diff --git a/core/state_transition.go b/core/state_transition.go
index 540f63fda7..a74e92b270 100644
--- a/core/state_transition.go
+++ b/core/state_transition.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	cmath "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/math"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/kzg4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 )
 
@@ -319,9 +320,8 @@ func (st *StateTransition) preCheck() error {
 			return errors.New("blob transaction missing blob hashes")
 		}
 		for i, hash := range msg.BlobHashes {
-			if hash[0] != params.BlobTxHashVersion {
-				return fmt.Errorf("blob %d hash version mismatch (have %d, supported %d)",
-					i, hash[0], params.BlobTxHashVersion)
+			if !kzg4844.IsValidVersionedHash(hash[:]) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("blob %d has invalid hash version", i)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/kzg4844/kzg4844.go b/crypto/kzg4844/kzg4844.go
index 7c5854071b..4561ef9de9 100644
--- a/crypto/kzg4844/kzg4844.go
+++ b/crypto/kzg4844/kzg4844.go
@@ -122,3 +122,8 @@ func CalcBlobHashV1(hasher hash.Hash, commit *Commitment) (vh [32]byte) {
 	vh[0] = 0x01 // version
 	return vh
 }
+
+// IsValidVersionedHash checks that h is a structurally-valid versioned blob hash.
+func IsValidVersionedHash(h []byte) bool {
+	return len(h) == 32 && h[0] == 0x01
+}
diff --git a/eth/downloader/queue.go b/eth/downloader/queue.go
index e557158797..6ff858d755 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/queue.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/queue.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/prque"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/kzg4844"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
@@ -810,7 +811,7 @@ func (q *queue) DeliverBodies(id string, txLists [][]*types.Transaction, txListH
 					return errInvalidBody
 				}
 				for _, hash := range tx.BlobHashes() {
-					if hash[0] != params.BlobTxHashVersion {
+					if !kzg4844.IsValidVersionedHash(hash[:]) {
 						return errInvalidBody
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/params/protocol_params.go b/params/protocol_params.go
index 8a5c011849..7eb63e89ac 100644
--- a/params/protocol_params.go
+++ b/params/protocol_params.go
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ const (
 
 	BlobTxBytesPerFieldElement         = 32      // Size in bytes of a field element
 	BlobTxFieldElementsPerBlob         = 4096    // Number of field elements stored in a single data blob
-	BlobTxHashVersion                  = 0x01    // Version byte of the commitment hash
 	BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob               = 1 << 17 // Gas consumption of a single data blob (== blob byte size)
 	BlobTxMinBlobGasprice              = 1       // Minimum gas price for data blobs
 	BlobTxBlobGaspriceUpdateFraction   = 3338477 // Controls the maximum rate of change for blob gas price