diff --git a/changelog/bobtajson-make-execution-client-keepalive-interval-configurable b/changelog/bobtajson-make-execution-client-keepalive-interval-configurable
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bacfeae01d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/bobtajson-make-execution-client-keepalive-interval-configurable
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+### Ignored
+Makes the execution client keepalive interval configurable instead of being hardcoded to 1 minute.
diff --git a/util/rpcclient/rpcclient.go b/util/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
index adb2982313..9aed5d4289 100644
--- a/util/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
+++ b/util/rpcclient/rpcclient.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	RetryErrors               string        `json:"retry-errors,omitempty" koanf:"retry-errors"`
 	RetryDelay                time.Duration `json:"retry-delay,omitempty" koanf:"retry-delay"`
 	WebsocketMessageSizeLimit int64         `json:"websocket-message-size-limit,omitempty" koanf:"websocket-message-size-limit"`
+	ExecKeepAliveInterval     time.Duration `json:"exec-keep-alive-interval,omitempty" koanf:"exec-keep-alive-interval"`
 
 	retryErrors *regexp.Regexp
 }
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ var TestClientConfig = ClientConfig{
 	URL:                       "self",
 	JWTSecret:                 "",
 	WebsocketMessageSizeLimit: 256 * 1024 * 1024,
+	ExecKeepAliveInterval:     time.Minute,
 }
 
 var DefaultClientConfig = ClientConfig{
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ var DefaultClientConfig = ClientConfig{
 	RetryErrors:               "websocket: close.*|dial tcp .*|.*i/o timeout|.*connection reset by peer|.*connection refused",
 	ArgLogLimit:               2048,
 	WebsocketMessageSizeLimit: 256 * 1024 * 1024,
+	ExecKeepAliveInterval:     time.Minute,
 }
 
 func RPCClientAddOptions(prefix string, f *pflag.FlagSet, defaultConfig *ClientConfig) {
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ func RPCClientAddOptions(prefix string, f *pflag.FlagSet, defaultConfig *ClientC
 	f.String(prefix+".retry-errors", defaultConfig.RetryErrors, "Errors matching this regular expression are automatically retried")
 	f.Duration(prefix+".retry-delay", defaultConfig.RetryDelay, "delay between retries")
 	f.Int64(prefix+".websocket-message-size-limit", defaultConfig.WebsocketMessageSizeLimit, "websocket message size limit used by the RPC client. 0 means no limit")
+	f.Duration(prefix+".exec-keep-alive-interval", defaultConfig.ExecKeepAliveInterval, "interval for sending keep-alive messages to execution client runs")
 }
 
 type RpcClient struct {
@@ -102,6 +106,10 @@ func (c *RpcClient) Timeout() time.Duration {
 	return c.config().Timeout
 }
 
+func (c *RpcClient) ExecKeepAliveInterval() time.Duration {
+	return c.config().ExecKeepAliveInterval
+}
+
 func (c *RpcClient) Close() {
 	if c.client != nil {
 		c.client.Close()
diff --git a/validator/client/validation_client.go b/validator/client/validation_client.go
index f4682ccbf3..9ec3129511 100644
--- a/validator/client/validation_client.go
+++ b/validator/client/validation_client.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (r *ExecutionClientRun) SendKeepAlive(ctx context.Context) time.Duration {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("execution run keepalive failed", "err", err)
 	}
-	return time.Minute // TODO: configurable
+	return r.client.client.ExecKeepAliveInterval()
 }
 
 func (r *ExecutionClientRun) CheckAlive(ctx context.Context) error {