diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/paris/test-cases/06_update_forkchoice_invalid_payload_attributes.json b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/paris/test-cases/06_update_forkchoice_invalid_payload_attributes.json
index 4014e14a6ff..0ddf1cf0553 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/paris/test-cases/06_update_forkchoice_invalid_payload_attributes.json
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/paris/test-cases/06_update_forkchoice_invalid_payload_attributes.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 67,
     "error": {
-      "code": -38003,
-      "message": "Invalid payload attributes"
+      "code": -32602,
+      "message": "Invalid withdrawals"
     }
   },
   "statusCode": 200
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/shanghai/test-cases/05_shanghai_prepare_payload_invalid_null_withdrawals.json b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/shanghai/test-cases/05_shanghai_prepare_payload_invalid_null_withdrawals.json
index ec5e2251791..8af8a4d3911 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/shanghai/test-cases/05_shanghai_prepare_payload_invalid_null_withdrawals.json
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/acceptanceTest/resources/jsonrpc/engine/shanghai/test-cases/05_shanghai_prepare_payload_invalid_null_withdrawals.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
     "jsonrpc" : "2.0",
     "id" : 67,
     "error" : {
-      "code" : -32602,
-      "message" : "Invalid withdrawals"
+      "code" : -38003,
+      "message" : "Invalid payload attributes"
     }
   },
   "statusCode" : 200
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdated.java b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdated.java
index 6aa2918d2ee..3f0037ac1ae 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdated.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdated.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public JsonRpcResponse syncResponse(final JsonRpcRequestContext requestContext)
       if (!getWithdrawalsValidator(
               protocolSchedule.get(), newHead, maybePayloadAttributes.get().getTimestamp())
           .validateWithdrawals(withdrawals)) {
-        return new JsonRpcErrorResponse(requestId, RpcErrorType.INVALID_WITHDRAWALS_PARAMS);
+        return new JsonRpcErrorResponse(requestId, getInvalidPayloadAttributesError());
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV1.java b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV1.java
index 6397afdda3c..bd920e88553 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV1.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV1.java
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ protected boolean requireTerminalPoWBlockValidation() {
   protected RpcErrorType getInvalidParametersError() {
     return RpcErrorType.INVALID_PAYLOAD_ATTRIBUTES;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected RpcErrorType getInvalidPayloadAttributesError() {
+    return RpcErrorType.INVALID_WITHDRAWALS_PARAMS;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdatedTest.java b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdatedTest.java
index aff11e33535..83f78cabb00 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdatedTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineForkchoiceUpdatedTest.java
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ public void shouldReturnValidWithoutFinalizedWithPayload() {
 
     var payloadParams =
         new EnginePayloadAttributesParameter(
-            String.valueOf(defaultPayloadTimestamp()),
+            String.valueOf(mockHeader.getTimestamp() + 1),
             Bytes32.fromHexStringLenient("0xDEADBEEF").toHexString(),
             Address.ECREC.toString(),
             null,
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ public void shouldIgnoreUpdateToOldHeadAndNotPreparePayload() {
 
     var payloadParams =
         new EnginePayloadAttributesParameter(
-            String.valueOf(defaultPayloadTimestamp()),
+            String.valueOf(mockHeader.getTimestamp() + 1),
             Bytes32.fromHexStringLenient("0xDEADBEEF").toHexString(),
             Address.ECREC.toString(),
             null,
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public void shouldReturnInvalidIfPayloadTimestampNotGreaterThanHead() {
                 mockHeader.getHash(), Hash.ZERO, mockParent.getHash()),
             Optional.of(payloadParams));
 
-    assertInvalidForkchoiceState(resp, RpcErrorType.INVALID_PAYLOAD_ATTRIBUTES);
+    assertInvalidForkchoiceState(resp, expectedInvalidPayloadError());
     verify(engineCallListener, times(1)).executionEngineCalled();
   }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV2Test.java b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV2Test.java
index 4e4b3e4c023..a10c0337adf 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV2Test.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineForkchoiceUpdatedV2Test.java
@@ -93,6 +93,6 @@ protected String getMethodName() {
 
   @Override
   protected RpcErrorType expectedInvalidPayloadError() {
-    return RpcErrorType.INVALID_WITHDRAWALS_PARAMS;
+    return RpcErrorType.INVALID_PAYLOAD_ATTRIBUTES;
   }
 }