diff --git a/crates/optimism/flashblocks/src/ws/stream.rs b/crates/optimism/flashblocks/src/ws/stream.rs
index 8a8438b0878..26626102d31 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/flashblocks/src/ws/stream.rs
+++ b/crates/optimism/flashblocks/src/ws/stream.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 use crate::FlashBlock;
-use futures_util::{stream::SplitStream, FutureExt, Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures_util::{
+    stream::{SplitSink, SplitStream},
+    FutureExt, Sink, Stream, StreamExt,
+};
 use std::{
     fmt::{Debug, Formatter},
     future::Future,
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ use std::{
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 use tokio_tungstenite::{
     connect_async,
-    tungstenite::{Error, Message},
+    tungstenite::{Bytes, Error, Message},
     MaybeTlsStream, WebSocketStream,
 };
 use tracing::debug;
@@ -21,15 +24,16 @@ use url::Url;
 ///
 /// If the connection fails, the error is returned and connection retried. The number of retries is
 /// unbounded.
-pub struct WsFlashBlockStream<Stream, Connector> {
+pub struct WsFlashBlockStream<Stream, Sink, Connector> {
     ws_url: Url,
     state: State,
     connector: Connector,
-    connect: ConnectFuture<Stream>,
+    connect: ConnectFuture<Sink, Stream>,
     stream: Option<Stream>,
+    sink: Option<Sink>,
 }
 
-impl WsFlashBlockStream<WssStream, WsConnector> {
+impl WsFlashBlockStream<WsStream, WsSink, WsConnector> {
     /// Creates a new websocket stream over `ws_url`.
     pub fn new(ws_url: Url) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -38,11 +42,12 @@ impl WsFlashBlockStream<WssStream, WsConnector> {
             connector: WsConnector,
             connect: Box::pin(async move { Err(Error::ConnectionClosed)? }),
             stream: None,
+            sink: None,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, C> WsFlashBlockStream<S, C> {
+impl<Stream, S, C> WsFlashBlockStream<Stream, S, C> {
     /// Creates a new websocket stream over `ws_url`.
     pub fn with_connector(ws_url: Url, connector: C) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -51,60 +56,73 @@ impl<S, C> WsFlashBlockStream<S, C> {
             connector,
             connect: Box::pin(async move { Err(Error::ConnectionClosed)? }),
             stream: None,
+            sink: None,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, C> Stream for WsFlashBlockStream<S, C>
+impl<Str, S, C> Stream for WsFlashBlockStream<Str, S, C>
 where
-    S: Stream<Item = Result<Message, Error>> + Unpin,
-    C: WsConnect<Stream = S> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static + Unpin,
+    Str: Stream<Item = Result<Message, Error>> + Unpin,
+    S: Sink<Message> + Send + Sync + Unpin,
+    C: WsConnect<Stream = Str, Sink = S> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static + Unpin,
 {
     type Item = eyre::Result<FlashBlock>;
 
-    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
-        if self.state == State::Initial {
-            self.connect();
-        }
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let this = self.get_mut();
+
+        loop {
+            if this.state == State::Initial {
+                this.connect();
+            }
 
-        if self.state == State::Connect {
-            match ready!(self.connect.poll_unpin(cx)) {
-                Ok(stream) => self.stream(stream),
-                Err(err) => {
-                    self.state = State::Initial;
+            if this.state == State::Connect {
+                match ready!(this.connect.poll_unpin(cx)) {
+                    Ok((sink, stream)) => this.stream(sink, stream),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        this.state = State::Initial;
 
-                    return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err)));
+                        return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err)));
+                    }
                 }
             }
-        }
 
-        loop {
-            let Some(msg) = ready!(self
-                .stream
-                .as_mut()
-                .expect("Stream state should be unreachable without stream")
-                .poll_next_unpin(cx))
-            else {
-                return Poll::Ready(None);
-            };
-
-            match msg {
-                Ok(Message::Binary(bytes)) => return Poll::Ready(Some(FlashBlock::decode(bytes))),
-                Ok(Message::Ping(_) | Message::Pong(_)) => {
-                    // can ginore for now
+            while let State::Stream(pong) = &mut this.state {
+                if pong.is_some() {
+                    let mut sink = Pin::new(this.sink.as_mut().unwrap());
+                    let _ = ready!(sink.as_mut().poll_ready(cx));
+                    if let Some(pong) = pong.take() {
+                        let _ = sink.as_mut().start_send(pong);
+                    }
+                    let _ = ready!(sink.as_mut().poll_flush(cx));
                 }
-                Ok(msg) => {
-                    debug!("Received unexpected message: {:?}", msg);
+
+                let Some(msg) = ready!(this
+                    .stream
+                    .as_mut()
+                    .expect("Stream state should be unreachable without stream")
+                    .poll_next_unpin(cx))
+                else {
+                    return Poll::Ready(None);
+                };
+
+                match msg {
+                    Ok(Message::Binary(bytes)) => {
+                        return Poll::Ready(Some(FlashBlock::decode(bytes)))
+                    }
+                    Ok(Message::Ping(bytes)) => this.ping(bytes),
+                    Ok(msg) => debug!("Received unexpected message: {:?}", msg),
+                    Err(err) => return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err.into()))),
                 }
-                Err(err) => return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err.into()))),
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<S, C> WsFlashBlockStream<S, C>
+impl<Stream, S, C> WsFlashBlockStream<Stream, S, C>
 where
-    C: WsConnect<Stream = S> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    C: WsConnect<Stream = Stream, Sink = S> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     fn connect(&mut self) {
         let ws_url = self.ws_url.clone();
@@ -115,14 +133,21 @@ where
         self.state = State::Connect;
     }
 
-    fn stream(&mut self, stream: S) {
+    fn stream(&mut self, sink: S, stream: Stream) {
+        self.sink.replace(sink);
         self.stream.replace(stream);
 
-        self.state = State::Stream;
+        self.state = State::Stream(None);
+    }
+
+    fn ping(&mut self, pong: Bytes) {
+        if let State::Stream(current) = &mut self.state {
+            current.replace(Message::Pong(pong));
+        }
     }
 }
 
-impl<S: Debug, C: Debug> Debug for WsFlashBlockStream<S, C> {
+impl<Stream: Debug, S: Debug, C: Debug> Debug for WsFlashBlockStream<Stream, S, C> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("FlashBlockStream")
             .field("ws_url", &self.ws_url)
@@ -139,13 +164,14 @@ enum State {
     #[default]
     Initial,
     Connect,
-    Stream,
+    Stream(Option<Message>),
 }
 
-type WsStream = WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>;
-type WssStream = SplitStream<WsStream>;
-type ConnectFuture<Stream> =
-    Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = eyre::Result<Stream>> + Send + Sync + 'static>>;
+type Ws = WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>;
+type WsStream = SplitStream<Ws>;
+type WsSink = SplitSink<Ws, Message>;
+type ConnectFuture<Sink, Stream> =
+    Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = eyre::Result<(Sink, Stream)>> + Send + Sync + 'static>>;
 
 /// The `WsConnect` trait allows for connecting to a websocket.
 ///
@@ -160,13 +186,16 @@ pub trait WsConnect {
     /// An associated `Stream` of [`Message`]s wrapped in a [`Result`] that this connection returns.
     type Stream;
 
+    /// An associated `Sink` of [`Message`]s that this connection sends.
+    type Sink;
+
     /// Asynchronously connects to a websocket hosted on `ws_url`.
     ///
     /// See the [`WsConnect`] documentation for details.
     fn connect(
         &mut self,
         ws_url: Url,
-    ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<Self::Stream>> + Send + Sync;
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<(Self::Sink, Self::Stream)>> + Send + Sync;
 }
 
 /// Establishes a secure websocket subscription.
@@ -176,12 +205,13 @@ pub trait WsConnect {
 pub struct WsConnector;
 
 impl WsConnect for WsConnector {
-    type Stream = WssStream;
+    type Stream = WsStream;
+    type Sink = WsSink;
 
-    async fn connect(&mut self, ws_url: Url) -> eyre::Result<WssStream> {
+    async fn connect(&mut self, ws_url: Url) -> eyre::Result<(WsSink, WsStream)> {
         let (stream, _response) = connect_async(ws_url.as_str()).await?;
 
-        Ok(stream.split().1)
+        Ok(stream.split())
     }
 }
 
@@ -231,14 +261,47 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[derive(Clone)]
+    struct NoopSink;
+
+    impl<T> Sink<T> for NoopSink {
+        type Error = ();
+
+        fn poll_ready(
+            self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+
+        fn start_send(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _item: T) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+
+        fn poll_flush(
+            self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+
+        fn poll_close(
+            self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+            unimplemented!()
+        }
+    }
+
     impl WsConnect for FakeConnector {
         type Stream = FakeStream;
+        type Sink = NoopSink;
 
         fn connect(
             &mut self,
             _ws_url: Url,
-        ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<Self::Stream>> + Send + Sync {
-            future::ready(Ok(self.0.clone()))
+        ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<(Self::Sink, Self::Stream)>> + Send + Sync {
+            future::ready(Ok((NoopSink, self.0.clone())))
         }
     }
 
@@ -254,11 +317,12 @@ mod tests {
 
     impl WsConnect for FailingConnector {
         type Stream = FakeStream;
+        type Sink = NoopSink;
 
         fn connect(
             &mut self,
             _ws_url: Url,
-        ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<Self::Stream>> + Send + Sync {
+        ) -> impl Future<Output = eyre::Result<(Self::Sink, Self::Stream)>> + Send + Sync {
             future::ready(Err(eyre::eyre!("{}", &self.0)))
         }
     }