diff --git a/pkg/protocol/engine/mempool/v1/mempool.go b/pkg/protocol/engine/mempool/v1/mempool.go
index f1585c4d9..b5d06f484 100644
--- a/pkg/protocol/engine/mempool/v1/mempool.go
+++ b/pkg/protocol/engine/mempool/v1/mempool.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (m *MemPool[VoteRank]) Evict(slot iotago.SlotIndex) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	maxCommittableAge := m.apiProvider.CurrentAPI().ProtocolParameters().MaxCommittableAge()
+	maxCommittableAge := m.apiProvider.APIForSlot(slot).ProtocolParameters().MaxCommittableAge()
 	if slot <= maxCommittableAge {
 		return
 	}