diff --git a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
index 896a615dee7..0f943ea0797 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/dsl/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/dsl/node/ThreadBesuNodeRunner.java
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ private BesuPluginContextImpl buildPluginContext(
       final TransactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl,
       final BlockchainServiceImpl blockchainServiceImpl,
       final RpcEndpointServiceImpl rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
-      final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration) {
+      final BesuConfiguration commonPluginConfiguration,
+      final PermissioningServiceImpl permissioningService) {
     final CommandLine commandLine = new CommandLine(CommandSpec.create());
     final BesuPluginContextImpl besuPluginContext = new BesuPluginContextImpl();
     besuPluginContext.addService(StorageService.class, storageService);
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ private BesuPluginContextImpl buildPluginContext(
     }
 
     besuPluginContext.addService(BesuConfiguration.class, commonPluginConfiguration);
-    besuPluginContext.addService(PermissioningService.class, new PermissioningServiceImpl());
+    besuPluginContext.addService(PermissioningService.class, permissioningService);
     besuPluginContext.addService(PrivacyPluginService.class, new PrivacyPluginServiceImpl());
 
     besuPluginContext.registerPlugins(pluginsPath);
@@ -172,6 +173,8 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
     final RpcEndpointServiceImpl rpcEndpointServiceImpl = new RpcEndpointServiceImpl();
     final Path dataDir = node.homeDirectory();
     final BesuConfigurationImpl commonPluginConfiguration = new BesuConfigurationImpl();
+    final PermissioningServiceImpl permissioningService = new PermissioningServiceImpl();
+
     final var miningParameters =
         ImmutableMiningParameters.builder()
             .from(node.getMiningParameters())
@@ -195,7 +198,8 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
                     transactionPoolValidatorServiceImpl,
                     blockchainServiceImpl,
                     rpcEndpointServiceImpl,
-                    commonPluginConfiguration));
+                    commonPluginConfiguration,
+                    permissioningService));
 
     GlobalOpenTelemetry.resetForTest();
     final ObservableMetricsSystem metricsSystem =
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
         .jsonRpcIpcConfiguration(node.jsonRpcIpcConfiguration())
         .dataDir(node.homeDirectory())
         .metricsSystem(metricsSystem)
-        .permissioningService(new PermissioningServiceImpl())
+        .permissioningService(permissioningService)
         .metricsConfiguration(node.getMetricsConfiguration())
         .p2pEnabled(node.isP2pEnabled())
         .p2pTLSConfiguration(node.getTLSConfiguration())
@@ -292,15 +296,14 @@ public void startNode(final BesuNode node) {
             node.getStaticNodes().stream()
                 .map(EnodeURLImpl::fromString)
                 .collect(Collectors.toList()))
-        .besuPluginContext(new BesuPluginContextImpl())
+        .besuPluginContext(besuPluginContext)
         .autoLogBloomCaching(false)
         .storageProvider(storageProvider)
         .rpcEndpointService(rpcEndpointServiceImpl);
     node.engineRpcConfiguration().ifPresent(runnerBuilder::engineJsonRpcConfiguration);
 
-    final Runner runner = runnerBuilder.build();
-
     besuPluginContext.beforeExternalServices();
+    final Runner runner = runnerBuilder.build();
 
     runner.startExternalServices();
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/PermissioningPluginTest.java b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/PermissioningPluginTest.java
index 146110237da..60047c16579 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/PermissioningPluginTest.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/tests/acceptance/plugins/PermissioningPluginTest.java
@@ -37,22 +37,13 @@ public class PermissioningPluginTest extends AcceptanceTestBaseJunit5 {
 
   @BeforeEach
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
-    final BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder builder =
-        new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
-            .miningEnabled(false)
-            .plugins(List.of("testPlugins"))
-            .extraCLIOptions(List.of("--plugin-permissioning-test-enabled=true"))
-            .jsonRpcEnabled()
-            .jsonRpcTxPool()
-            .jsonRpcAdmin();
+    minerNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("miner").build());
 
-    minerNode = besu.create(builder.name("miner").build());
+    aliceNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("alice").keyFilePath("key").build());
 
-    aliceNode = besu.create(builder.name("alice").keyFilePath("key").build());
+    bobNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("bob").keyFilePath("key1").build());
 
-    bobNode = besu.create(builder.name("bob").keyFilePath("key1").build());
-
-    charlieNode = besu.create(builder.name("charlie").keyFilePath("key2").build());
+    charlieNode = besu.create(createNodeBuilder().name("charlie").keyFilePath("key2").build());
 
     cluster.start(minerNode, charlieNode);
 
@@ -63,6 +54,16 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     bobNode.awaitPeerDiscovery(net.awaitPeerCount(2));
   }
 
+  private BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder createNodeBuilder() {
+    return new BesuNodeConfigurationBuilder()
+        .miningEnabled(false)
+        .plugins(List.of("testPlugins"))
+        .extraCLIOptions(List.of("--plugin-permissioning-test-enabled=true"))
+        .jsonRpcEnabled()
+        .jsonRpcTxPool()
+        .jsonRpcAdmin();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void blockedConnectionNodeCanOnlyConnectToTransactionNode() {
     minerNode.verify(admin.hasPeer(aliceNode));