diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 36c7c044760..8f0eaf96a97 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8229,6 +8229,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "thread-priority",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -12490,6 +12491,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread-priority"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2210811179577da3d54eb69ab0b50490ee40491a25d95b8c6011ba40771cb721"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rustversion",
+ "windows 0.61.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.1.9"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bf6c208590..db2a634d8a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -534,22 +534,24 @@ op-alloy-rpc-jsonrpsee = { version = "0.22.4", default-features = false }
 op-alloy-flz = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false }
 
 # misc
-either = { version = "1.15.0", default-features = false }
-arrayvec = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
 aquamarine = "0.6"
+arrayvec = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
 auto_impl = "1"
 backon = { version = "1.2", default-features = false, features = ["std-blocking-sleep", "tokio-sleep"] }
 bincode = "1.3"
 bitflags = "2.4"
 boyer-moore-magiclen = "0.2.16"
-bytes = { version = "1.5", default-features = false }
 brotli = "8"
+byteorder = "1"
+bytes = { version = "1.5", default-features = false }
 cfg-if = "1.0"
+chrono = "0.4.41"
 clap = "4"
 dashmap = "6.0"
 derive_more = { version = "2", default-features = false, features = ["full"] }
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 dyn-clone = "1.0.17"
+either = { version = "1.15.0", default-features = false }
 eyre = "0.6"
 fdlimit = "0.3.0"
 humantime = "2.1"
@@ -557,6 +559,8 @@ humantime-serde = "1.1"
 itertools = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
 lz4 = "1.28.1"
+mini-moka = "0.10"
+miniz_oxide = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false }
 modular-bitfield = "0.11.2"
 notify = { version = "8.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
 nybbles = { version = "0.4.2", default-features = false }
@@ -577,17 +581,14 @@ smallvec = "1"
 strum = { version = "0.27", default-features = false }
 strum_macros = "0.27"
 syn = "2.0"
-thiserror = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
 tar = "0.4.44"
+tar-no-std = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false }
+thiserror = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
+thread-priority = "3"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.0", default-features = false }
 tracing-appender = "0.2"
 url = { version = "2.3", default-features = false }
 zstd = "0.13"
-byteorder = "1"
-mini-moka = "0.10"
-tar-no-std = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false }
-miniz_oxide = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false }
-chrono = "0.4.41"
 
 # metrics
 metrics = "0.24.0"
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
index ba99898a842..e30c0b24dd5 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ metrics.workspace = true
 reth-metrics = { workspace = true, features = ["common"] }
 
 # misc
+crossbeam-channel.workspace = true
 dashmap.workspace = true
-schnellru.workspace = true
-rayon.workspace = true
-tracing.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 parking_lot.workspace = true
-crossbeam-channel.workspace = true
+rayon.workspace = true
+schnellru.workspace = true
+thread-priority.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
 
 # optional deps for test-utils
 reth-prune-types = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
index 9d8d2df82fb..64bc50b743c 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ use std::{
     },
     time::Instant,
 };
+use thread_priority::{ThreadBuilderExt, ThreadPriority};
 use tokio::sync::{
     mpsc::{unbounded_channel, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender},
     oneshot::{self, error::TryRecvError},
@@ -409,7 +410,15 @@ where
             evm_config,
         );
         let incoming = task.incoming_tx.clone();
-        std::thread::Builder::new().name("Engine Task".to_string()).spawn(|| task.run()).unwrap();
+        std::thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("Engine Task".to_string())
+            .spawn_with_priority(ThreadPriority::Max, |result| {
+                if let Err(err) = result {
+                    warn!(target: "engine::tree", ?err, "Failed to set thread priority");
+                }
+                task.run()
+            })
+            .unwrap();
         (incoming, outgoing)
     }