diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineNewPayload.java b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineNewPayload.java
index 60abf0aa039..c8263450e72 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineNewPayload.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/AbstractEngineNewPayload.java
@@ -445,6 +445,13 @@ protected ValidationResult<RpcErrorType> validateBlobs(
             "Payload BlobGasUsed does not match calculated BlobGasUsed");
       }
     }
+
+    if (protocolSpec.getGasCalculator().blobGasCost(transactionVersionedHashes.size())
+        > protocolSpec.getGasLimitCalculator().currentBlobGasLimit()) {
+      return ValidationResult.invalid(
+          RpcErrorType.INVALID_PARAMS,
+          String.format("Invalid Blob Count: %d", transactionVersionedHashes.size()));
+    }
     return ValidationResult.valid();
   }
 
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineNewPayloadV3Test.java b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineNewPayloadV3Test.java
index e60f74e16c7..8f319c27cf0 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineNewPayloadV3Test.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/methods/engine/EngineNewPayloadV3Test.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.encoding.EncodingContext;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.encoding.TransactionEncoder;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.BodyValidation;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.CancunTargetingGasLimitCalculator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.ValidationResult;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.gascalculator.CancunGasCalculator;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ public void before() {
             ethPeers,
             engineCallListener);
     lenient().when(protocolSpec.getGasCalculator()).thenReturn(new CancunGasCalculator());
+    lenient()
+        .when(protocolSpec.getGasLimitCalculator())
+        .thenReturn(mock(CancunTargetingGasLimitCalculator.class));
   }
 
   @Test