diff --git a/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators.go b/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators.go
index 2e679f904f..8bda1e4f37 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators.go
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ func (bs *Server) GetValidatorParticipation(
 
 	p := &ethpb.ValidatorParticipationResponse{
 		Epoch:     requestedEpoch,
-		Finalized: requestedEpoch <= state.FinalizedCheckpointEpoch(),
+		Finalized: requestedEpoch <= bs.FinalizationFetcher.FinalizedCheckpt().Epoch,
 		Participation: &ethpb.ValidatorParticipation{
 			// TODO(7130): Remove these three deprecated fields.
 			GlobalParticipationRate:          float32(b.PrevEpochTargetAttested) / float32(b.ActivePrevEpoch),
diff --git a/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators_test.go b/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators_test.go
index 7c017a82c2..195b7c0d10 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/rpc/beacon/validators_test.go
@@ -1496,6 +1496,7 @@ func TestServer_GetValidatorParticipation_CurrentAndPrevEpoch(t *testing.T) {
 		GenesisTimeFetcher: &mock.ChainService{
 			Genesis: timeutils.Now().Add(time.Duration(-1*int64(params.BeaconConfig().SlotsPerEpoch*params.BeaconConfig().SecondsPerSlot)) * time.Second),
 		},
+		FinalizationFetcher: &mock.ChainService{FinalizedCheckPoint: &ethpb.Checkpoint{Epoch: 100}},
 	}
 
 	res, err := bs.GetValidatorParticipation(ctx, &ethpb.GetValidatorParticipationRequest{QueryFilter: &ethpb.GetValidatorParticipationRequest_Epoch{Epoch: 1}})
@@ -1513,6 +1514,7 @@ func TestServer_GetValidatorParticipation_CurrentAndPrevEpoch(t *testing.T) {
 		PreviousEpochTargetAttestingGwei: params.BeaconConfig().EffectiveBalanceIncrement,
 		PreviousEpochHeadAttestingGwei:   params.BeaconConfig().EffectiveBalanceIncrement,
 	}
+	assert.DeepEqual(t, true, res.Finalized, "Incorrect validator participation respond")
 	assert.DeepEqual(t, wanted, res.Participation, "Incorrect validator participation respond")
 }