diff --git a/turbo/engineapi/engine_server.go b/turbo/engineapi/engine_server.go
index 95bbca4fe7a..54ea74c8087 100644
--- a/turbo/engineapi/engine_server.go
+++ b/turbo/engineapi/engine_server.go
@@ -171,14 +171,6 @@ func (s *EngineServer) newPayload(ctx context.Context, req *engine_types.Executi
 		return nil, &rpc.UnsupportedForkError{Message: "Unsupported fork"}
 	}
 
-	if s.config.IsCancun(header.Time) && (header.BlobGasUsed == nil || header.ExcessBlobGas == nil) {
-		return nil, &rpc.InvalidParamsError{Message: "blobGasUsed/excessBlobGas missing"}
-	}
-
-	if s.config.IsCancun(header.Time) && header.ParentBeaconBlockRoot == nil {
-		return nil, &rpc.InvalidParamsError{Message: "parentBeaconBlockRoot missing"}
-	}
-
 	blockHash := req.BlockHash
 	if header.Hash() != blockHash {
 		m3, _ := header.MarshalJSON()
@@ -213,6 +205,9 @@ func (s *EngineServer) newPayload(ctx context.Context, req *engine_types.Executi
 		for _, tx := range transactions {
 			actualBlobHashes = append(actualBlobHashes, tx.GetBlobHashes()...)
 		}
+		if expectedBlobHashes == nil {
+			return nil, &rpc.InvalidParamsError{Message: "nil blob hashes array"}
+		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(actualBlobHashes, expectedBlobHashes) {
 			s.logger.Warn("[NewPayload] mismatch in blob hashes",
 				"expectedBlobHashes", expectedBlobHashes, "actualBlobHashes", actualBlobHashes)
diff --git a/turbo/jsonrpc/eth_receipts.go b/turbo/jsonrpc/eth_receipts.go
index 4ea9d1cfac0..d374815c3d2 100644
--- a/turbo/jsonrpc/eth_receipts.go
+++ b/turbo/jsonrpc/eth_receipts.go
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func marshalReceipt(receipt *types.Receipt, txn types.Transaction, chainConfig *
 				log.Error(err.Error())
 			}
 			fields["blobGasPrice"] = blobGasPrice
-			fields["blobGasUsed"] = misc.GetBlobGasUsed(numBlobs)
+			fields["blobGasUsed"] = hexutil.Uint64(misc.GetBlobGasUsed(numBlobs))
 		}
 	}
 	return fields