diff --git a/beacon-chain/execution/engine_client.go b/beacon-chain/execution/engine_client.go
index 5389ade2f..29e763d32 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/execution/engine_client.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/execution/engine_client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	gethRPC "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
 	"github.com/holiman/uint256"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ const (
 	ExecutionBlockByHashMethod = "eth_getBlockByHash"
 	// ExecutionBlockByNumberMethod request string for JSON-RPC.
 	ExecutionBlockByNumberMethod = "eth_getBlockByNumber"
-	// Defines the seconds to wait before timing out engine endpoints with block execution semantics (newPayload, forkchoiceUpdated).
-	payloadAndForkchoiceUpdatedTimeout = 8 * time.Second
 	// Defines the seconds before timing out engine endpoints with non-block execution semantics.
 	defaultEngineTimeout = time.Second
 )
@@ -85,7 +82,8 @@ func (s *Service) NewPayload(ctx context.Context, payload interfaces.ExecutionDa
 	defer func() {
 		newPayloadLatency.Observe(float64(time.Since(start).Milliseconds()))
 	}()
-	d := time.Now().Add(payloadAndForkchoiceUpdatedTimeout)
+
+	d := time.Now().Add(time.Duration(params.BeaconConfig().ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue) * time.Second)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(ctx, d)
 	defer cancel()
 	result := &pb.PayloadStatus{}
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ func (s *Service) ForkchoiceUpdated(
 		forkchoiceUpdatedLatency.Observe(float64(time.Since(start).Milliseconds()))
 	}()
 
-	d := time.Now().Add(payloadAndForkchoiceUpdatedTimeout)
+	d := time.Now().Add(time.Duration(params.BeaconConfig().ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue) * time.Second)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(ctx, d)
 	defer cancel()
 	result := &ForkchoiceUpdatedResponse{}
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ func (s *Service) ExecutionBlockByHash(ctx context.Context, hash common.Hash, wi
 // ExecutionBlocksByHashes fetches a batch of execution engine blocks by hash by calling
 // eth_blockByHash via JSON-RPC.
 func (s *Service) ExecutionBlocksByHashes(ctx context.Context, hashes []common.Hash, withTxs bool) ([]*pb.ExecutionBlock, error) {
-	ctx, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "powchain.engine-api-client.ExecutionBlocksByHashes")
+	_, span := trace.StartSpan(ctx, "powchain.engine-api-client.ExecutionBlocksByHashes")
 	defer span.End()
 	numOfHashes := len(hashes)
 	elems := make([]gethRPC.BatchElem, 0, numOfHashes)
@@ -524,7 +522,7 @@ func handleRPCError(err error) error {
 	if isTimeout(err) {
 		return ErrHTTPTimeout
 	}
-	e, ok := err.(rpc.Error)
+	e, ok := err.(gethRPC.Error)
 	if !ok {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "401 Unauthorized") {
 			log.Error("HTTP authentication to your execution client is not working. Please ensure " +
@@ -563,7 +561,7 @@ func handleRPCError(err error) error {
 	case -32000:
 		errServerErrorCount.Inc()
 		// Only -32000 status codes are data errors in the RPC specification.
-		errWithData, ok := err.(rpc.DataError)
+		errWithData, ok := err.(gethRPC.DataError)
 		if !ok {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "got an unexpected error in JSON-RPC response")
 		}
diff --git a/beacon-chain/node/config.go b/beacon-chain/node/config.go
index 550f29023..751700336 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/node/config.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/node/config.go
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ func configureEth1Config(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if cliCtx.IsSet(flags.EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds.Name) {
+		c.ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue = cliCtx.Uint64(flags.EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds.Name)
+		if err := params.SetActive(c); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	if cliCtx.IsSet(flags.DepositContractFlag.Name) {
 		c.DepositContractAddress = cliCtx.String(flags.DepositContractFlag.Name)
 		if err := params.SetActive(c); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/flags/base.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/flags/base.go
index 6080deae8..bd6a72ed0 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/flags/base.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/flags/base.go
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ var (
 		Name:  "network-id",
 		Usage: "Sets the network id of the beacon chain.",
 	}
+	// EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds defines the seconds to wait before timing out engine endpoints with execution payload execution semantics (newPayload, forkchoiceUpdated).
+	// If this flag is not used then default will be used as defined here:
+	// https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/main/src/engine/specification.md#core
+	EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds = &cli.Uint64Flag{
+		Name:  "engine-endpoint-timeout-seconds",
+		Usage: "Sets the execution engine timeout (seconds) for execution payload semantics (forkchoiceUpdated, newPayload)",
+	}
 	// Eth1HeaderReqLimit defines a flag to set the maximum number of headers that a deposit log query can fetch. If none is set, 1000 will be the limit.
 	Eth1HeaderReqLimit = &cli.Uint64Flag{
 		Name:  "eth1-header-req-limit",
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
index 8126777a3..c05447c26 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/main.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ var appFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	flags.MevRelayEndpoint,
 	flags.MaxBuilderEpochMissedSlots,
 	flags.MaxBuilderConsecutiveMissedSlots,
+	flags.EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds,
 	cmd.BackupWebhookOutputDir,
 	cmd.MinimalConfigFlag,
 	cmd.E2EConfigFlag,
diff --git a/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go b/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
index 17a43d1f5..8e67f4a56 100644
--- a/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
+++ b/cmd/beacon-chain/usage.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ var appHelpFlagGroups = []flagGroup{
 			flags.MevRelayEndpoint,
 			flags.MaxBuilderEpochMissedSlots,
 			flags.MaxBuilderConsecutiveMissedSlots,
+			flags.EngineEndpointTimeoutSeconds,
 			checkpoint.BlockPath,
 			checkpoint.StatePath,
 			checkpoint.RemoteURL,
diff --git a/config/params/config.go b/config/params/config.go
index 645933f0a..5b11c6fe8 100644
--- a/config/params/config.go
+++ b/config/params/config.go
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ type BeaconChainConfig struct {
 	// Mev-boost circuit breaker
 	MaxBuilderConsecutiveMissedSlots types.Slot // MaxBuilderConsecutiveMissedSlots defines the number of consecutive skip slot to fallback from using relay/builder to local execution engine for block construction.
 	MaxBuilderEpochMissedSlots       types.Slot // MaxBuilderEpochMissedSlots is defines the number of total skip slot (per epoch rolling windows) to fallback from using relay/builder to local execution engine for block construction.
+
+	// Execution engine timeout value
+	ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue uint64 // ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue defines the seconds to wait before timing out engine endpoints with execution payload execution semantics (newPayload, forkchoiceUpdated).
 }
 
 // InitializeForkSchedule initializes the schedules forks baked into the config.
diff --git a/config/params/mainnet_config.go b/config/params/mainnet_config.go
index 9fdab50c5..0735308ab 100644
--- a/config/params/mainnet_config.go
+++ b/config/params/mainnet_config.go
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ var mainnetBeaconConfig = &BeaconChainConfig{
 	// Mevboost circuit breaker
 	MaxBuilderConsecutiveMissedSlots: 3,
 	MaxBuilderEpochMissedSlots:       8,
+
+	// Execution engine timeout value
+	ExecutionEngineTimeoutValue: 8, // 8 seconds default based on: https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/main/src/engine/specification.md#core
 }
 
 // MainnetTestConfig provides a version of the mainnet config that has a different name