diff --git a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/class-registry/contract_class_published_event.test.ts b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/class-registry/contract_class_published_event.test.ts
index 860533d58fe0..8647fc333f26 100644
--- a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/class-registry/contract_class_published_event.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/src/class-registry/contract_class_published_event.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+import {
+  CONTRACT_CLASS_LOG_SIZE_IN_FIELDS,
+  CONTRACT_CLASS_PUBLISHED_MAGIC_VALUE,
+  MAX_PACKED_PUBLIC_BYTECODE_SIZE_IN_FIELDS,
+} from '@aztec/constants';
+import { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/curves/bn254';
 import { setupCustomSnapshotSerializers } from '@aztec/foundation/testing';
-import { ContractClassLog } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
+import { bufferAsFields } from '@aztec/stdlib/abi';
+import { ContractClassLog, ContractClassLogFields } from '@aztec/stdlib/logs';
 
+import { ProtocolContractAddress } from '../protocol_contract_data.js';
 import { getSampleContractClassPublishedEventPayload } from '../tests/fixtures.js';
 import { ContractClassPublishedEvent } from './contract_class_published_event.js';
 
 describe('ContractClassPublishedEvent', () => {
   beforeAll(() => setupCustomSnapshotSerializers(expect));
+
   it('parses an event as emitted by the ContractClassRegistry', () => {
     const log = ContractClassLog.fromBuffer(getSampleContractClassPublishedEventPayload());
     expect(ContractClassPublishedEvent.isContractClassPublishedEvent(log)).toBe(true);
@@ -15,4 +24,42 @@ describe('ContractClassPublishedEvent', () => {
     // See ./__snapshots__/README.md for how to update the snapshot.
     expect(event).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('fits a max-size public bytecode within CONTRACT_CLASS_LOG_SIZE_IN_FIELDS', () => {
+    // Create a bytecode that fills the maximum allowed size.
+    // bufferAsFields encodes as [length_in_bytes, ...31-byte-chunks, ...zero-padding] up to the target length.
+    // The max bytecode in bytes is (MAX_PACKED_PUBLIC_BYTECODE_SIZE_IN_FIELDS - 1) * 31,
+    // since one field is used for the length prefix.
+    const maxBytecodeBytes = (MAX_PACKED_PUBLIC_BYTECODE_SIZE_IN_FIELDS - 1) * 31;
+    const maxBytecode = Buffer.alloc(maxBytecodeBytes, 0xab);
+
+    // Encode the bytecode as fields (same encoding used in the Noir contract).
+    const bytecodeFields = bufferAsFields(maxBytecode, MAX_PACKED_PUBLIC_BYTECODE_SIZE_IN_FIELDS);
+    expect(bytecodeFields).toHaveLength(MAX_PACKED_PUBLIC_BYTECODE_SIZE_IN_FIELDS);
+
+    // The event header: [magic, contractClassId, version, artifactHash, privateFunctionsRoot]
+    const headerFields = [
+      new Fr(CONTRACT_CLASS_PUBLISHED_MAGIC_VALUE),
+      Fr.random(), // contractClassId
+      new Fr(1), // version
+      Fr.random(), // artifactHash
+      Fr.random(), // privateFunctionsRoot
+    ];
+
+    // This is the main assertion: the CONTRACT_CLASS_LOG_SIZE_IN_FIELDS is enough such that
+    // a max-size bytecode can be included in the event log together with the header fields
+    const totalFields = headerFields.length + bytecodeFields.length;
+    expect(totalFields).toBeLessThanOrEqual(CONTRACT_CLASS_LOG_SIZE_IN_FIELDS);
+
+    // Verify it round-trips through ContractClassLog and ContractClassPublishedEvent.
+    const allFields = [...headerFields, ...bytecodeFields];
+    const padded = [...allFields, ...Array(CONTRACT_CLASS_LOG_SIZE_IN_FIELDS - allFields.length).fill(Fr.ZERO)];
+    const logFields = new ContractClassLogFields(padded);
+    const log = new ContractClassLog(ProtocolContractAddress.ContractClassRegistry, logFields, allFields.length);
+
+    expect(ContractClassPublishedEvent.isContractClassPublishedEvent(log)).toBe(true);
+
+    const event = ContractClassPublishedEvent.fromLog(log);
+    expect(event.packedPublicBytecode).toEqual(maxBytecode);
+  });
 });