diff --git a/core/client/eth/client.go b/core/client/eth/client.go
index 1872fa9748..1abfbeb028 100644
--- a/core/client/eth/client.go
+++ b/core/client/eth/client.go
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ func Dial(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Client, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't instantiate Ethereum client: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return &Client{ETHClient: newEthClientWrapper(ethClient), cfg: cfg}, nil
+	wrappedClient, err := newEthClientWrapper(ethClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not instantiate lru cache: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return &Client{ETHClient: wrappedClient, cfg: cfg}, nil
 }
 
 func (c *Client) UpdateEthereumConfig(ethConfig *types.EthereumConfig) error {
diff --git a/core/client/eth/client_wrapper.go b/core/client/eth/client_wrapper.go
index 645a0b2339..77045916f0 100644
--- a/core/client/eth/client_wrapper.go
+++ b/core/client/eth/client_wrapper.go
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ package eth
 import (
 	"context"
 	"math/big"
-	"time"
 
 	"code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/core/metrics"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"
 	ethcommon "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	ethtypes "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2/expirable"
+	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
 )
 
 // ETHClient ...
@@ -53,17 +52,19 @@ type ETHClient interface { //revive:disable:exported
 type ethClientWrapper struct {
 	clt ETHClient
 
-	headerByNumberCache *expirable.LRU[string, *ethtypes.Header]
+	headerByNumberCache *lru.Cache[string, *ethtypes.Header]
 }
 
-func newEthClientWrapper(clt ETHClient) *ethClientWrapper {
-	return &ethClientWrapper{
-		clt: clt,
-		// arbitrary size of 100 blocks, kept for at most 10 minutes,
-		// let see later how to make this less hardcoded
-		headerByNumberCache: expirable.NewLRU[string, *ethtypes.Header](100, nil, 10*time.Minute),
+func newEthClientWrapper(clt ETHClient) (*ethClientWrapper, error) {
+	cache, err := lru.New[string, *ethtypes.Header](1000)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	return &ethClientWrapper{
+		clt:                 clt,
+		headerByNumberCache: cache,
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func (c *ethClientWrapper) ChainID(ctx context.Context) (*big.Int, error) {