diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index eeb890d260..0e922b8ce2 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 * add check to verify new tss has been produced when triggering tss funds migration
 * fix Athens-3 log print issue - avoid posting uncessary outtx confirmation
 * fix docker build issues with version: golang:1.20-alpine3.18
+* [1525](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1525) - relax EVM chain block header length check 1024->4096
 * [1522](https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/pull/1522/files) - block `distribution` module account from receiving zeta
 
 ### Refactoring
diff --git a/common/headers.go b/common/headers.go
index f230367001..528bcffb78 100644
--- a/common/headers.go
+++ b/common/headers.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (h HeaderData) Validate(blockHash []byte, chainID int64, height int64) erro
 // validateEthereumHeader performs a basic validation of the Ethereum header
 func validateEthereumHeader(headerBytes []byte, blockHash []byte, height int64) error {
 	// on ethereum the block header is ~538 bytes in RLP encoding
-	if len(headerBytes) > 1024 {
+	if len(headerBytes) > 4096 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("header too long (%d)", len(headerBytes))
 	}