diff --git a/.changelog/lively-foxes-play.md b/.changelog/lively-foxes-play.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..feea999678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/lively-foxes-play.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+reth-node-events: patch
+---
+
+Updated consensus engine log message to be more accurate about received updates.
diff --git a/crates/node/events/src/node.rs b/crates/node/events/src/node.rs
index 4a577e7411..201aaeac44 100644
--- a/crates/node/events/src/node.rs
+++ b/crates/node/events/src/node.rs
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ impl NodeState {
                 warn!(number=block.number(), hash=?block.hash(), "Encountered invalid block");
             }
             ConsensusEngineEvent::BlockReceived(num_hash) => {
-                info!(number=num_hash.number, hash=?num_hash.hash, "Received block from consensus engine");
+                info!(number=num_hash.number, hash=?num_hash.hash, "Received new payload from consensus engine");
             }
         }
     }