diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e4e910fe9..6ae7d5b0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6443,6 +6443,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-engine-primitives"
+version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
+dependencies = [
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-rpc-types",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-eth-wire"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
@@ -6500,6 +6510,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives"
+version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloy-rlp",
+ "reth-engine-primitives",
+ "reth-primitives",
+ "reth-rpc-types",
+ "reth-rpc-types-compat",
+ "revm-primitives",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reth-ethereum-forks"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
@@ -6788,12 +6813,9 @@ name = "reth-node-api"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "reth-db",
+ "reth-engine-primitives",
  "reth-evm",
- "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
- "reth-rpc-types",
- "serde",
- "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6902,19 +6924,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "reth-basic-payload-builder",
  "reth-db",
+ "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
  "reth-ethereum-payload-builder",
  "reth-evm-ethereum",
  "reth-exex",
  "reth-network",
- "reth-node-api",
  "reth-node-builder",
  "reth-payload-builder",
- "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
- "reth-rpc-types",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
- "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6975,21 +6994,18 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "reth-payload-builder"
 version = "0.2.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
- "alloy-rlp",
  "futures-util",
  "metrics",
+ "reth-engine-primitives",
+ "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives",
  "reth-interfaces",
  "reth-metrics",
- "reth-node-api",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
  "reth-rpc-types",
- "reth-rpc-types-compat",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
  "revm",
- "revm-primitives",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2 0.10.8",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb17f01e3..98b18dd6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ members = [
     "crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util/",
     "crates/rpc/rpc-types/",
     "crates/rpc/rpc-types-compat/",
+    "crates/engine-primitives/",
+    "crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/",
     "crates/node-ethereum/",
     "crates/node-builder/",
     "crates/node-optimism/",
@@ -206,6 +208,8 @@ reth-db = { path = "crates/storage/db" }
 reth-discv4 = { path = "crates/net/discv4" }
 reth-discv5 = { path = "crates/net/discv5" }
 reth-dns-discovery = { path = "crates/net/dns" }
+reth-engine-primitives = { path = "crates/engine-primitives" }
+reth-ethereum-engine-primitives = { path = "crates/ethereum-engine-primitives" }
 reth-node-builder = { path = "crates/node-builder" }
 reth-node-ethereum = { path = "crates/node-ethereum" }
 reth-node-optimism = { path = "crates/node-optimism" }
diff --git a/crates/engine-primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine-primitives/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86f208774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/engine-primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-engine-primitives"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
+
+# misc
+serde.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/engine/error.rs b/crates/engine-primitives/src/error.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/node-api/src/engine/error.rs
rename to crates/engine-primitives/src/error.rs
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/engine/mod.rs b/crates/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from crates/node-api/src/engine/mod.rs
rename to crates/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
index 4d549be32..e144d0fcd 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/src/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-//! This contains the [EngineTypes] trait and implementations for ethereum mainnet types.
+//! Traits, validation methods, and helper types used to abstract over engine types.
+
+#![doc(
+    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
+    html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
+    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
 use core::fmt;
 use reth_primitives::ChainSpec;
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/engine/payload.rs b/crates/engine-primitives/src/payload.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/node-api/src/engine/payload.rs
rename to crates/engine-primitives/src/payload.rs
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/engine/traits.rs b/crates/engine-primitives/src/traits.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/node-api/src/engine/traits.rs
rename to crates/engine-primitives/src/traits.rs
diff --git a/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e38488413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[package]
+name = "reth-ethereum-engine-primitives"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
+reth-rpc-types-compat.workspace = true
+revm-primitives.workspace = true
+alloy-rlp.workspace = true
+
+# misc
+serde.workspace = true
+sha2.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-ethereum/src/engine.rs b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
similarity index 70%
rename from crates/node-ethereum/src/engine.rs
rename to crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
index 1f2dc5466..6b030a9c5 100644
--- a/crates/node-ethereum/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-use reth_node_api::{
+//! Ethereum specifc
+
+#![doc(
+    html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
+    html_favicon_url = "https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/97369466?s=256",
+    issue_tracker_base_url = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/"
+)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+
+mod payload;
+pub use payload::{EthBuiltPayload, EthPayloadBuilderAttributes};
+
+use reth_engine_primitives::{
     validate_version_specific_fields, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineObjectValidationError,
     EngineTypes, PayloadOrAttributes,
 };
-use reth_payload_builder::{EthBuiltPayload, EthPayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_primitives::ChainSpec;
 use reth_rpc_types::{
     engine::{
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/payload.rs b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/payload.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/payload/builder/src/payload.rs
rename to crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/payload.rs
index bb739dddc..6e8c820a7 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/payload.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum-engine-primitives/src/payload.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Contains types required for building a payload.
 
 use alloy_rlp::Encodable;
-use reth_node_api::{BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_primitives::{
     constants::EIP1559_INITIAL_BASE_FEE, revm::config::revm_spec_by_timestamp_after_merge, Address,
     BlobTransactionSidecar, ChainSpec, Hardfork, Header, SealedBlock, Withdrawals, B256, U256,
diff --git a/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
index 323f730d9..2d8e1aa6b 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-db.workspace = true
-
-# misc
-serde.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
index 2f189732b..c1088f242 100644
--- a/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,15 +9,8 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
 /// Traits, validation methods, and helper types used to abstract over engine types.
-///
-/// Notably contains the [EngineTypes] trait and implementations for ethereum mainnet types.
-pub mod engine;
-pub use engine::{
-    validate_payload_timestamp, validate_version_specific_fields, validate_withdrawals_presence,
-    BuiltPayload, EngineApiMessageVersion, EngineObjectValidationError, EngineTypes,
-    MessageValidationKind, PayloadAttributes, PayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadOrAttributes,
-    VersionSpecificValidationError,
-};
+pub use reth_engine_primitives as engine;
+pub use reth_engine_primitives::*;
 
 /// Traits and helper types used to abstract over EVM methods and types.
 pub use reth_evm::{ConfigureEvm, ConfigureEvmEnv};
diff --git a/crates/node-ethereum/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-ethereum/Cargo.toml
index a88627491..d5a7c6a82 100644
--- a/crates/node-ethereum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-ethereum/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-payload-builder.workspace = true
+reth-ethereum-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-basic-payload-builder.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-payload-builder.workspace = true
-reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
-reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-node-builder.workspace = true
 reth-tracing.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 eyre.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-db.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/node-ethereum/src/lib.rs b/crates/node-ethereum/src/lib.rs
index e2b368004..cea2e7be0 100644
--- a/crates/node-ethereum/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/node-ethereum/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,10 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
-/// Exports commonly used concrete instances of the [EngineTypes](reth_node_api::EngineTypes)
-/// trait.
-pub mod engine;
-pub use engine::EthEngineTypes;
+pub use reth_ethereum_engine_primitives::EthEngineTypes;
 
-/// Exports commonly used concrete instances of the
-/// [ConfigureEvmEnv](reth_node_api::ConfigureEvmEnv) trait.
 pub mod evm;
 pub use evm::EthEvmConfig;
+
 pub mod node;
 pub use node::EthereumNode;
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml b/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
index 207fbc43f..aa4b785cd 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,13 +17,9 @@ reth-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-types.workspace = true
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-interfaces.workspace = true
-reth-rpc-types-compat.workspace = true
 reth-provider.workspace = true
-reth-node-api.workspace = true
-
-# ethereum
-alloy-rlp.workspace = true
-revm-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-engine-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-ethereum-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # async
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
@@ -36,7 +32,6 @@ metrics.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 thiserror.workspace = true
-sha2.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/events.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/events.rs
index 8b4bb97f1..66f299bbb 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/events.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use futures_util::Stream;
-use reth_node_api::EngineTypes;
+use reth_engine_primitives::EngineTypes;
 use tokio::sync::broadcast;
 use tokio_stream::{
     wrappers::{errors::BroadcastStreamRecvError, BroadcastStream},
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/lib.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/lib.rs
index 345577545..b3baf1199 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/lib.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ pub mod database;
 pub mod error;
 mod events;
 mod metrics;
-mod payload;
 mod service;
 mod traits;
 
@@ -115,7 +114,10 @@ pub mod noop;
 pub mod test_utils;
 
 pub use events::Events;
-pub use payload::{EthBuiltPayload, EthPayloadBuilderAttributes};
 pub use reth_rpc_types::engine::PayloadId;
 pub use service::{PayloadBuilderHandle, PayloadBuilderService, PayloadStore};
 pub use traits::{KeepPayloadJobAlive, PayloadJob, PayloadJobGenerator};
+
+// re-export the Ethereum engine primitives for convenience
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use reth_ethereum_engine_primitives::{EthBuiltPayload, EthPayloadBuilderAttributes};
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/noop.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/noop.rs
index 5c4c0b8e5..bdfadf766 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/noop.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/noop.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::{service::PayloadServiceCommand, PayloadBuilderHandle};
 use futures_util::{ready, StreamExt};
-use reth_node_api::{EngineTypes, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{EngineTypes, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use std::{
     future::Future,
     pin::Pin,
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
index 10534b48d..81d3445b0 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/service.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use crate::{
     KeepPayloadJobAlive, PayloadJob,
 };
 use futures_util::{future::FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
-use reth_node_api::{BuiltPayload, EngineTypes, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{BuiltPayload, EngineTypes, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use reth_rpc_types::engine::PayloadId;
 use std::{
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
index be5422073..40237aa92 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     EthPayloadBuilderAttributes, PayloadBuilderHandle, PayloadBuilderService, PayloadJob,
     PayloadJobGenerator,
 };
-use reth_node_api::EngineTypes;
+use reth_engine_primitives::EngineTypes;
 use reth_primitives::{Block, U256};
 use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use std::{
diff --git a/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs b/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
index 09bc64325..cf747b0da 100644
--- a/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
+++ b/crates/payload/builder/src/traits.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Trait abstractions used by the payload crate.
 
 use crate::error::PayloadBuilderError;
-use reth_node_api::{BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
+use reth_engine_primitives::{BuiltPayload, PayloadBuilderAttributes};
 use reth_provider::CanonStateNotification;
 use std::future::Future;