diff --git a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
index 78b13c160b27..20a169ce1882 100644
--- a/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/geth-poa/docker-compose.yml
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ services:
     networks:
       l1_net:
         ipv4_address: '172.14.0.2'
+    ports:
+      - 9545:8545 # Expose RPC port to host as 9545
     volumes:
       - geth-data-l1-bootnode:/data
     profiles: