diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 152116fe8761..2f2d83dfedc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7109,6 +7109,7 @@ name = "reth-engine-primitives"
 version = "1.1.5"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-consensus",
+ "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rpc-types-engine",
  "futures",
@@ -7228,6 +7229,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-ethereum-forks",
  "reth-evm",
  "reth-fs-util",
+ "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-payload-validator",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-primitives-traits",
@@ -8129,6 +8131,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-chainspec",
  "reth-db-api",
  "reth-engine-primitives",
+ "reth-payload-primitives",
  "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-trie-db",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/engine/local/src/miner.rs b/crates/engine/local/src/miner.rs
index 447e89a00e2b..48cf735b87e2 100644
--- a/crates/engine/local/src/miner.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/local/src/miner.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ use alloy_primitives::{TxHash, B256};
 use alloy_rpc_types_engine::ForkchoiceState;
 use eyre::OptionExt;
 use futures_util::{stream::Fuse, StreamExt};
-use reth_engine_primitives::{BeaconEngineMessage, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineTypes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{BeaconEngineMessage, EngineTypes};
 use reth_payload_builder::PayloadBuilderHandle;
 use reth_payload_builder_primitives::PayloadBuilder;
-use reth_payload_primitives::{BuiltPayload, PayloadAttributesBuilder, PayloadKind, PayloadTypes};
+use reth_payload_primitives::{
+    BuiltPayload, EngineApiMessageVersion, PayloadAttributesBuilder, PayloadKind, PayloadTypes,
+};
 use reth_provider::BlockReader;
 use reth_transaction_pool::TransactionPool;
 use std::{
diff --git a/crates/engine/primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 66ed2c991e70..4a475c558b60 100644
--- a/crates/engine/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ reth-errors.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 alloy-rpc-types-engine.workspace = true
+alloy-eips.workspace = true
 
 # async
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
@@ -36,13 +37,14 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = [
-    "reth-execution-types/std",
-    "reth-primitives/std",
-    "reth-primitives-traits/std",
-    "alloy-primitives/std",
-    "alloy-consensus/std",
-    "alloy-rpc-types-engine/std",
-    "futures/std",
-    "serde/std",
-    "thiserror/std",
+	"reth-execution-types/std",
+	"reth-primitives/std",
+	"reth-primitives-traits/std",
+	"alloy-primitives/std",
+	"alloy-consensus/std",
+	"alloy-rpc-types-engine/std",
+	"futures/std",
+	"serde/std",
+	"thiserror/std",
+	"alloy-eips/std"
 ]
diff --git a/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 714b410afb3e..edf4896ad4a0 100644
--- a/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
+use reth_payload_primitives::{BuiltPayload, PayloadAttributes};
 mod error;
 
 use core::fmt;
@@ -31,15 +32,16 @@ pub use event::*;
 mod invalid_block_hook;
 pub use invalid_block_hook::InvalidBlockHook;
 
-pub use reth_payload_primitives::{
-    BuiltPayload, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineObjectValidationError, PayloadOrAttributes,
-    PayloadTypes,
+use reth_payload_primitives::{
+    validate_execution_requests, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineObjectValidationError,
+    InvalidPayloadAttributesError, PayloadOrAttributes, PayloadTypes,
 };
-use reth_payload_primitives::{InvalidPayloadAttributesError, PayloadAttributes};
 use reth_primitives::{NodePrimitives, SealedBlock};
 use reth_primitives_traits::Block;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, ser::Serialize};
 
+use alloy_eips::eip7685::Requests;
+
 /// This type defines the versioned types of the engine API.
 ///
 /// This includes the execution payload types and payload attributes that are used to trigger a
@@ -117,6 +119,14 @@ pub trait PayloadValidator: fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + Unpin + 'static {
 
 /// Type that validates the payloads processed by the engine.
 pub trait EngineValidator<Types: EngineTypes>: PayloadValidator {
+    /// Validates the execution requests according to [EIP-7685](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7685).
+    fn validate_execution_requests(
+        &self,
+        requests: &Requests,
+    ) -> Result<(), EngineObjectValidationError> {
+        validate_execution_requests(requests)
+    }
+
     /// Validates the presence or exclusion of fork-specific fields based on the payload attributes
     /// and the message version.
     fn validate_version_specific_fields(
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
index eeed8afa9e3f..140542813558 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ use reth_chain_state::{
 use reth_consensus::{Consensus, FullConsensus, PostExecutionInput};
 pub use reth_engine_primitives::InvalidBlockHook;
 use reth_engine_primitives::{
-    BeaconConsensusEngineEvent, BeaconEngineMessage, BeaconOnNewPayloadError,
-    EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineTypes, EngineValidator, ForkchoiceStateTracker,
-    OnForkChoiceUpdated,
+    BeaconConsensusEngineEvent, BeaconEngineMessage, BeaconOnNewPayloadError, EngineTypes,
+    EngineValidator, ForkchoiceStateTracker, OnForkChoiceUpdated,
 };
 use reth_errors::{ConsensusError, ProviderResult};
 use reth_evm::{
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ use reth_evm::{
 };
 use reth_payload_builder::PayloadBuilderHandle;
 use reth_payload_builder_primitives::PayloadBuilder;
-use reth_payload_primitives::PayloadBuilderAttributes;
+use reth_payload_primitives::{EngineApiMessageVersion, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_primitives::{
     EthPrimitives, GotExpected, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock, SealedBlock, SealedHeader,
 };
diff --git a/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
index 3e5f333e8d1f..d98e51ace225 100644
--- a/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-forks.workspace = true
 revm-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-trie.workspace = true
+reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # alloy
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/engine/util/src/reorg.rs b/crates/engine/util/src/reorg.rs
index 75d9b9f13f9e..90c69bfcde32 100644
--- a/crates/engine/util/src/reorg.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/util/src/reorg.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
 use futures::{stream::FuturesUnordered, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt};
 use itertools::Either;
 use reth_engine_primitives::{
-    BeaconEngineMessage, BeaconOnNewPayloadError, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineTypes,
-    OnForkChoiceUpdated,
+    BeaconEngineMessage, BeaconOnNewPayloadError, EngineTypes, OnForkChoiceUpdated,
 };
 use reth_errors::{BlockExecutionError, BlockValidationError, RethError, RethResult};
 use reth_ethereum_forks::EthereumHardforks;
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ use reth_evm::{
     state_change::post_block_withdrawals_balance_increments, system_calls::SystemCaller,
     ConfigureEvm, Evm,
 };
+use reth_payload_primitives::EngineApiMessageVersion;
 use reth_payload_validator::ExecutionPayloadValidator;
 use reth_primitives::{
     transaction::SignedTransactionIntoRecoveredExt, Block, BlockBody, Receipt, Receipts,
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
index 502c80a8529c..d58e7ff1ca96 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ pub use alloy_rpc_types_engine::{
 };
 pub use payload::{EthBuiltPayload, EthPayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
-use reth_engine_primitives::{BuiltPayload, EngineTypes, EngineValidator, PayloadValidator};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{EngineTypes, EngineValidator, PayloadValidator};
 use reth_payload_primitives::{
-    validate_version_specific_fields, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineObjectValidationError,
-    PayloadOrAttributes, PayloadTypes,
+    validate_version_specific_fields, BuiltPayload, EngineApiMessageVersion,
+    EngineObjectValidationError, PayloadOrAttributes, PayloadTypes,
 };
 use reth_payload_validator::ExecutionPayloadValidator;
 use reth_primitives::{Block, NodePrimitives, SealedBlock};
diff --git a/crates/node/types/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/types/Cargo.toml
index a4b285f32482..fefe98a2cc17 100644
--- a/crates/node/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 reth-trie-db.workspace = true
+reth-payload-primitives.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/crates/node/types/src/lib.rs b/crates/node/types/src/lib.rs
index a63257582283..cfc66cf3ce9c 100644
--- a/crates/node/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ use reth_db_api::{
     database_metrics::{DatabaseMetadata, DatabaseMetrics},
     Database,
 };
-use reth_engine_primitives::{BuiltPayload, EngineTypes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::EngineTypes;
+use reth_payload_primitives::BuiltPayload;
 use reth_trie_db::StateCommitment;
 
 /// The type that configures the essential types of an Ethereum-like node.
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
index 50177199cb41..a092bdbdc705 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ use reth_chainspec::{EthereumHardfork, EthereumHardforks};
 use reth_engine_primitives::{BeaconConsensusEngineHandle, EngineTypes, EngineValidator};
 use reth_payload_builder::PayloadStore;
 use reth_payload_primitives::{
-    validate_execution_requests, validate_payload_timestamp, EngineApiMessageVersion,
-    PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadOrAttributes,
+    validate_payload_timestamp, EngineApiMessageVersion, PayloadBuilderAttributes,
+    PayloadOrAttributes,
 };
 use reth_rpc_api::EngineApiServer;
 use reth_rpc_types_compat::engine::payload::convert_to_payload_body_v1;
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ where
             .validator
             .validate_version_specific_fields(EngineApiMessageVersion::V4, payload_or_attrs)?;
 
-        validate_execution_requests(&execution_requests)?;
-
+        self.inner.validator.validate_execution_requests(&execution_requests)?;
         Ok(self
             .inner
             .beacon_consensus