diff --git a/packages/params/src/presets/minimal.ts b/packages/params/src/presets/minimal.ts
index 5dc8fc10d80..f93e3b1ca2c 100644
--- a/packages/params/src/presets/minimal.ts
+++ b/packages/params/src/presets/minimal.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export const minimalPreset: BeaconPreset = {
   MAX_WITHDRAWAL_REQUESTS_PER_PAYLOAD: 2,
   MAX_ATTESTER_SLASHINGS_ELECTRA: 1,
   MAX_ATTESTATIONS_ELECTRA: 8,
-  MAX_PENDING_PARTIALS_PER_WITHDRAWALS_SWEEP: 1,
+  MAX_PENDING_PARTIALS_PER_WITHDRAWALS_SWEEP: 2,
   // 2**11 * 10**9 (= 2,048,000,000,000) Gwei
   MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_ELECTRA: 2048000000000,
   MIN_SLASHING_PENALTY_QUOTIENT_ELECTRA: 4096,
diff --git a/packages/state-transition/src/block/processWithdrawals.ts b/packages/state-transition/src/block/processWithdrawals.ts
index d4dfd47b4d9..610a2ed62b4 100644
--- a/packages/state-transition/src/block/processWithdrawals.ts
+++ b/packages/state-transition/src/block/processWithdrawals.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ export function getExpectedWithdrawals(
 
   const withdrawals: capella.Withdrawal[] = [];
   const isPostElectra = fork >= ForkSeq.electra;
+  // partialWithdrawalsCount is withdrawals coming from EL since electra (EIP-7002)
+  let partialWithdrawalsCount = 0;
 
   if (isPostElectra) {
     const stateElectra = state as CachedBeaconStateElectra;
@@ -138,11 +140,10 @@ export function getExpectedWithdrawals(
         });
         withdrawalIndex++;
       }
+      partialWithdrawalsCount++;
     }
   }
 
-  // partialWithdrawalsCount is withdrawals coming from EL since electra (EIP-7002)
-  const partialWithdrawalsCount = withdrawals.length;
   const bound = Math.min(validators.length, MAX_VALIDATORS_PER_WITHDRAWALS_SWEEP);
   let n = 0;
   // Just run a bounded loop max iterating over all withdrawals