diff --git a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
index 0d73a6bf7a..bdb4228765 100644
--- a/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/client/src/notifier.rs
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ pub fn spawn_notifier<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
                 let block_info = if current_slot > head_slot {
                     "   …  empty".to_string()
                 } else {
-                    head_root.to_string()
+                    head_root.short().to_string()
                 };
 
                 let block_hash = match beacon_chain.canonical_head.head_execution_status() {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ pub fn spawn_notifier<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
                 info!(
                     peers = peer_count_pretty(connected_peer_count),
                     exec_hash = block_hash,
-                    finalized_root = %finalized_checkpoint.root,
+                    finalized_root = %finalized_checkpoint.root.short(),
                     finalized_epoch = %finalized_checkpoint.epoch,
                     epoch = %current_epoch,
                     block = block_info,
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ pub fn spawn_notifier<T: BeaconChainTypes>(
                 metrics::set_gauge(&metrics::IS_SYNCED, 0);
                 info!(
                     peers = peer_count_pretty(connected_peer_count),
-                    finalized_root = %finalized_checkpoint.root,
+                    finalized_root = %finalized_checkpoint.root.short(),
                     finalized_epoch = %finalized_checkpoint.epoch,
                     %head_slot,
                     %current_slot,
diff --git a/consensus/types/src/core/execution_block_hash.rs b/consensus/types/src/core/execution_block_hash.rs
index cbacf7cf74..71e63727ee 100644
--- a/consensus/types/src/core/execution_block_hash.rs
+++ b/consensus/types/src/core/execution_block_hash.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ use rand::RngCore;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use ssz::{Decode, DecodeError, Encode};
 
-use crate::{core::Hash256, test_utils::TestRandom};
+use crate::{
+    core::{Hash256, Hash256Ext},
+    test_utils::TestRandom,
+};
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[derive(Default, Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
@@ -20,13 +23,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ExecutionBlockHash {
 
 impl fmt::Display for ExecutionBlockHash {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        let hash = format!("{}", self.0);
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "{}…{}",
-            &hash[..6],
-            &hash[hash.len().saturating_sub(4)..]
-        )
+        self.0.short().fmt(f)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/consensus/types/src/core/mod.rs b/consensus/types/src/core/mod.rs
index 4e583fbc67..f722ac5191 100644
--- a/consensus/types/src/core/mod.rs
+++ b/consensus/types/src/core/mod.rs
@@ -49,3 +49,29 @@ pub type Hash64 = alloy_primitives::B64;
 pub type Address = alloy_primitives::Address;
 pub type VersionedHash = Hash256;
 pub type MerkleProof = Vec<Hash256>;
+
+/// Extension trait for `Hash256` to allow us to implement additional methods on it.
+pub trait Hash256Ext {
+    fn short(&self) -> ShortenedHash<'_>;
+}
+
+impl Hash256Ext for Hash256 {
+    fn short(&self) -> ShortenedHash<'_> {
+        ShortenedHash(self)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ShortenedHash<'a>(&'a Hash256);
+
+impl<'a> std::fmt::Display for ShortenedHash<'a> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        let hash: &[u8; 32] = self.0.as_ref();
+        write!(
+            f,
+            // Format as hex, padded to 2 digits per byte.
+            // This outputs a consistent "0x1234...abcd" format.
+            "0x{:02x}{:02x}…{:02x}{:02x}",
+            hash[0], hash[1], hash[30], hash[31]
+        )
+    }
+}