diff --git a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
index 799e7e343..08f588cd2 100644
--- a/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
+++ b/crates/blockchain-tree/src/blockchain_tree.rs
@@ -1259,8 +1259,8 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
     use linked_hash_set::LinkedHashSet;
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
     use reth_db::{tables, test_utils::TempDatabase, transaction::DbTxMut, DatabaseEnv};
-    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::TestConsensus;
     use reth_node_ethereum::EthEvmConfig;
     #[cfg(not(feature = "optimism"))]
     use reth_primitives::proofs::calculate_receipt_root;
diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/Cargo.toml b/crates/consensus/beacon/Cargo.toml
index 0fed12597..9a7841447 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ schnellru.workspace = true
 # reth
 reth-payload-builder = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+reth-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-interfaces = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-stages = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-blockchain-tree = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ reth-downloaders.workspace = true
 reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
 reth-ethereum-engine-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-config.workspace = true
-reth-consensus.workspace = true
 
 assert_matches.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
index 297269975..ff36e871b 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/test_utils.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use reth_blockchain_tree::{
     config::BlockchainTreeConfig, externals::TreeExternals, BlockchainTree, ShareableBlockchainTree,
 };
 use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
-use reth_consensus::Consensus;
+use reth_consensus::{test_utils::TestConsensus, Consensus};
 use reth_db::{test_utils::TempDatabase, DatabaseEnv as DE};
 use reth_downloaders::{
     bodies::bodies::BodiesDownloaderBuilder,
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use reth_interfaces::{
     executor::BlockExecutionError,
     p2p::{bodies::client::BodiesClient, either::EitherDownloader, headers::client::HeadersClient},
     sync::NoopSyncStateUpdater,
-    test_utils::{NoopFullBlockClient, TestConsensus},
+    test_utils::NoopFullBlockClient,
 };
 use reth_payload_builder::test_utils::spawn_test_payload_service;
 use reth_primitives::{BlockNumber, ChainSpec, FinishedExExHeight, PruneModes, B256};
diff --git a/crates/consensus/consensus/Cargo.toml b/crates/consensus/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 6e4fc7ee9..308a16f20 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/consensus/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ reth-primitives.workspace = true
 
 # misc
 auto_impl.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
+thiserror.workspace = true
+
+[features]
+test-utils = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
index ab2453b74..b434272a4 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ use reth_primitives::{
 };
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
+#[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
+/// test helpers for mocking consensus
+pub mod test_utils;
+
 /// Consensus is a protocol that chooses canonical chain.
 #[auto_impl::auto_impl(&, Arc)]
 pub trait Consensus: Debug + Send + Sync {
diff --git a/crates/consensus/consensus/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/test_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8655661b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/consensus/consensus/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+use crate::{Consensus, ConsensusError};
+use reth_primitives::{Header, SealedBlock, SealedHeader, U256};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+/// Consensus engine implementation for testing
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct TestConsensus {
+    /// Flag whether the header validation should purposefully fail
+    fail_validation: AtomicBool,
+}
+
+impl Default for TestConsensus {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { fail_validation: AtomicBool::new(false) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TestConsensus {
+    /// Get the failed validation flag.
+    pub fn fail_validation(&self) -> bool {
+        self.fail_validation.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
+    }
+
+    /// Update the validation flag.
+    pub fn set_fail_validation(&self, val: bool) {
+        self.fail_validation.store(val, Ordering::SeqCst)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Consensus for TestConsensus {
+    fn validate_header(&self, _header: &SealedHeader) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
+        if self.fail_validation() {
+            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn validate_header_against_parent(
+        &self,
+        _header: &SealedHeader,
+        _parent: &SealedHeader,
+    ) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
+        if self.fail_validation() {
+            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn validate_header_with_total_difficulty(
+        &self,
+        _header: &Header,
+        _total_difficulty: U256,
+    ) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
+        if self.fail_validation() {
+            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn validate_block(&self, _block: &SealedBlock) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
+        if self.fail_validation() {
+            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml b/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
index 70ac2f942..6c066593b 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/interfaces/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ parking_lot = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 rand = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+reth-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 secp256k1 = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc", "recovery", "rand"] }
 
 [features]
-test-utils = ["secp256k1", "rand", "parking_lot"]
+test-utils = ["reth-consensus/test-utils", "secp256k1", "rand", "parking_lot"]
 cli = ["clap"]
 optimism = ["reth-eth-wire-types/optimism"]
diff --git a/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/full_block.rs b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/full_block.rs
index cb4c66543..6cf3f2c81 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/full_block.rs
+++ b/crates/interfaces/src/p2p/full_block.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl<Client> FullBlockClient<Client> {
     /// Returns a client with Test consensus
     #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
     pub fn test_client(client: Client) -> Self {
-        Self::new(client, Arc::new(crate::test_utils::TestConsensus::default()))
+        Self::new(client, Arc::new(reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus::default()))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/interfaces/src/test_utils/headers.rs b/crates/interfaces/src/test_utils/headers.rs
index c0da9ff16..304f394c8 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/src/test_utils/headers.rs
+++ b/crates/interfaces/src/test_utils/headers.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 //! Testing support for headers related interfaces.
 
+use std::{
+    fmt,
+    pin::Pin,
+    sync::{
+        atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering},
+        Arc,
+    },
+    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
+};
+
+use futures::{Future, FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
 use crate::p2p::{
     download::DownloadClient,
     error::{DownloadError, DownloadResult, PeerRequestResult, RequestError},
@@ -10,21 +23,8 @@ use crate::p2p::{
     },
     priority::Priority,
 };
-use futures::{Future, FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
-use reth_consensus::{Consensus, ConsensusError};
-use reth_primitives::{
-    Header, HeadersDirection, PeerId, SealedBlock, SealedHeader, WithPeerId, U256,
-};
-use std::{
-    fmt,
-    pin::Pin,
-    sync::{
-        atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicU64, Ordering},
-        Arc,
-    },
-    task::{ready, Context, Poll},
-};
-use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use reth_consensus::{test_utils::TestConsensus, Consensus};
+use reth_primitives::{Header, HeadersDirection, PeerId, SealedHeader, WithPeerId};
 
 /// A test downloader which just returns the values that have been pushed to it.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -243,70 +243,3 @@ impl HeadersClient for TestHeadersClient {
         })
     }
 }
-
-/// Consensus engine implementation for testing
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct TestConsensus {
-    /// Flag whether the header validation should purposefully fail
-    fail_validation: AtomicBool,
-}
-
-impl Default for TestConsensus {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { fail_validation: AtomicBool::new(false) }
-    }
-}
-
-impl TestConsensus {
-    /// Get the failed validation flag.
-    pub fn fail_validation(&self) -> bool {
-        self.fail_validation.load(Ordering::SeqCst)
-    }
-
-    /// Update the validation flag.
-    pub fn set_fail_validation(&self, val: bool) {
-        self.fail_validation.store(val, Ordering::SeqCst)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Consensus for TestConsensus {
-    fn validate_header(&self, _header: &SealedHeader) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
-        if self.fail_validation() {
-            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn validate_header_against_parent(
-        &self,
-        _header: &SealedHeader,
-        _parent: &SealedHeader,
-    ) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
-        if self.fail_validation() {
-            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn validate_header_with_total_difficulty(
-        &self,
-        _header: &Header,
-        _total_difficulty: U256,
-    ) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
-        if self.fail_validation() {
-            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn validate_block(&self, _block: &SealedBlock) -> Result<(), ConsensusError> {
-        if self.fail_validation() {
-            Err(ConsensusError::BaseFeeMissing)
-        } else {
-            Ok(())
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
index b5de192f2..f1f14c85c 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ itertools.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+reth-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-interfaces = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-tracing.workspace = true
@@ -58,5 +59,5 @@ rand.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-test-utils = ["dep:tempfile", "reth-db/test-utils", "reth-interfaces/test-utils"]
+test-utils = ["dep:tempfile", "reth-db/test-utils", "reth-consensus/test-utils", "reth-interfaces/test-utils"]
 
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
index 28b43359e..985c545e9 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
@@ -604,8 +604,9 @@ mod tests {
         test_utils::{generate_bodies, TestBodiesClient},
     };
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
     use reth_db::test_utils::{create_test_rw_db, create_test_static_files_dir};
-    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{generators, generators::random_block_range, TestConsensus};
+    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{generators, generators::random_block_range};
     use reth_primitives::{BlockBody, B256, MAINNET};
     use reth_provider::ProviderFactory;
     use std::collections::HashMap;
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/request.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/request.rs
index 1a87928d5..d6da2444c 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/request.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/request.rs
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ mod tests {
         bodies::test_utils::zip_blocks,
         test_utils::{generate_bodies, TestBodiesClient},
     };
-    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{generators, generators::random_header_range, TestConsensus};
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
+    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{generators, generators::random_header_range};
 
     /// Check if future returns empty bodies without dispatching any requests.
     #[tokio::test]
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
index 2d9bb3f96..f8815bcb0 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ mod tests {
         test_utils::{generate_bodies, TestBodiesClient},
     };
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
-    use reth_interfaces::{p2p::error::DownloadError, test_utils::TestConsensus};
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
+    use reth_interfaces::p2p::error::DownloadError;
     use reth_provider::test_utils::create_test_provider_factory;
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/file_client.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/file_client.rs
index 7d29cc577..b5b7aceae 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/file_client.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/file_client.rs
@@ -434,12 +434,10 @@ mod tests {
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
     use futures_util::stream::StreamExt;
     use rand::Rng;
-    use reth_interfaces::{
-        p2p::{
-            bodies::downloader::BodyDownloader,
-            headers::downloader::{HeaderDownloader, SyncTarget},
-        },
-        test_utils::TestConsensus,
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
+    use reth_interfaces::p2p::{
+        bodies::downloader::BodyDownloader,
+        headers::downloader::{HeaderDownloader, SyncTarget},
     };
     use reth_provider::test_utils::create_test_provider_factory;
     use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/reverse_headers.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/reverse_headers.rs
index 8d2318507..5c12a161a 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/reverse_headers.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/reverse_headers.rs
@@ -1223,7 +1223,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     use crate::headers::test_utils::child_header;
     use assert_matches::assert_matches;
-    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{TestConsensus, TestHeadersClient};
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
+    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::TestHeadersClient;
 
     /// Tests that `replace_number` works the same way as Option::replace
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/task.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/task.rs
index 16597342b..aa079dad2 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/task.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/headers/task.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::headers::{
         reverse_headers::ReverseHeadersDownloaderBuilder, test_utils::child_header,
     };
-    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{TestConsensus, TestHeadersClient};
+    use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
+    use reth_interfaces::test_utils::TestHeadersClient;
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
diff --git a/crates/stages/Cargo.toml b/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
index 3c4a3d5a1..2692c9410 100644
--- a/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stages/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ reth-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils", "arbitrary"] }
 reth-db = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils", "mdbx"] }
 reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
 reth-interfaces = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
+reth-consensus = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-downloaders.workspace = true
 reth-revm.workspace = true
 reth-static-file.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/lib.rs b/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
index cf2b8acbe..4b6df9391 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //! # use std::sync::Arc;
 //! # use reth_downloaders::bodies::bodies::BodiesDownloaderBuilder;
 //! # use reth_downloaders::headers::reverse_headers::ReverseHeadersDownloaderBuilder;
-//! # use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{TestBodiesClient, TestConsensus, TestHeadersClient};
+//! # use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{TestBodiesClient, TestHeadersClient};
 //! # use reth_revm::EvmProcessorFactory;
 //! # use reth_primitives::{PeerId, MAINNET, B256, PruneModes};
 //! # use reth_stages::Pipeline;
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 //! # use reth_static_file::StaticFileProducer;
 //! # use reth_config::config::EtlConfig;
 //! # use reth_consensus::Consensus;
+//! # use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
 //! #
 //! # let chain_spec = MAINNET.clone();
 //! # let consensus: Arc<dyn Consensus> = Arc::new(TestConsensus::default());
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
index f90149e1a..83dd710d0 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/headers.rs
@@ -371,13 +371,13 @@ mod tests {
     mod test_runner {
         use super::*;
         use crate::test_utils::{TestRunnerError, TestStageDB};
+        use reth_consensus::test_utils::TestConsensus;
         use reth_db::{test_utils::TempDatabase, DatabaseEnv};
         use reth_downloaders::headers::reverse_headers::{
             ReverseHeadersDownloader, ReverseHeadersDownloaderBuilder,
         };
         use reth_interfaces::test_utils::{
-            generators, generators::random_header_range, TestConsensus, TestHeaderDownloader,
-            TestHeadersClient,
+            generators, generators::random_header_range, TestHeaderDownloader, TestHeadersClient,
         };
         use reth_provider::BlockNumReader;
         use tokio::sync::watch;