diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 70b774064..b2ab1e28e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2531,6 +2531,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "environment",
  "eth2",
+ "eth2_network_config",
  "ethereum_serde_utils",
  "ethereum_ssz",
  "ethers-core",
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/availability_view.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/availability_view.rs
index fea2ee101..f013cf649 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/availability_view.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/data_availability_checker/availability_view.rs
@@ -267,9 +267,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     use crate::test_utils::{generate_rand_block_and_blobs, NumBlobs};
     use crate::AvailabilityPendingExecutedBlock;
     use crate::PayloadVerificationOutcome;
-    use eth2_network_config::get_trusted_setup;
     use fork_choice::PayloadVerificationStatus;
-    use kzg::{Kzg, TrustedSetup};
     use rand::rngs::StdRng;
     use rand::SeedableRng;
     use state_processing::ConsensusContext;
@@ -285,13 +283,9 @@ pub mod tests {
     );
 
     pub fn pre_setup() -> Setup<E> {
-        let trusted_setup: TrustedSetup =
-            serde_json::from_reader(get_trusted_setup::<<E as EthSpec>::Kzg>()).unwrap();
-        let kzg = Kzg::new_from_trusted_setup(trusted_setup).unwrap();
-
         let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xDEADBEEF0BAD5EEDu64);
         let (block, blobs_vec) =
-            generate_rand_block_and_blobs::<E>(ForkName::Deneb, NumBlobs::Random, &kzg, &mut rng);
+            generate_rand_block_and_blobs::<E>(ForkName::Deneb, NumBlobs::Random, &mut rng);
         let mut blobs: FixedVector<_, <E as EthSpec>::MaxBlobsPerBlock> = FixedVector::default();
 
         for blob in blobs_vec {
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
index a4abb9010..a77da4c8e 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -2526,7 +2526,6 @@ pub enum NumBlobs {
 pub fn generate_rand_block_and_blobs<E: EthSpec>(
     fork_name: ForkName,
     num_blobs: NumBlobs,
-    kzg: &Kzg<E::Kzg>,
     rng: &mut impl Rng,
 ) -> (SignedBeaconBlock<E, FullPayload<E>>, Vec<BlobSidecar<E>>) {
     let inner = map_fork_name!(fork_name, BeaconBlock, <_>::random_for_test(rng));
@@ -2540,8 +2539,7 @@ pub fn generate_rand_block_and_blobs<E: EthSpec>(
             NumBlobs::None => 0,
         };
         let (bundle, transactions) =
-            execution_layer::test_utils::generate_random_blobs::<E, _>(num_blobs, kzg, rng)
-                .unwrap();
+            execution_layer::test_utils::generate_blobs::<E>(num_blobs).unwrap();
 
         payload.execution_payload.transactions = <_>::default();
         for tx in Vec::from(transactions) {
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml b/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
index 46c585bb0..7f6526898 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ triehash = "0.8.4"
 hash-db = "0.15.2"
 pretty_reqwest_error = { workspace = true }
 arc-swap = "1.6.0"
+eth2_network_config = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/execution_block_generator.rs b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/execution_block_generator.rs
index 6b638bb7f..b91c9b51a 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/execution_block_generator.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/execution_block_generator.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::{
     ExecutionBlockWithTransactions,
 };
 use eth2::types::BlobsBundle;
-use kzg::Kzg;
+use kzg::{Kzg, KzgCommitment, KzgProof};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use tree_hash::TreeHash;
 use tree_hash_derive::TreeHash;
 use types::{
-    BlobSidecar, ChainSpec, EthSpec, ExecutionBlockHash, ExecutionPayload, ExecutionPayloadCapella,
-    ExecutionPayloadDeneb, ExecutionPayloadHeader, ExecutionPayloadMerge, ForkName, Hash256,
-    Transaction, Transactions, Uint256,
+    Blob, ChainSpec, EthSpec, EthSpecId, ExecutionBlockHash, ExecutionPayload,
+    ExecutionPayloadCapella, ExecutionPayloadDeneb, ExecutionPayloadHeader, ExecutionPayloadMerge,
+    ForkName, Hash256, Transaction, Transactions, Uint256,
 };
 
 use super::DEFAULT_TERMINAL_BLOCK;
+use ssz::Decode;
+
+const TEST_BLOB_BUNDLE_MAINNET: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/mainnet/test_blobs_bundle.ssz");
+const TEST_BLOB_BUNDLE_MINIMAL: &[u8] = include_bytes!("fixtures/minimal/test_blobs_bundle.ssz");
 
 const GAS_LIMIT: u64 = 16384;
 const GAS_USED: u64 = GAS_LIMIT - 1;
@@ -627,8 +631,7 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> ExecutionBlockGenerator<T> {
                 // get random number between 0 and Max Blobs
                 let mut rng = self.rng.lock();
                 let num_blobs = rng.gen::<usize>() % (T::max_blobs_per_block() + 1);
-                let kzg = self.kzg.as_ref().ok_or("kzg not initialized")?;
-                let (bundle, transactions) = generate_random_blobs(num_blobs, kzg, &mut *rng)?;
+                let (bundle, transactions) = generate_blobs(num_blobs)?;
                 for tx in Vec::from(transactions) {
                     execution_payload
                         .transactions_mut()
@@ -645,30 +648,51 @@ impl<T: EthSpec> ExecutionBlockGenerator<T> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn generate_random_blobs<T: EthSpec, R: Rng>(
+pub fn load_test_blobs_bundle<E: EthSpec>() -> Result<(KzgCommitment, KzgProof, Blob<E>), String> {
+    let blob_bundle_bytes = match E::spec_name() {
+        EthSpecId::Mainnet => TEST_BLOB_BUNDLE_MAINNET,
+        EthSpecId::Minimal => TEST_BLOB_BUNDLE_MINIMAL,
+        EthSpecId::Gnosis => {
+            return Err("Test blobs bundle not available for Gnosis preset".to_string())
+        }
+    };
+
+    let BlobsBundle {
+        commitments,
+        proofs,
+        blobs,
+    } = BlobsBundle::<E>::from_ssz_bytes(blob_bundle_bytes)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to decode SSZ: {:?}", e))?;
+
+    Ok((
+        commitments
+            .get(0)
+            .cloned()
+            .ok_or("commitment missing in test bundle")?,
+        proofs
+            .get(0)
+            .cloned()
+            .ok_or("proof missing in test bundle")?,
+        blobs.get(0).cloned().ok_or("blob missing in test bundle")?,
+    ))
+}
+
+pub fn generate_blobs<E: EthSpec>(
     n_blobs: usize,
-    kzg: &Kzg<T::Kzg>,
-    rng: &mut R,
-) -> Result<(BlobsBundle<T>, Transactions<T>), String> {
-    let mut bundle = BlobsBundle::<T>::default();
+) -> Result<(BlobsBundle<E>, Transactions<E>), String> {
+    let (kzg_commitment, kzg_proof, blob) = load_test_blobs_bundle::<E>()?;
+
+    let mut bundle = BlobsBundle::<E>::default();
     let mut transactions = vec![];
+
     for blob_index in 0..n_blobs {
-        let random_valid_sidecar = BlobSidecar::<T>::random_valid(rng, kzg)?;
-
-        let BlobSidecar {
-            blob,
-            kzg_commitment,
-            kzg_proof,
-            ..
-        } = random_valid_sidecar;
-
-        let tx = static_valid_tx::<T>()
+        let tx = static_valid_tx::<E>()
             .map_err(|e| format!("error creating valid tx SSZ bytes: {:?}", e))?;
 
         transactions.push(tx);
         bundle
             .blobs
-            .push(blob)
+            .push(blob.clone())
             .map_err(|_| format!("blobs are full, blob index: {:?}", blob_index))?;
         bundle
             .commitments
@@ -797,7 +821,8 @@ pub fn generate_pow_block(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    use types::MainnetEthSpec;
+    use kzg::TrustedSetup;
+    use types::{MainnetEthSpec, MinimalEthSpec};
 
     #[test]
     fn pow_chain_only() {
@@ -859,4 +884,33 @@ mod test {
             assert!(generator.block_by_number(next_i).is_none());
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn valid_test_blobs() {
+        assert!(
+            validate_blob::<MainnetEthSpec>().unwrap(),
+            "Mainnet preset test blobs bundle should contain valid proofs"
+        );
+        assert!(
+            validate_blob::<MinimalEthSpec>().unwrap(),
+            "Minimal preset test blobs bundle should contain valid proofs"
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn validate_blob<E: EthSpec>() -> Result<bool, String> {
+        let kzg = load_kzg::<E>()?;
+        let (kzg_commitment, kzg_proof, blob) = load_test_blobs_bundle::<E>()?;
+        let kzg_blob = E::blob_from_bytes(blob.as_ref())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Error converting blob to kzg blob: {e:?}"))?;
+        kzg.verify_blob_kzg_proof(&kzg_blob, kzg_commitment, kzg_proof)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Invalid blobs bundle: {e:?}"))
+    }
+
+    fn load_kzg<E: EthSpec>() -> Result<Kzg<E::Kzg>, String> {
+        let trusted_setup: TrustedSetup =
+            serde_json::from_reader(eth2_network_config::get_trusted_setup::<E::Kzg>())
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to read trusted setup file: {e:?}"))?;
+        Kzg::new_from_trusted_setup(trusted_setup)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to load trusted setup: {e:?}"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/fixtures/mainnet/test_blobs_bundle.ssz b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/fixtures/mainnet/test_blobs_bundle.ssz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ef325a00
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diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/fixtures/minimal/test_blobs_bundle.ssz b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/fixtures/minimal/test_blobs_bundle.ssz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..366a467b2
Binary files /dev/null and b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/fixtures/minimal/test_blobs_bundle.ssz differ
diff --git a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/mod.rs b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/mod.rs
index f56a04b07..dc3f61815 100644
--- a/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/execution_layer/src/test_utils/mod.rs
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use warp::{http::StatusCode, Filter, Rejection};
 
 use crate::EngineCapabilities;
 pub use execution_block_generator::{
-    generate_genesis_block, generate_genesis_header, generate_pow_block, generate_random_blobs,
-    Block, ExecutionBlockGenerator,
+    generate_blobs, generate_genesis_block, generate_genesis_header, generate_pow_block, Block,
+    ExecutionBlockGenerator,
 };
 pub use hook::Hook;
 pub use mock_builder::{MockBuilder, Operation};
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/tests.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/tests.rs
index 59ac9c433..bd1e72ee1 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/tests.rs
@@ -91,10 +91,8 @@ impl TestRig {
         fork_name: ForkName,
         num_blobs: NumBlobs,
     ) -> (SignedBeaconBlock<E>, Vec<BlobSidecar<E>>) {
-        let kzg = self.harness.chain.kzg.as_ref().unwrap();
         let rng = &mut self.rng;
-
-        generate_rand_block_and_blobs::<E>(fork_name, num_blobs, kzg.as_ref(), rng)
+        generate_rand_block_and_blobs::<E>(fork_name, num_blobs, rng)
     }
 
     #[track_caller]
diff --git a/common/eth2/src/types.rs b/common/eth2/src/types.rs
index 7f3040a9b..e87f254f1 100644
--- a/common/eth2/src/types.rs
+++ b/common/eth2/src/types.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use mediatype::{names, MediaType, MediaTypeList};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use ssz::{Decode, DecodeError};
-use ssz_derive::Encode;
+use ssz_derive::{Decode, Encode};
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 use std::str::{from_utf8, FromStr};
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ pub struct ExecutionPayloadAndBlobs<E: EthSpec> {
     pub blobs_bundle: BlobsBundle<E>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Encode)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Encode, Decode)]
 #[serde(bound = "E: EthSpec")]
 pub struct BlobsBundle<E: EthSpec> {
     pub commitments: KzgCommitments<E>,