diff --git a/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs b/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
index 6dfe5d230a..a2d43281ca 100644
--- a/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
@@ -581,48 +581,6 @@ fn test_commit_block_includes_all_proposed_txs() {
     expected_mempool_content.assert_eq(&mempool);
 }
 
-#[rstest]
-fn test_commit_block_from_different_leader() {
-    // Setup.
-    let tx_address_0_nonce_3 = tx!(tx_hash: 1, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 3);
-    let tx_address_0_nonce_5 = tx!(tx_hash: 2, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 5);
-    let tx_address_0_nonce_6 = tx!(tx_hash: 3, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 6);
-    let tx_address_1_nonce_2 = tx!(tx_hash: 4, address: "0x1", tx_nonce: 2);
-
-    let queued_txs = [TransactionReference::new(&tx_address_1_nonce_2)];
-    let pool_txs = [
-        tx_address_0_nonce_3,
-        tx_address_0_nonce_5,
-        tx_address_0_nonce_6.clone(),
-        tx_address_1_nonce_2.clone(),
-    ];
-    let mut mempool = MempoolContentBuilder::new()
-        .with_pool(pool_txs)
-        .with_priority_queue(queued_txs)
-        .build_into_mempool();
-
-    // Test.
-    let nonces = [
-        ("0x0", 5),
-        ("0x1", 0), // A hole, missing nonce 1 for address "0x1".
-        ("0x2", 1),
-    ];
-    let tx_hashes = [
-        1, 2, // Hashes known to mempool.
-        5, 6, // Hashes unknown to mempool, from a different node.
-    ];
-    commit_block(&mut mempool, nonces, tx_hashes);
-
-    // Assert.
-    let expected_queue_txs = [TransactionReference::new(&tx_address_0_nonce_6)];
-    let expected_pool_txs = [tx_address_0_nonce_6, tx_address_1_nonce_2];
-    let expected_mempool_content = MempoolContentBuilder::new()
-        .with_pool(expected_pool_txs)
-        .with_priority_queue(expected_queue_txs)
-        .build();
-    expected_mempool_content.assert_eq(&mempool);
-}
-
 // Fee escalation tests.
 
 #[rstest]
diff --git a/crates/mempool/tests/flow_test.rs b/crates/mempool/tests/flow_test.rs
index faf1c971b6..c15769bf5c 100644
--- a/crates/mempool/tests/flow_test.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool/tests/flow_test.rs
@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@ fn test_commit_block_includes_proposed_txs_subset(mut mempool: Mempool) {
         &[tx_address_1_nonce_1.tx.clone(), tx_address_0_nonce_3.tx],
     );
 
-    // Not included in block: address "0x2" nonce 2, address "0x1" nonce 1.
-    let nonces = [("0x0", 3), ("0x1", 0)];
+    // Not included in block: address "0x2" nonce 2, address "0x1" nonce 2.
+    let nonces = [("0x0", 3), ("0x1", 1)];
     let tx_hashes = [1, 4];
     commit_block(&mut mempool, nonces, tx_hashes);
 
     get_txs_and_assert_expected(
         &mut mempool,
         2,
-        &[tx_address_2_nonce_2.tx, tx_address_1_nonce_1.tx],
+        &[tx_address_2_nonce_2.tx, tx_address_1_nonce_2.tx],
     );
 }
 
@@ -216,3 +216,31 @@ fn test_flow_commit_block_rewinds_queued_nonce(mut mempool: Mempool) {
     // Nonces 3 and 4 were re-enqueued correctly.
     get_txs_and_assert_expected(&mut mempool, 2, &[tx_nonce_3.tx, tx_nonce_4.tx]);
 }
+
+#[rstest]
+fn test_flow_commit_block_from_different_leader(mut mempool: Mempool) {
+    // Setup.
+    // TODO: set the mempool to `validate` mode once supported.
+
+    let tx_nonce_2 = add_tx_input!(tx_hash: 1, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 2, account_nonce: 2);
+    let tx_nonce_3 = add_tx_input!(tx_hash: 2, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 3, account_nonce: 2);
+    let tx_nonce_4 = add_tx_input!(tx_hash: 3, address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 4, account_nonce: 2);
+
+    for input in [&tx_nonce_2, &tx_nonce_3, &tx_nonce_4] {
+        add_tx(&mut mempool, input);
+    }
+
+    // Test.
+    let nonces = [("0x0", 3), ("0x1", 2)];
+    let tx_hashes = [
+        1,  // Address 0: known hash accepted for nonce 2.
+        99, // Address 0: unknown hash accepted for nonce 3.
+        4,  // Unknown Address 1 (with unknown hash) for nonce 2.
+    ];
+    commit_block(&mut mempool, nonces, tx_hashes);
+
+    // Assert: two stale transactions were removed, one was added to a block by a different leader
+    // and the other "lost" to a different transaction with the same nonce that was added by the
+    // different leader.
+    get_txs_and_assert_expected(&mut mempool, 1, &[tx_nonce_4.tx]);
+}