diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1dcff8785..6dcac71c98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10709,6 +10709,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-genesis",
  "alloy-primitives",
+ "alloy-rlp",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "reth-ethereum-primitives",
diff --git a/testing/testing-utils/Cargo.toml b/testing/testing-utils/Cargo.toml
index 06e73631ef..35b4042427 100644
--- a/testing/testing-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/testing-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 reth-ethereum-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["arbitrary", "std"] }
 reth-primitives-traits = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "arbitrary"] }
-
 alloy-genesis.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
@@ -23,3 +22,6 @@ alloy-eips.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 secp256k1 = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 rand_08.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+alloy-rlp.workspace = true
diff --git a/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs b/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
index 52aa8eab66..2ee577161b 100644
--- a/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
+++ b/testing/testing-utils/src/generators.rs
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_sign_eip_155() {
         // reference: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-155.md#example
-        let transaction = Transaction::Legacy(TxLegacy {
+        let tx = TxLegacy {
             chain_id: Some(1),
             nonce: 9,
             gas_price: 20 * 10_u128.pow(9),
@@ -537,12 +537,11 @@ mod tests {
             to: TxKind::Call(hex!("3535353535353535353535353535353535353535").into()),
             value: U256::from(10_u128.pow(18)),
             input: Bytes::default(),
-        });
+        };
+        let transaction = Transaction::Legacy(tx.clone());
 
-        // TODO resolve dependency issue
-        // let expected =
-        // hex!("ec098504a817c800825208943535353535353535353535353535353535353535880de0b6b3a764000080018080");
-        // assert_eq!(expected, &alloy_rlp::encode(transaction));
+        let expected = hex!("ec098504a817c800825208943535353535353535353535353535353535353535880de0b6b3a764000080018080");
+        assert_eq!(expected.as_slice(), &alloy_rlp::encode(tx));
 
         let hash = transaction.signature_hash();
         let expected =