diff --git a/eth/catalyst/api.go b/eth/catalyst/api.go
index 58566a47fc..fea9d34cb8 100644
--- a/eth/catalyst/api.go
+++ b/eth/catalyst/api.go
@@ -190,21 +190,21 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) ForkchoiceUpdatedV1(update engine.ForkchoiceStateV1, pa
 // attributes. It supports both PayloadAttributesV1 and PayloadAttributesV2.
 func (api *ConsensusAPI) ForkchoiceUpdatedV2(update engine.ForkchoiceStateV1, params *engine.PayloadAttributes) (engine.ForkChoiceResponse, error) {
 	if params != nil {
+		if params.BeaconRoot != nil {
+			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(errors.New("unexpected beacon root"))
+		}
 		switch api.eth.BlockChain().Config().LatestFork(params.Timestamp) {
 		case forks.Paris:
 			if params.Withdrawals != nil {
-				return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidParams.With(errors.New("withdrawals before shanghai"))
+				return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(errors.New("withdrawals before shanghai"))
 			}
 		case forks.Shanghai:
 			if params.Withdrawals == nil {
-				return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidParams.With(errors.New("missing withdrawals"))
+				return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(errors.New("missing withdrawals"))
 			}
 		default:
 			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.UnsupportedFork.With(errors.New("forkchoiceUpdatedV2 must only be called with paris and shanghai payloads"))
 		}
-		if params.BeaconRoot != nil {
-			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidParams.With(errors.New("unexpected beacon root"))
-		}
 	}
 	return api.forkchoiceUpdated(update, params, engine.PayloadV2, false)
 }
@@ -213,15 +213,11 @@ func (api *ConsensusAPI) ForkchoiceUpdatedV2(update engine.ForkchoiceStateV1, pa
 // in the payload attributes. It supports only PayloadAttributesV3.
 func (api *ConsensusAPI) ForkchoiceUpdatedV3(update engine.ForkchoiceStateV1, params *engine.PayloadAttributes) (engine.ForkChoiceResponse, error) {
 	if params != nil {
-		// TODO(matt): according to https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/pull/498,
-		// payload attributes that are invalid should return error
-		// engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes. Once hive updates this, we should update
-		// on our end.
 		if params.Withdrawals == nil {
-			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidParams.With(errors.New("missing withdrawals"))
+			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(errors.New("missing withdrawals"))
 		}
 		if params.BeaconRoot == nil {
-			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidParams.With(errors.New("missing beacon root"))
+			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.InvalidPayloadAttributes.With(errors.New("missing beacon root"))
 		}
 		if api.eth.BlockChain().Config().LatestFork(params.Timestamp) != forks.Cancun {
 			return engine.STATUS_INVALID, engine.UnsupportedFork.With(errors.New("forkchoiceUpdatedV3 must only be called for cancun payloads"))