diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b816c131..978517f83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6629,6 +6629,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-node-events",
  "reth-node-metrics",
  "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-primitives-traits",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-prune",
  "reth-prune-types",
diff --git a/crates/cli/commands/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/commands/Cargo.toml
index 8cd60c318..7bf89c845 100644
--- a/crates/cli/commands/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ reth-static-file.workspace = true
 reth-trie = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 reth-trie-db = { workspace = true, features = ["metrics"] }
 reth-trie-common = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+reth-primitives-traits.workspace = true
 
 # ethereum
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
@@ -109,4 +110,5 @@ arbitrary = [
     "reth-stages-types?/arbitrary",
     "reth-trie-common?/arbitrary",
     "alloy-consensus/arbitrary",
+    "reth-primitives-traits/arbitrary",
 ]
diff --git a/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/without_evm.rs b/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/without_evm.rs
index 7f94a8168..56182dd14 100644
--- a/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/without_evm.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/commands/src/init_state/without_evm.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use alloy_rlp::Decodable;
 use reth_codecs::Compact;
 use reth_node_builder::NodePrimitives;
 use reth_primitives::{SealedBlock, SealedHeader, StaticFileSegment};
+use reth_primitives_traits::SealedHeaderFor;
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::StaticFileProvider, BlockWriter, StageCheckpointWriter, StaticFileProviderFactory,
     StaticFileWriter, StorageLocation,
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ where
 /// height.
 fn append_first_block<Provider>(
     provider_rw: &Provider,
-    header: &SealedHeader<<Provider::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
+    header: &SealedHeaderFor<Provider::Primitives>,
     total_difficulty: U256,
 ) -> Result<(), eyre::Error>
 where
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/validation.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/validation.rs
index 787ad53d9..dbeeab40b 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc/src/validation.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc/src/validation.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ use reth_engine_primitives::PayloadValidator;
 use reth_errors::{BlockExecutionError, ConsensusError, ProviderError};
 use reth_evm::execute::{BlockExecutorProvider, Executor};
 use reth_metrics::{metrics, metrics::Gauge, Metrics};
-use reth_primitives::{GotExpected, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock, SealedHeader};
-use reth_primitives_traits::{constants::GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR, BlockBody, SealedBlock};
+use reth_primitives::{GotExpected, NodePrimitives, RecoveredBlock};
+use reth_primitives_traits::{
+    constants::GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR, BlockBody, SealedBlock, SealedHeaderFor,
+};
 use reth_provider::{BlockExecutionOutput, BlockReaderIdExt, StateProviderFactory};
 use reth_revm::{cached::CachedReads, database::StateProviderDatabase};
 use reth_rpc_api::BlockSubmissionValidationApiServer;
@@ -144,7 +146,6 @@ where
         }
         self.consensus.validate_header_against_parent(block.sealed_header(), &latest_header)?;
         self.validate_gas_limit(registered_gas_limit, &latest_header, block.sealed_header())?;
-
         let latest_header_hash = latest_header.hash();
         let state_provider = self.provider.state_by_block_hash(latest_header_hash)?;
 
@@ -191,10 +192,10 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    /// Ensures that fields of [`BidTrace`] match the fields of the [`SealedHeader`].
+    /// Ensures that fields of [`BidTrace`] match the fields of the [`SealedHeaderFor`].
     fn validate_message_against_header(
         &self,
-        header: &SealedHeader<<E::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
+        header: &SealedHeaderFor<E::Primitives>,
         message: &BidTrace,
     ) -> Result<(), ValidationApiError> {
         if header.hash() != message.block_hash {
@@ -229,8 +230,8 @@ where
     fn validate_gas_limit(
         &self,
         registered_gas_limit: u64,
-        parent_header: &SealedHeader<<E::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
-        header: &SealedHeader<<E::Primitives as NodePrimitives>::BlockHeader>,
+        parent_header: &SealedHeaderFor<E::Primitives>,
+        header: &SealedHeaderFor<E::Primitives>,
     ) -> Result<(), ValidationApiError> {
         let max_gas_limit =
             parent_header.gas_limit() + parent_header.gas_limit() / GAS_LIMIT_BOUND_DIVISOR - 1;