diff --git a/packages/web3-core/src/web3_request_manager.ts b/packages/web3-core/src/web3_request_manager.ts
index 35242c5e620..2ccbaca1e27 100644
--- a/packages/web3-core/src/web3_request_manager.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-core/src/web3_request_manager.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ export class Web3RequestManager<
 				// Check if the provider throw an error instead of reject with error
 				response = error as JsonRpcResponse<ResponseType>;
 			}
-
 			return this._processJsonRpcResponse(payload, response, { legacy: false, error: false });
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/contract.ts b/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/contract.ts
index c7081683107..1e6ab83b382 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/contract.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/contract.ts
@@ -721,7 +721,6 @@ export class Contract<Abi extends ContractAbi>
 			this.options,
 			abi,
 			filter ?? {},
-			returnFormat,
 		);
 
 		const logs = await getLogs(this, { fromBlock, toBlock, topics, address }, returnFormat);
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/encoding.ts b/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/encoding.ts
index df8a370f132..5b9bc1b6a60 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/encoding.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-contract/src/encoding.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 along with web3.js.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { DataFormat, DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT, format, isNullish } from 'web3-utils';
+import {
+	DataFormat,
+	DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT,
+	FMT_BYTES,
+	FMT_NUMBER,
+	format,
+	isNullish,
+} from 'web3-utils';
 
 import {
 	AbiConstructorFragment,
@@ -59,7 +66,6 @@ export const encodeEventABI = (
 		// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
 		topics?: (null | Topic | Topic[])[];
 	},
-	returnFormat: DataFormat = DEFAULT_RETURN_FORMAT,
 ) => {
 	const opts: {
 		filter: Filter;
@@ -72,11 +78,16 @@ export const encodeEventABI = (
 	};
 
 	if (!isNullish(options?.fromBlock)) {
-		opts.fromBlock = format(blockSchema.properties.number, options?.fromBlock, returnFormat);
+		opts.fromBlock = format(blockSchema.properties.number, options?.fromBlock, {
+			number: FMT_NUMBER.HEX,
+			bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX,
+		});
 	}
-
 	if (!isNullish(options?.toBlock)) {
-		opts.toBlock = format(blockSchema.properties.number, options?.toBlock, returnFormat);
+		opts.toBlock = format(blockSchema.properties.number, options?.toBlock, {
+			number: FMT_NUMBER.HEX,
+			bytes: FMT_BYTES.HEX,
+		});
 	}
 
 	if (options?.topics && Array.isArray(options.topics)) {
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-contract/test/integration/contract_events.test.ts b/packages/web3-eth-contract/test/integration/contract_events.test.ts
index 2d83e0f0834..209a918c05f 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-contract/test/integration/contract_events.test.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-contract/test/integration/contract_events.test.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ describe('contract', () => {
 
 	describeIf(isWs)('getPastEvents', () => {
 		// TODO: Debug why this tests is hanging the websocket
-		it('should return all past events', async () => {
+		it('should return all past events using earliest and latest options', async () => {
 			await contractDeployed.methods
 				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 1', 11, true)
 				.send(sendOptions);
@@ -201,5 +201,50 @@ describe('contract', () => {
 				}),
 			).toHaveLength(2);
 		});
+		it('should return all past events using number options', async () => {
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 1', 11, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 2', 12, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+
+			expect(
+				await contractDeployed.getPastEvents('MultiValueEvent', {
+					fromBlock: 0,
+					toBlock: 1000,
+				}),
+			).toHaveLength(2);
+		});
+		it('should return all past events using string options', async () => {
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 1', 11, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 2', 12, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+
+			expect(
+				await contractDeployed.getPastEvents('MultiValueEvent', {
+					fromBlock: '0',
+					toBlock: '1000',
+				}),
+			).toHaveLength(2);
+		});
+		it('should return all past events using bigint options', async () => {
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 1', 11, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+			await contractDeployed.methods
+				.firesMultiValueEvent('New Greeting 2', 12, true)
+				.send(sendOptions);
+
+			expect(
+				await contractDeployed.getPastEvents('MultiValueEvent', {
+					fromBlock: BigInt(0),
+					toBlock: BigInt(1000),
+				}),
+			).toHaveLength(2);
+		});
 	});
 });