diff --git a/custom-recipes/rbuilder/bin/playground.yaml b/custom-recipes/rbuilder/bin/playground.yaml
index 63867e2a..d7d6605b 100644
--- a/custom-recipes/rbuilder/bin/playground.yaml
+++ b/custom-recipes/rbuilder/bin/playground.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ recipe:
           "rbuilder.toml": "rbuilder.toml"
         depends_on:
           - "el:healthy"
+          - "beacon:healthy"
diff --git a/custom-recipes/rbuilder/container/playground.yaml b/custom-recipes/rbuilder/container/playground.yaml
index 026fbeac..a081f0e2 100644
--- a/custom-recipes/rbuilder/container/playground.yaml
+++ b/custom-recipes/rbuilder/container/playground.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ recipe:
             is_local: true
         depends_on:
           - "el:healthy"
+          - "beacon:healthy"
diff --git a/playground/components.go b/playground/components.go
index 55fe3826..a0e1997d 100644
--- a/playground/components.go
+++ b/playground/components.go
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ func (r *Rbuilder) Apply(ctx *ExContext) *Component {
 		WithArtifact("/data/genesis.json", "genesis.json").
 		WithVolume("shared:el-data", "/data_reth", true).
 		DependsOnHealthy("el").
+		DependsOnHealthy("beacon").
 		WithArgs(
 			"run", "/data/rbuilder-config.toml",
 		)