diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/electra/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/core/electra/BUILD.bazel
index 4696fe2347f..a7a161c1dd3 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/electra/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/electra/BUILD.bazel
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ go_test(
         "deposit_fuzz_test.go",
         "deposits_test.go",
         "effective_balance_updates_test.go",
+        "error_test.go",
         "export_test.go",
         "registry_updates_test.go",
         "transition_test.go",
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ go_test(
         "@com_github_ethereum_go_ethereum//common:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_ethereum_go_ethereum//common/hexutil:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_google_gofuzz//:go_default_library",
+        "@com_github_pkg_errors//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//:go_default_library",
         "@com_github_sirupsen_logrus//hooks/test:go_default_library",
     ],
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/electra/error_test.go b/beacon-chain/core/electra/error_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..808117fba22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/electra/error_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package electra
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func TestIsExecutionRequestError(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  error
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "nil error",
+			err:  nil,
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "random error",
+			err:  errors.New("some error"),
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "execution request error",
+			err:  execReqErr{errors.New("execution request failed")},
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "wrapped execution request error",
+			err:  errors.Wrap(execReqErr{errors.New("execution request failed")}, "wrapped"),
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := IsExecutionRequestError(tt.err)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("IsExecutionRequestError(%v) = %v, want %v", tt.err, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}