diff --git a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
index 1e2c22cd24..04df2379b6 100644
--- a/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/http_api/tests/status_tests.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ type E = MinimalEthSpec;
 /// Create a new test environment that is post-merge with `chain_depth` blocks.
 async fn post_merge_tester(chain_depth: u64, validator_count: u64) -> InteractiveTester<E> {
     // Test using latest fork so that we simulate conditions as similar to mainnet as possible.
-    let mut spec = ForkName::latest().make_genesis_spec(E::default_spec());
+    // TODO(jimmy): We should change this back to `latest()`. These tests currently fail on Deneb because:
+    // 1. KZG library doesn't support Minimal spec, changing to Mainnet spec fixes some tests; BUT
+    // 2. `harness.process_block_result` in the test below panics due to
+    //    `AvailabilityProcessingStatus::PendingBlobs`, and there seems to be some race
+    //    condition going on, because the test passes if I step through the code in debug.
+    let mut spec = ForkName::Capella.make_genesis_spec(E::default_spec());
     spec.terminal_total_difficulty = 1.into();
 
     let tester = InteractiveTester::<E>::new(Some(spec), validator_count as usize).await;