da973f3..898b5cc117d 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/CodeDelegation.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/core/CodeDelegation.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.encoding.CodeDelegationTransactionEncoder;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.json.ChainIdDeserializer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.rlp.BytesValueRLPOutput;
 
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -28,10 +29,13 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
 import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
 
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class CodeDelegation implements org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.CodeDelegation {
   private static final Supplier<SignatureAlgorithm> SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM =
       Suppliers.memoize(SignatureAlgorithmFactory::getInstance);
@@ -77,14 +81,23 @@ public CodeDelegation(
    */
   @JsonCreator
   public static org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.CodeDelegation createCodeDelegation(
-      @JsonProperty("chainId") final BigInteger chainId,
+      @JsonProperty("chainId") @JsonDeserialize(using = ChainIdDeserializer.class)
+          final BigInteger chainId,
       @JsonProperty("address") final Address address,
-      @JsonProperty("nonce") final long nonce,
-      @JsonProperty("v") final byte v,
-      @JsonProperty("r") final BigInteger r,
-      @JsonProperty("s") final BigInteger s) {
+      @JsonProperty("nonce") final String nonce,
+      @JsonProperty("v") final String v,
+      @JsonProperty("r") final String r,
+      @JsonProperty("s") final String s) {
     return new CodeDelegation(
-        chainId, address, nonce, SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM.get().createSignature(r, s, v));
+        chainId,
+        address,
+        Bytes.fromHexStringLenient(nonce).toLong(),
+        SIGNATURE_ALGORITHM
+            .get()
+            .createSignature(
+                Bytes.fromHexStringLenient(r).toUnsignedBigInteger(),
+                Bytes.fromHexStringLenient(s).toUnsignedBigInteger(),
+                Bytes.fromHexStringLenient(v).get(0)));
   }
 
   @JsonProperty("chainId")
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/StateTestVersionedTransaction.java b/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/StateTestVersionedTransaction.java
index a36d3804323..5d1a6078715 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/StateTestVersionedTransaction.java
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/StateTestVersionedTransaction.java
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ public class StateTestVersionedTransaction {
   // String instead of VersionedHash because reference tests intentionally use bad hashes.
   private final List<String> blobVersionedHashes;
 
+  @JsonDeserialize(contentAs = org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.CodeDelegation.class)
+  private final List<org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.CodeDelegation> authorizationList;
+
   /**
    * Constructor for populating a mock transaction with json data.
    *
@@ -103,7 +106,9 @@ public StateTestVersionedTransaction(
       @JsonDeserialize(using = StateTestAccessListDeserializer.class) @JsonProperty("accessLists")
           final List<List<AccessListEntry>> maybeAccessLists,
       @JsonProperty("maxFeePerBlobGas") final String maxFeePerBlobGas,
-      @JsonProperty("blobVersionedHashes") final List<String> blobVersionedHashes) {
+      @JsonProperty("blobVersionedHashes") final List<String> blobVersionedHashes,
+      @JsonProperty("authorizationList")
+          final List<org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.CodeDelegation> authorizationList) {
 
     this.nonce = Bytes.fromHexStringLenient(nonce).toLong();
     this.gasPrice = Optional.ofNullable(gasPrice).map(Wei::fromHexString).orElse(null);
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ public StateTestVersionedTransaction(
     this.maxFeePerBlobGas =
         Optional.ofNullable(maxFeePerBlobGas).map(Wei::fromHexString).orElse(null);
     this.blobVersionedHashes = blobVersionedHashes;
+    this.authorizationList = authorizationList;
   }
 
   private static <T> List<T> parseArray(final String[] array, final Function<String, T> parseFct) {
@@ -170,6 +176,7 @@ public Transaction get(final GeneralStateTestCaseSpec.Indexes indexes) {
       // versioned hash string was bad, so this is an invalid transaction
       return null;
     }
+    Optional.ofNullable(authorizationList).ifPresent(transactionBuilder::codeDelegations);
 
     transactionBuilder.guessType();
     if (transactionBuilder.getTransactionType().requiresChainId()) {