diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 456085170..4baa4e884 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/iotaledger/hive.go/stringify v0.0.0-20240320122938-13a946cf3c7a
 	github.com/iotaledger/inx-app v1.0.0-rc.3.0.20240307101848-db58eb9353ec
 	github.com/iotaledger/inx/go v1.0.0-rc.2.0.20240307100839-48553e1d2022
-	github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240321174445-4e586367e5bd
+	github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240322111205-845f859ca28c
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.11.4
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2
 	github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p v0.33.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5142657c0..c02bf6332 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ github.com/iotaledger/inx/go v1.0.0-rc.2.0.20240307100839-48553e1d2022 h1:I178Sa
 github.com/iotaledger/inx/go v1.0.0-rc.2.0.20240307100839-48553e1d2022/go.mod h1:jTFxIWiMUdAwO263jlJCSWcNLqEkgYEVOFXfjp5aNJM=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota-crypto-demo v0.0.0-20240320124000-d02f37a4fdff h1:Do8fakxvFaj7dLckoo/z+mRyBdZo8QvT8HcgnQlG2Sg=
 github.com/iotaledger/iota-crypto-demo v0.0.0-20240320124000-d02f37a4fdff/go.mod h1:aVEutEWFnhDNJBxtVuzy2BeTN+8FAlnR83k7hKV0CFE=
-github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240321174445-4e586367e5bd h1:GD6XJA52pPknOsMTBNXC/6VB/vtxrKVW2CDdeLRt0eQ=
-github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240321174445-4e586367e5bd/go.mod h1:qn/63CB0/jE1em6ewqDSiz+ovS+E/os7K5b7g2pmJFg=
+github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240322111205-845f859ca28c h1:xnaAczQXgcm4FL/z6q/r5WqUsyxqsUcs/hEdikQjjQ0=
+github.com/iotaledger/iota.go/v4 v4.0.0-20240322111205-845f859ca28c/go.mod h1:qn/63CB0/jE1em6ewqDSiz+ovS+E/os7K5b7g2pmJFg=
 github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.18.0 h1:MOL9/AgoV3e7jlVMInicaSdbgralfqSsbkc31dZ9tmw=
 github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.18.0/go.mod h1:pIZgTWdm3k3pLF9Uq6MB8JEcW07UDwNJjlXW1HELW80=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.4.1 h1:A/T3qGvxi4kpKWWcPC/PgbvDA2bjVLO7n4UeVwnbs/s=
diff --git a/pkg/model/block.go b/pkg/model/block.go
index 5e21b6e94..a859a03a9 100644
--- a/pkg/model/block.go
+++ b/pkg/model/block.go
@@ -31,35 +31,44 @@ func BlockFromBlock(block *iotago.Block, opts ...serix.Option) (*Block, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	blockID, err := block.ID()
+	blockIdentifier, err := iotago.BlockIdentifierFromBlockBytes(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return newBlock(blockID, block, data)
+	return newBlock(block.IDWithBlockIdentifier(blockIdentifier), block, data)
 }
 
-func BlockFromIDAndBytes(blockID iotago.BlockID, data []byte, api iotago.API, opts ...serix.Option) (*Block, error) {
-	block := new(iotago.Block)
-	if _, err := api.Decode(data, block, opts...); err != nil {
+// BlockFromIDAndBytes creates a new Block from the given blockID and the serialized block data.
+// This is used when loading a block back from storage where we have both the blockID and the bytes available.
+func BlockFromIDAndBytes(blockID iotago.BlockID, data []byte, api iotago.API) (*Block, error) {
+	block, _, err := iotago.BlockFromBytes(iotago.SingleVersionProvider(api))(data)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return newBlock(blockID, block, data)
 }
 
-func BlockFromBytes(data []byte, apiProvider iotago.APIProvider) (*Block, error) {
-	iotaBlock, _, err := iotago.BlockFromBytes(apiProvider)(data)
+// BlockFromBlockIdentifierAndBytes creates a new Block from the given blockIdentifier and the serialized block data.
+// This is used when receiving blocks from the network where we pre-compute the blockIdentifier for filtering duplicates.
+func BlockFromBlockIdentifierAndBytes(blockIdentifier iotago.Identifier, data []byte, apiProvider iotago.APIProvider) (*Block, error) {
+	block, _, err := iotago.BlockFromBytes(apiProvider)(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	blockID, err := iotaBlock.ID()
+	return newBlock(block.IDWithBlockIdentifier(blockIdentifier), block, data)
+}
+
+// BlockFromBytes creates a new Block from the serialized block data.
+func BlockFromBytes(data []byte, apiProvider iotago.APIProvider) (*Block, error) {
+	blockIdentifier, err := iotago.BlockIdentifierFromBlockBytes(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return newBlock(blockID, iotaBlock, data)
+	return BlockFromBlockIdentifierAndBytes(blockIdentifier, data, apiProvider)
 }
 
 func BlockFromBytesFunc(apiProvider iotago.APIProvider) func(data []byte) (*Block, int, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go b/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
index 458a62015..a5b540161 100644
--- a/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
+++ b/pkg/network/protocols/core/protocol.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (p *Protocol) onBlock(blockData []byte, id peer.ID) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	block, err := model.BlockFromBytes(blockData, p.apiProvider)
+	block, err := model.BlockFromBlockIdentifierAndBytes(blockIdentifier, blockData, p.apiProvider)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.Events.Error.Trigger(ierrors.Wrap(err, "failed to deserialize block"), id)
 		return