diff --git a/packages/block/src/block.ts b/packages/block/src/block.ts
index eb1d243f098..398712132dc 100644
--- a/packages/block/src/block.ts
+++ b/packages/block/src/block.ts
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ export class Block {
       feeRecipient: coinbase,
       transactions,
       withdrawals: withdrawalsData,
+      requestsRoot,
       executionWitness,
     } = payload
 
@@ -408,6 +409,7 @@ export class Block {
       }
     }
 
+    const reqRoot = requestsRoot === null ? undefined : requestsRoot
     const transactionsTrie = await Block.genTransactionsTrieRoot(
       txs,
       new Trie({ common: opts?.common })
@@ -424,6 +426,7 @@ export class Block {
       withdrawalsRoot,
       mixHash,
       coinbase,
+      requestsRoot: reqRoot,
     }
 
     // we are not setting setHardfork as common is already set to the correct hf
diff --git a/packages/block/src/types.ts b/packages/block/src/types.ts
index acb703a274e..f5edac5cad6 100644
--- a/packages/block/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/block/src/types.ts
@@ -302,5 +302,5 @@ export type ExecutionPayload = {
   parentBeaconBlockRoot?: PrefixedHexString | string // QUANTITY, 64 Bits
   // VerkleExecutionWitness is already a hex serialized object
   executionWitness?: VerkleExecutionWitness | null // QUANTITY, 64 Bits, null implies not available
-  // TODO: Determine if we need the requestsRoot here
+  requestsRoot?: PrefixedHexString | string | null // DATA, 32 bytes, null implies EIP 7685 not active yet
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/src/eips.ts b/packages/common/src/eips.ts
index 978e1abc7b7..7513552f239 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/eips.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/eips.ts
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ export const EIPs: EIPsDict = {
     status: Status.Draft,
     // TODO: Set correct minimum hardfork
     minimumHardfork: Hardfork.Cancun,
-    requiredEIPs: [],
+    requiredEIPs: [3675],
     gasPrices: {},
   },
 }
diff --git a/packages/vm/src/runBlock.ts b/packages/vm/src/runBlock.ts
index 0a143480fdd..e1f34aee66c 100644
--- a/packages/vm/src/runBlock.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/src/runBlock.ts
@@ -952,16 +952,6 @@ const DAOConfig = {
   DAORefundContract: 'bf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754',
 }
 
-export class ValidatorWithdrawalRequest extends CLRequest implements CLRequestType {
-  constructor(type: number, bytes: Uint8Array) {
-    super(type, bytes)
-  }
-
-  serialize() {
-    return concatBytes(Uint8Array.from([this.type]), this.bytes)
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * This helper method generates a list of all CL requests that can be included in a pending block
  * @param _vm VM instance from which to derive CL requests
@@ -969,11 +959,10 @@ export class ValidatorWithdrawalRequest extends CLRequest implements CLRequestTy
  */
 export const accumulateRequests = async (vm: VM): Promise<CLRequest[]> => {
   const requests: CLRequest[] = []
-  const common = vm.common
 
   // TODO: Add in code to accumulate deposits (EIP-6110)
 
-  if (common.isActivatedEIP(7002)) {
+  if (vm.common.isActivatedEIP(7002)) {
     await _accumulateEIP7002Requests(vm, requests)
   }
 
@@ -986,8 +975,17 @@ export const accumulateRequests = async (vm: VM): Promise<CLRequest[]> => {
   return requests
 }
 
+export class ValidatorWithdrawalRequest extends CLRequest implements CLRequestType {
+  constructor(type: number, bytes: Uint8Array) {
+    super(type, bytes)
+  }
+
+  serialize() {
+    return concatBytes(Uint8Array.from([this.type]), this.bytes)
+  }
+}
+
 const _accumulateEIP7002Requests = async (vm: VM, requests: CLRequest[]): Promise<void> => {
-  console.log('Perform system call')
   // TODO PERFORM LOGIC TO CHECK IF CONTRACT EXISTS
   // Partial withdrawals logic
   const addressBytes = setLengthLeft(
diff --git a/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7685.spec.ts b/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7685.spec.ts
index 066e049e056..ce097778bee 100644
--- a/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7685.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/test/api/EIPs/eip-7685.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Block } from '@ethereumjs/block'
 import { Blockchain } from '@ethereumjs/blockchain'
 import { Chain, Common, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
-import { CLRequest, KECCAK256_RLP, concatBytes, randomBytes } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import { CLRequest, KECCAK256_RLP, concatBytes, hexToBytes, randomBytes } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 import { assert, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 
 import { VM } from '../../../src/vm.js'
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { setupVM } from '../utils.js'
 
 import type { CLRequestType } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 
+const invalidRequestsRoot = hexToBytes(
+  '0xc98048d6605eb79ecc08d90b8817f44911ec474acd8d11688453d2c6ef743bc5'
+)
 class NumberRequest extends CLRequest implements CLRequestType {
   constructor(type: number, bytes: Uint8Array) {
     super(type, bytes)
@@ -37,8 +40,9 @@ describe('EIP-7685 runBlock tests', () => {
   })
   it('should error when an invalid requestsRoot is provided', async () => {
     const vm = await setupVM({ common })
+
     const emptyBlock = Block.fromBlockData(
-      { header: { requestsRoot: randomBytes(32) } },
+      { header: { requestsRoot: invalidRequestsRoot } },
       { common }
     )
     await expect(async () =>
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ describe('EIP-7685 runBlock tests', () => {
     const block = Block.fromBlockData(
       {
         requests: [request],
-        header: { requestsRoot: randomBytes(32) },
+        header: { requestsRoot: invalidRequestsRoot },
       },
       { common }
     )