diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/handle.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/handle.rs
index 176a8cbbf..f7b70929b 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/handle.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/handle.rs
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ use crate::{
     BeaconForkChoiceUpdateError, BeaconOnNewPayloadError,
 };
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
-use reth_primitives::H256;
 use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
-    ExecutionPayload, ForkchoiceState, ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadAttributes, PayloadStatus,
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, ForkchoiceState, ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadAttributes,
+    PayloadStatus,
 };
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, mpsc::UnboundedSender, oneshot};
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
@@ -35,14 +35,10 @@ impl BeaconConsensusEngineHandle {
     pub async fn new_payload(
         &self,
         payload: ExecutionPayload,
-        parent_beacon_block_root: Option<H256>,
+        cancun_fields: Option<CancunPayloadFields>,
     ) -> Result<PayloadStatus, BeaconOnNewPayloadError> {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
-        let _ = self.to_engine.send(BeaconEngineMessage::NewPayload {
-            payload,
-            parent_beacon_block_root,
-            tx,
-        });
+        let _ = self.to_engine.send(BeaconEngineMessage::NewPayload { payload, cancun_fields, tx });
         rx.await.map_err(|_| BeaconOnNewPayloadError::EngineUnavailable)?
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
index 9e29a07d5..b3b3c86c8 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ use crate::{
 use futures::{future::Either, FutureExt};
 use reth_interfaces::consensus::ForkchoiceState;
 use reth_payload_builder::error::PayloadBuilderError;
-use reth_primitives::H256;
 use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
-    ExecutionPayload, ForkChoiceUpdateResult, ForkchoiceUpdateError, ForkchoiceUpdated,
-    PayloadAttributes, PayloadId, PayloadStatus, PayloadStatusEnum,
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, ForkChoiceUpdateResult, ForkchoiceUpdateError,
+    ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadAttributes, PayloadId, PayloadStatus, PayloadStatusEnum,
 };
 use std::{
     future::Future,
@@ -147,8 +146,8 @@ pub enum BeaconEngineMessage {
     NewPayload {
         /// The execution payload received by Engine API.
         payload: ExecutionPayload,
-        /// The parent beacon block root, if any.
-        parent_beacon_block_root: Option<H256>,
+        /// The cancun-related newPayload fields, if any.
+        cancun_fields: Option<CancunPayloadFields>,
         /// The sender for returning payload status result.
         tx: oneshot::Sender<Result<PayloadStatus, BeaconOnNewPayloadError>>,
     },
diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/mod.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/mod.rs
index c6f7cadfe..71bc15da3 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ use reth_provider::{
 };
 use reth_prune::Pruner;
 use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
-    ExecutionPayload, PayloadAttributes, PayloadStatus, PayloadStatusEnum, PayloadValidationError,
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, PayloadAttributes, PayloadStatus, PayloadStatusEnum,
+    PayloadValidationError,
 };
 use reth_stages::{ControlFlow, Pipeline, PipelineError};
 use reth_tasks::TaskSpawner;
@@ -1049,13 +1050,16 @@ where
     ///
     /// This returns a [`PayloadStatus`] that represents the outcome of a processed new payload and
     /// returns an error if an internal error occurred.
-    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, payload, parent_beacon_block_root), fields(block_hash= ?payload.block_hash(), block_number = %payload.block_number(), is_pipeline_idle = %self.sync.is_pipeline_idle()), target = "consensus::engine")]
+    #[instrument(level = "trace", skip(self, payload, cancun_fields), fields(block_hash= ?payload.block_hash(), block_number = %payload.block_number(), is_pipeline_idle = %self.sync.is_pipeline_idle()), target = "consensus::engine")]
     fn on_new_payload(
         &mut self,
         payload: ExecutionPayload,
-        parent_beacon_block_root: Option<H256>,
+        cancun_fields: Option<CancunPayloadFields>,
     ) -> Result<PayloadStatus, BeaconOnNewPayloadError> {
-        let block = match self.ensure_well_formed_payload(payload, parent_beacon_block_root) {
+        let block = match self.ensure_well_formed_payload(
+            payload,
+            cancun_fields.map(|fields| fields.parent_beacon_block_root),
+        ) {
             Ok(block) => block,
             Err(status) => return Ok(status),
         };
@@ -1727,9 +1731,9 @@ where
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    BeaconEngineMessage::NewPayload { payload, parent_beacon_block_root, tx } => {
+                    BeaconEngineMessage::NewPayload { payload, cancun_fields, tx } => {
                         this.metrics.new_payload_messages.increment(1);
-                        let res = this.on_new_payload(payload, parent_beacon_block_root);
+                        let res = this.on_new_payload(payload, cancun_fields);
                         let _ = tx.send(res);
                     }
                     BeaconEngineMessage::TransitionConfigurationExchanged => {
diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
index c9c76a786..0fdda91da 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ use reth_provider::{
 };
 use reth_prune::Pruner;
 use reth_revm::Factory;
-use reth_rpc_types::engine::{ExecutionPayload, ForkchoiceState, ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadStatus};
+use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, ForkchoiceState, ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadStatus,
+};
 use reth_stages::{
     sets::DefaultStages, stages::HeaderSyncMode, test_utils::TestStages, ExecOutput, Pipeline,
     StageError,
@@ -69,9 +71,9 @@ impl<DB> TestEnv<DB> {
     pub async fn send_new_payload<T: Into<ExecutionPayload>>(
         &self,
         payload: T,
-        parent_beacon_block_root: Option<H256>,
+        cancun_fields: Option<CancunPayloadFields>,
     ) -> Result<PayloadStatus, BeaconOnNewPayloadError> {
-        self.engine_handle.new_payload(payload.into(), parent_beacon_block_root).await
+        self.engine_handle.new_payload(payload.into(), cancun_fields).await
     }
 
     /// Sends the `ExecutionPayload` message to the consensus engine and retries if the engine
@@ -79,11 +81,11 @@ impl<DB> TestEnv<DB> {
     pub async fn send_new_payload_retry_on_syncing<T: Into<ExecutionPayload>>(
         &self,
         payload: T,
-        parent_beacon_block_root: Option<H256>,
+        cancun_fields: Option<CancunPayloadFields>,
     ) -> Result<PayloadStatus, BeaconOnNewPayloadError> {
         let payload: ExecutionPayload = payload.into();
         loop {
-            let result = self.send_new_payload(payload.clone(), parent_beacon_block_root).await?;
+            let result = self.send_new_payload(payload.clone(), cancun_fields.clone()).await?;
             if !result.is_syncing() {
                 return Ok(result)
             }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
index cea1003ed..c61731d5c 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-engine-api/src/engine_api.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use reth_primitives::{BlockHash, BlockHashOrNumber, BlockNumber, ChainSpec, Hard
 use reth_provider::{BlockReader, EvmEnvProvider, HeaderProvider, StateProviderFactory};
 use reth_rpc_api::EngineApiServer;
 use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
-    ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadBodiesV1, ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV2,
+    CancunPayloadFields, ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadBodiesV1, ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV2,
     ExecutionPayloadEnvelopeV3, ExecutionPayloadV1, ExecutionPayloadV3, ForkchoiceUpdated,
     PayloadAttributes, PayloadId, PayloadStatus, TransitionConfiguration, CAPABILITIES,
 };
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ where
     /// See also <https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/fe8e13c288c592ec154ce25c534e26cb7ce0530d/src/engine/cancun.md#engine_newpayloadv3>
     pub async fn new_payload_v3(
         &self,
-        payload: ExecutionPayloadV1,
-        _versioned_hashes: Vec<H256>,
+        payload: ExecutionPayloadV3,
+        versioned_hashes: Vec<H256>,
         parent_beacon_block_root: H256,
     ) -> EngineApiResult<PayloadStatus> {
         let payload = ExecutionPayload::from(payload);
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ where
             PayloadOrAttributes::from_execution_payload(&payload, Some(parent_beacon_block_root));
         self.validate_version_specific_fields(EngineApiMessageVersion::V3, &payload_or_attrs)?;
 
+        let cancun_fields = CancunPayloadFields { versioned_hashes, parent_beacon_block_root };
+
         // TODO: validate versioned hashes and figure out what to do with parent_beacon_block_root
-        Ok(self.inner.beacon_consensus.new_payload(payload, Some(parent_beacon_block_root)).await?)
+        Ok(self.inner.beacon_consensus.new_payload(payload, Some(cancun_fields)).await?)
     }
 
     /// Sends a message to the beacon consensus engine to update the fork choice _without_
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/cancun.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/cancun.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92dea6074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/cancun.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//! Contains types related to the Cancun hardfork that will be used by RPC to communicate with the
+//! beacon consensus engine.
+use reth_primitives::H256;
+
+/// Fields introduced in `engine_newPayloadV3` that are not present in the `ExecutionPayload` RPC
+/// object.
+///
+/// See also:
+/// <https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/fe8e13c288c592ec154ce25c534e26cb7ce0530d/src/engine/cancun.md#request>
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Default)]
+pub struct CancunPayloadFields {
+    /// The parent beacon block root.
+    pub parent_beacon_block_root: H256,
+
+    /// The expected blob versioned hashes.
+    pub versioned_hashes: Vec<H256>,
+}
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/mod.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/mod.rs
index 2a814374f..54cf8ccf0 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 
+mod cancun;
 mod forkchoice;
 mod payload;
 mod transition;
 
-pub use self::{forkchoice::*, payload::*, transition::*};
+pub use self::{cancun::*, forkchoice::*, payload::*, transition::*};
 
 /// The list of supported Engine capabilities
 pub const CAPABILITIES: [&str; 9] = [