diff --git a/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs b/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs
index 7a8c38ba47..22767d0db5 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/debug-client/src/providers/rpc.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::BlockProvider;
-use alloy_provider::{ConnectionConfig, Network, Provider, ProviderBuilder};
+use alloy_provider::{ConnectionConfig, Network, Provider, ProviderBuilder, WebSocketConfig};
 use alloy_transport::TransportResult;
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use reth_node_api::Block;
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ impl<N: Network, PrimitiveBlock> RpcBlockProvider<N, PrimitiveBlock> {
                 ProviderBuilder::default()
                     .connect_with_config(
                         rpc_url,
-                        ConnectionConfig::default().with_max_retries(u32::MAX),
+                        ConnectionConfig::default().with_max_retries(u32::MAX).with_ws_config(
+                            WebSocketConfig::default()
+                                // allow larger messages/frames for big blocks
+                                .max_frame_size(Some(128 * 1024 * 1024))
+                                .max_message_size(Some(128 * 1024 * 1024)),
+                        ),
                     )
                     .await?,
             ),