diff --git a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/client_ivc_proof.ts b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/client_ivc_proof.ts
index d6e999601499..faeb9b872365 100644
--- a/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/client_ivc_proof.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/circuits.js/src/structs/client_ivc_proof.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import { randomBytes } from '@aztec/foundation/crypto';
 import { bufferSchemaFor } from '@aztec/foundation/schemas';
 import { BufferReader, serializeToBuffer } from '@aztec/foundation/serialize';
 
+const CLIENT_IVC_PROOF_LENGTH = 172052;
+const CLIENT_IVC_VK_LENGTH = 2730;
+
 /**
  * TODO(https://github.com/AztecProtocol/aztec-packages/issues/7370) refactory this to
  * eventually we read all these VKs from the data tree instead of passing them
@@ -26,6 +30,13 @@ export class ClientIvcProof {
     return new ClientIvcProof(Buffer.alloc(1, fill), Buffer.alloc(1, fill));
   }
 
+  static random() {
+    return new ClientIvcProof(
+      Buffer.from(randomBytes(CLIENT_IVC_PROOF_LENGTH)),
+      Buffer.from(randomBytes(CLIENT_IVC_VK_LENGTH)),
+    );
+  }
+
   static get schema() {
     return bufferSchemaFor(ClientIvcProof);
   }
diff --git a/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/kernel_prover.ts b/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/kernel_prover.ts
index 66b77b1df76f..b827eebceeec 100644
--- a/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/kernel_prover.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/pxe/src/kernel_prover/kernel_prover.ts
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ export class KernelProver {
       const ivcProof = await this.proofCreator.createClientIvcProof(acirs, witnessStack);
       tailOutput.clientIvcProof = ivcProof;
     } else {
-      tailOutput.clientIvcProof = ClientIvcProof.empty();
+      tailOutput.clientIvcProof = ClientIvcProof.random();
     }
 
     return tailOutput;