diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
index 4685244ccb..722ce553c2 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ mod hardfork;
 mod header;
 mod hex_bytes;
 mod integer_list;
-mod jsonu256;
 mod log;
 mod net;
 mod peer;
@@ -53,11 +52,11 @@ pub use hardfork::Hardfork;
 pub use header::{Head, Header, HeadersDirection, SealedHeader};
 pub use hex_bytes::Bytes;
 pub use integer_list::IntegerList;
-pub use jsonu256::JsonU256;
 pub use log::Log;
 pub use net::NodeRecord;
 pub use peer::{PeerId, WithPeerId};
 pub use receipt::Receipt;
+pub use serde_helper::JsonU256;
 pub use storage::{StorageEntry, StorageTrieEntry};
 pub use transaction::{
     AccessList, AccessListItem, FromRecoveredTransaction, IntoRecoveredTransaction, Signature,
@@ -109,9 +108,7 @@ pub mod utils {
 }
 
 /// Helpers for working with serde
-pub mod serde_helper {
-    pub use crate::jsonu256::deserialize_json_u256;
-}
+pub mod serde_helper;
 
 /// Returns the keccak256 hash for the given data.
 #[inline]
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/jsonu256.rs b/crates/primitives/src/serde_helper/jsonu256.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/primitives/src/jsonu256.rs
rename to crates/primitives/src/serde_helper/jsonu256.rs
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/serde_helper/mod.rs b/crates/primitives/src/serde_helper/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7efbed1dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/serde_helper/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//! Various serde utilities
+
+mod jsonu256;
+pub use jsonu256::*;
+
+/// serde functions for handling primitive `u64` as [U64](crate::U64)
+pub mod u64_hex {
+    use crate::U64;
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+    /// Deserializes an `u64` from [U64] accepting a hex quantity string with optional 0x prefix
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<u64, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        U64::deserialize(deserializer).map(|val| val.as_u64())
+    }
+
+    /// Serializes u64 as hex string
+    pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(value: &u64, s: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        U64::from(*value).serialize(s)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_hex_u64() {
+        #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+        struct Value {
+            #[serde(with = "u64_hex")]
+            inner: u64,
+        }
+
+        let val = Value { inner: 1000 };
+        let s = serde_json::to_string(&val).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s, "{\"inner\":\"0x3e8\"}");
+
+        let deserialized: Value = serde_json::from_str(&s).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(val, deserialized);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/primitives/src/withdrawal.rs b/crates/primitives/src/withdrawal.rs
index ae49d3a38d..f94175f8f0 100644
--- a/crates/primitives/src/withdrawal.rs
+++ b/crates/primitives/src/withdrawal.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{constants::GWEI_TO_WEI, Address, U256};
+use crate::{constants::GWEI_TO_WEI, serde_helper::u64_hex, Address, U256};
 use reth_codecs::{main_codec, Compact};
 use reth_rlp::{RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ use reth_rlp::{RlpDecodable, RlpEncodable};
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Default, RlpEncodable, RlpDecodable)]
 pub struct Withdrawal {
     /// Monotonically increasing identifier issued by consensus layer.
+    #[serde(with = "u64_hex")]
     pub index: u64,
     /// Index of validator associated with withdrawal.
+    #[serde(with = "u64_hex", rename = "validatorIndex")]
     pub validator_index: u64,
     /// Target address for withdrawn ether.
     pub address: Address,
     /// Value of the withdrawal in gwei.
+    #[serde(with = "u64_hex")]
     pub amount: u64,
 }
 
@@ -22,3 +25,18 @@ impl Withdrawal {
         U256::from(self.amount) * U256::from(GWEI_TO_WEI)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // <https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/issues/1614>
+    #[test]
+    fn test_withdrawal_serde_roundtrip() {
+        let input = r#"[{"index":"0x0","validatorIndex":"0x0","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001000","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x1","validatorIndex":"0x1","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001001","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x2","validatorIndex":"0x2","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001002","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x3","validatorIndex":"0x3","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001003","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x4","validatorIndex":"0x4","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001004","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x5","validatorIndex":"0x5","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001005","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x6","validatorIndex":"0x6","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001006","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x7","validatorIndex":"0x7","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001007","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x8","validatorIndex":"0x8","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001008","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0x9","validatorIndex":"0x9","address":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001009","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xa","validatorIndex":"0xa","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100a","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xb","validatorIndex":"0xb","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100b","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xc","validatorIndex":"0xc","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100c","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xd","validatorIndex":"0xd","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100d","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xe","validatorIndex":"0xe","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100e","amount":"0x1"},{"index":"0xf","validatorIndex":"0xf","address":"0x000000000000000000000000000000000000100f","amount":"0x1"}]"#;
+
+        let withdrawals: Vec<Withdrawal> = serde_json::from_str(input).unwrap();
+        let s = serde_json::to_string(&withdrawals).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(input, s);
+    }
+}