diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/BUILD.bazel b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/BUILD.bazel
index 4480a56072..05d2c99815 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/BUILD.bazel
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ go_library(
         "pending_consolidations_root.go",
         "pending_partial_withdrawals_root.go",
         "reference.go",
-        "slice_root.go",
         "sync_committee.root.go",
         "trie_helpers.go",
         "unrealized_justification.go",
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/historical_summaries_root.go b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/historical_summaries_root.go
index 54497a4dcb..d426352ba6 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/historical_summaries_root.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/historical_summaries_root.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package stateutil
 
 import (
 	fieldparams "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/config/fieldparams"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 func HistoricalSummariesRoot(summaries []*ethpb.HistoricalSummary) ([32]byte, error) {
-	return SliceRoot(summaries, fieldparams.HistoricalRootsLength)
+	return ssz.SliceRoot(summaries, fieldparams.HistoricalRootsLength)
 }
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_balance_deposits_root.go b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_balance_deposits_root.go
index e228c993df..04d9b23f10 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_balance_deposits_root.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_balance_deposits_root.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package stateutil
 
 import (
 	fieldparams "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/config/fieldparams"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 func PendingBalanceDepositsRoot(slice []*ethpb.PendingBalanceDeposit) ([32]byte, error) {
-	return SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingBalanceDepositsLimit)
+	return ssz.SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingBalanceDepositsLimit)
 }
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_consolidations_root.go b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_consolidations_root.go
index 1c4026d079..e5518a0162 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_consolidations_root.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_consolidations_root.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package stateutil
 
 import (
 	fieldparams "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/config/fieldparams"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 func PendingConsolidationsRoot(slice []*ethpb.PendingConsolidation) ([32]byte, error) {
-	return SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingConsolidationsLimit)
+	return ssz.SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingConsolidationsLimit)
 }
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_partial_withdrawals_root.go b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_partial_withdrawals_root.go
index e939b5c156..5d61c21ee5 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_partial_withdrawals_root.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/pending_partial_withdrawals_root.go
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package stateutil
 
 import (
 	fieldparams "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/config/fieldparams"
+	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz"
 	ethpb "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/proto/prysm/v1alpha1"
 )
 
 func PendingPartialWithdrawalsRoot(slice []*ethpb.PendingPartialWithdrawal) ([32]byte, error) {
-	return SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingPartialWithdrawalsLimit)
+	return ssz.SliceRoot(slice, fieldparams.PendingPartialWithdrawalsLimit)
 }
diff --git a/encoding/ssz/BUILD.bazel b/encoding/ssz/BUILD.bazel
index 330a2658e7..90f31e0f4b 100644
--- a/encoding/ssz/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/encoding/ssz/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ go_library(
         "helpers.go",
         "htrutils.go",
         "merkleize.go",
+        "slice_root.go",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
diff --git a/encoding/ssz/htrutils.go b/encoding/ssz/htrutils.go
index 6d45520ef5..5441d1612a 100644
--- a/encoding/ssz/htrutils.go
+++ b/encoding/ssz/htrutils.go
@@ -144,51 +144,13 @@ func WithdrawalSliceRoot(withdrawals []*enginev1.Withdrawal, limit uint64) ([32]
 // DepositRequestsSliceRoot computes the HTR of a slice of deposit receipts.
 // The limit parameter is used as input to the bitwise merkleization algorithm.
 func DepositRequestsSliceRoot(depositRequests []*enginev1.DepositRequest, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
-	roots := make([][32]byte, len(depositRequests))
-	for i := 0; i < len(depositRequests); i++ {
-		r, err := depositRequests[i].HashTreeRoot()
-		if err != nil {
-			return [32]byte{}, err
-		}
-		roots[i] = r
-	}
-
-	bytesRoot, err := BitwiseMerkleize(roots, uint64(len(roots)), limit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not compute merkleization")
-	}
-	bytesRootBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	if err := binary.Write(bytesRootBuf, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(depositRequests))); err != nil {
-		return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not marshal length")
-	}
-	bytesRootBufRoot := make([]byte, 32)
-	copy(bytesRootBufRoot, bytesRootBuf.Bytes())
-	return MixInLength(bytesRoot, bytesRootBufRoot), nil
+	return SliceRoot(depositRequests, limit)
 }
 
 // WithdrawalRequestsSliceRoot computes the HTR of a slice of withdrawal requests from the EL.
 // The limit parameter is used as input to the bitwise merkleization algorithm.
 func WithdrawalRequestsSliceRoot(withdrawalRequests []*enginev1.WithdrawalRequest, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
-	roots := make([][32]byte, len(withdrawalRequests))
-	for i := 0; i < len(withdrawalRequests); i++ {
-		r, err := withdrawalRequests[i].HashTreeRoot()
-		if err != nil {
-			return [32]byte{}, err
-		}
-		roots[i] = r
-	}
-
-	bytesRoot, err := BitwiseMerkleize(roots, uint64(len(roots)), limit)
-	if err != nil {
-		return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not compute merkleization")
-	}
-	bytesRootBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	if err := binary.Write(bytesRootBuf, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(withdrawalRequests))); err != nil {
-		return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not marshal length")
-	}
-	bytesRootBufRoot := make([]byte, 32)
-	copy(bytesRootBufRoot, bytesRootBuf.Bytes())
-	return MixInLength(bytesRoot, bytesRootBufRoot), nil
+	return SliceRoot(withdrawalRequests, limit)
 }
 
 // ByteSliceRoot is a helper func to merkleize an arbitrary List[Byte, N]
diff --git a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/slice_root.go b/encoding/ssz/slice_root.go
similarity index 75%
rename from beacon-chain/state/stateutil/slice_root.go
rename to encoding/ssz/slice_root.go
index 236582296d..85575f03d3 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/state/stateutil/slice_root.go
+++ b/encoding/ssz/slice_root.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package stateutil
+package ssz
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm/v5/encoding/ssz"
 )
 
 // SliceRoot computes the root of a slice of hashable objects.
-func SliceRoot[T ssz.Hashable](slice []T, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
+func SliceRoot[T Hashable](slice []T, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
 	max := limit
 	if uint64(len(slice)) > max {
 		return [32]byte{}, fmt.Errorf("slice exceeds max length %d", max)
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func SliceRoot[T ssz.Hashable](slice []T, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
 		roots[i] = r
 	}
 
-	sliceRoot, err := ssz.BitwiseMerkleize(roots, uint64(len(roots)), limit)
+	sliceRoot, err := BitwiseMerkleize(roots, uint64(len(roots)), limit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not slice merkleization")
 	}
@@ -36,6 +35,5 @@ func SliceRoot[T ssz.Hashable](slice []T, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) {
 	// We need to mix in the length of the slice.
 	sliceLenRoot := make([]byte, 32)
 	copy(sliceLenRoot, sliceLenBuf.Bytes())
-	res := ssz.MixInLength(sliceRoot, sliceLenRoot)
-	return res, nil
+	return MixInLength(sliceRoot, sliceLenRoot), nil
 }