diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin.Test/EngineModuleTests.V4.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin.Test/EngineModuleTests.V4.cs
index f480e135dd5..16c80668503 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin.Test/EngineModuleTests.V4.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin.Test/EngineModuleTests.V4.cs
@@ -200,6 +200,39 @@ public async Task NewPayloadV4_reject_payload_with_bad_authorization_list_rlp()
         Assert.That(response.Data.Status, Is.EqualTo("INVALID"));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public async Task NewPayloadV4_reject_payload_with_bad_execution_requests()
+    {
+        ExecutionRequestsProcessorMock executionRequestsProcessorMock = new();
+        using MergeTestBlockchain chain = await CreateBlockchain(Prague.Instance, null, null, null, executionRequestsProcessorMock);
+        IEngineRpcModule rpc = CreateEngineModule(chain);
+        Hash256 lastHash = (await ProduceBranchV4(rpc, chain, 10, CreateParentBlockRequestOnHead(chain.BlockTree), true, withRequests: true))
+            .LastOrDefault()?.BlockHash ?? Keccak.Zero;
+
+        Block TestBlock = Build.A.Block.WithNumber(chain.BlockTree.Head!.Number + 1).TestObject;
+        ExecutionPayloadV3 executionPayload = ExecutionPayloadV3.Create(TestBlock);
+
+        // must reject if execution requests types are not in ascending order
+        var response = await rpc.engine_newPayloadV4(
+                executionPayload,
+                [],
+                TestBlock.ParentBeaconBlockRoot,
+                executionRequests: [Bytes.FromHexString("0x0001"), Bytes.FromHexString("0x0101"), Bytes.FromHexString("0x0101")]
+        );
+
+        Assert.That(response.ErrorCode, Is.EqualTo(ErrorCodes.InvalidParams));
+
+        //must reject if one of the execution requests size is <= 1 byte
+        response = await rpc.engine_newPayloadV4(
+                executionPayload,
+                [],
+                TestBlock.ParentBeaconBlockRoot,
+                executionRequests: [Bytes.FromHexString("0x0001"), Bytes.FromHexString("0x01"), Bytes.FromHexString("0x0101")]
+        );
+
+        Assert.That(response.ErrorCode, Is.EqualTo(ErrorCodes.InvalidParams));
+    }
+
     [TestCase(30)]
     public async Task can_progress_chain_one_by_one_v4(int count)
     {
@@ -247,7 +280,7 @@ private async Task<IReadOnlyList<ExecutionPayload>> ProduceBranchV4(IEngineRpcMo
             ExecutionPayloadV3? getPayloadResult = await BuildAndGetPayloadOnBranchV4(rpc, chain, parentHeader,
                 parentBlock.Timestamp + 12,
                 random ?? TestItem.KeccakA, Address.Zero);
-            PayloadStatusV1 payloadStatusResponse = (await rpc.engine_newPayloadV4(getPayloadResult, [], Keccak.Zero, executionRequests: withRequests ? ExecutionRequestsProcessorMock.Requests : new byte[][] { [], [], [] })).Data;
+            PayloadStatusV1 payloadStatusResponse = (await rpc.engine_newPayloadV4(getPayloadResult, [], Keccak.Zero, executionRequests: withRequests ? ExecutionRequestsProcessorMock.Requests : new byte[][] { })).Data;
             payloadStatusResponse.Status.Should().Be(PayloadStatus.Valid);
             if (setHead)
             {
diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/Data/IExecutionPayloadParams.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/Data/IExecutionPayloadParams.cs
index 87860936d86..41e6f931b3f 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/Data/IExecutionPayloadParams.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Merge.Plugin/Data/IExecutionPayloadParams.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,23 @@ public ValidationResult ValidateParams(IReleaseSpec spec, int version, out strin
             if (ExecutionRequests.Length > ExecutionRequestExtensions.MaxRequestsCount)
             {
                 error = $"Execution requests must have less than {ExecutionRequestExtensions.MaxRequestsCount} items";
-                return ValidationResult.Invalid;
+                return ValidationResult.Fail;
+            }
+
+            // verification of the requests
+            for (int i = 0; i < ExecutionRequests.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (ExecutionRequests[i] == null || ExecutionRequests[i].Length <= 1)
+                {
+                    error = "Execution request data must be longer than 1 byte";
+                    return ValidationResult.Fail;
+                }
+
+                if (i > 0 && ExecutionRequests[i][0] <= ExecutionRequests[i - 1][0])
+                {
+                    error = "Execution requests must not contain duplicates and be ordered by request_type in ascending order";
+                    return ValidationResult.Fail;
+                }
             }
 
         }