diff --git a/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts b/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
index 1c91607ae4c0..b7b92fb5aed9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/archiver/src/archiver/archiver.ts
@@ -1155,6 +1155,7 @@ export class Archiver extends (EventEmitter as new () => ArchiverEmitter) implem
 
     // TODO(#13569): Compute proper finalized block number based on L1 finalized block.
     // We just force it 2 epochs worth of proven data for now.
+    // NOTE: update end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks.test.ts as that uses finalised blocks in computations
     const finalizedBlockNumber = Math.max(provenBlockNumber - this.l1constants.epochDuration * 2, 0);
 
     const [latestBlockHeader, provenBlockHeader, finalizedBlockHeader] = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks.test.ts
index 7ecc905ea1a5..bebc7d4fd5e0 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks.test.ts
@@ -68,12 +68,15 @@ describe('e2e_epochs/epochs_empty_blocks', () => {
       epochNumber++;
 
       // Verify the state syncs
-      await test.waitForNodeToSync(provenBlockNumber, 'finalised');
+      await test.waitForNodeToSync(provenBlockNumber, 'proven');
       await test.verifyHistoricBlock(provenBlockNumber, true);
-      const expectedOldestHistoricBlock = provenBlockNumber - WORLD_STATE_BLOCK_HISTORY + 1;
+
+      // right now finalisation means a block is two L2 epochs deep. If this rule changes then we need this test needs to be updated
+      const finalizedBlockNumber = Math.max(provenBlockNumber - context.config.aztecEpochDuration * 2, 0);
+      const expectedOldestHistoricBlock = Math.max(finalizedBlockNumber - WORLD_STATE_BLOCK_HISTORY + 1, 1);
       const expectedBlockRemoved = expectedOldestHistoricBlock - 1;
       await test.waitForNodeToSync(expectedOldestHistoricBlock, 'historic');
-      await test.verifyHistoricBlock(Math.max(expectedOldestHistoricBlock, 1), true);
+      await test.verifyHistoricBlock(expectedOldestHistoricBlock, true);
       if (expectedBlockRemoved > 0) {
         await test.verifyHistoricBlock(expectedBlockRemoved, false);
       }
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_test.ts
index 63c2a4c17f57..50878cf05234 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_epochs/epochs_test.ts
@@ -232,13 +232,19 @@ export class EpochsTestContext {
   }
 
   /** Waits for the aztec node to sync to the target block number. */
-  public async waitForNodeToSync(blockNumber: number, type: 'finalised' | 'historic') {
+  public async waitForNodeToSync(blockNumber: number, type: 'proven' | 'finalised' | 'historic') {
     const waitTime = ARCHIVER_POLL_INTERVAL + WORLD_STATE_BLOCK_CHECK_INTERVAL;
     let synched = false;
     while (!synched) {
       await sleep(waitTime);
-      const syncState = await this.context.aztecNode.getWorldStateSyncStatus();
-      if (type === 'finalised') {
+      const [syncState, tips] = await Promise.all([
+        this.context.aztecNode.getWorldStateSyncStatus(),
+        await this.context.aztecNode.getL2Tips(),
+      ]);
+      this.logger.info(`Wait for node synch ${blockNumber} ${type}`, { blockNumber, type, syncState, tips });
+      if (type === 'proven') {
+        synched = tips.proven.number >= blockNumber && syncState.latestBlockNumber >= blockNumber;
+      } else if (type === 'finalised') {
         synched = syncState.finalisedBlockNumber >= blockNumber;
       } else {
         synched = syncState.oldestHistoricBlockNumber >= blockNumber;