diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/pending_payload_cache/mod.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/pending_payload_cache/mod.rs
index 01a38c3821..b490b11522 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/pending_payload_cache/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/pending_payload_cache/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ use crate::metrics::{
     KZG_DATA_COLUMN_RECONSTRUCTION_ATTEMPTS, KZG_DATA_COLUMN_RECONSTRUCTION_FAILURES,
 };
 use crate::observed_data_sidecars::ObservationStrategy;
-pub(crate) use pending_components::PendingPayloadBid;
+pub use pending_components::PendingPayloadBid;
 use pending_components::{PendingComponents, ReconstructColumnsDecision};
 use types::new_non_zero_usize;
 
diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/events.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/events.rs
index 2fded30b2a..26d004d069 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/events.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/tests/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use beacon_chain::blob_verification::GossipVerifiedBlob;
 use beacon_chain::data_column_verification::GossipVerifiedDataColumn;
+use beacon_chain::pending_payload_cache::PendingPayloadBid;
 use beacon_chain::test_utils::{
     BeaconChainHarness, fork_name_from_env, generate_data_column_sidecars_from_block, test_spec,
 };
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ use types::data::FixedBlobSidecarList;
 use types::test_utils::TestRandom;
 use types::{
     BlobSidecar, DataColumnSidecar, DataColumnSidecarFulu, DataColumnSidecarGloas, Domain, EthSpec,
-    MinimalEthSpec, PayloadAttestationData, PayloadAttestationMessage, SignedRoot, Slot,
+    KzgCommitments, MinimalEthSpec, PayloadAttestationData, PayloadAttestationMessage, SignedRoot,
+    Slot,
 };
 
 type E = MinimalEthSpec;
@@ -86,8 +88,13 @@ async fn data_column_sidecar_event_on_process_gossip_data_column() {
             random_sidecar.index = harness.chain.sampling_columns_for_epoch(epoch)[0];
 
             // For gloas, the bid must be known, e.g. in the pending payload cache
-            let bid = harness.chain.pending_payload_cache.init_pending_bid(random_sidecar.beacon_block_root, PendingPa)
-
+            harness.chain.pending_payload_cache.init_pending_bid(
+                random_sidecar.beacon_block_root,
+                PendingPayloadBid {
+                    slot: Slot::new(10),
+                    blob_kzg_commitments: KzgCommitments::<E>::empty(),
+                },
+            );
 
             DataColumnSidecar::Gloas(random_sidecar)
         } else {