diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/parallelization/ParallelizedConcurrentTransactionProcessorTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/parallelization/ParallelizedConcurrentTransactionProcessorTest.java
index b81b29a8192..3ec3d927365 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/parallelization/ParallelizedConcurrentTransactionProcessorTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/parallelization/ParallelizedConcurrentTransactionProcessorTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.ProtocolContext;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.chain.MutableBlockchain;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.InMemoryKeyValueStorageProvider;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.Transaction;
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.trielog.NoOpTrieLogManager;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie.diffbased.common.worldview.accumulator.DiffBasedWorldStateUpdateAccumulator;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.DataStorageConfiguration;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.worldstate.WorldStateArchive;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.blockhash.BlockHashLookup;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.internal.EvmConfiguration;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.evm.tracing.OperationTracer;
@@ -62,7 +66,9 @@
 class ParallelizedConcurrentTransactionProcessorTest {
 
   @Mock private MainnetTransactionProcessor transactionProcessor;
+  @Mock private BlockHeader chainHeadBlockHeader;
   @Mock private BlockHeader blockHeader;
+  @Mock ProtocolContext protocolContext;
   @Mock private Transaction transaction;
   @Mock private PrivateMetadataUpdater privateMetadataUpdater;
   @Mock private TransactionCollisionDetector transactionCollisionDetector;
@@ -89,6 +95,19 @@ void setUp() {
             new NoOpTrieLogManager(),
             EvmConfiguration.DEFAULT,
             createStatefulConfigWithTrie());
+
+    when(chainHeadBlockHeader.getHash()).thenReturn(Hash.ZERO);
+    when(chainHeadBlockHeader.getStateRoot()).thenReturn(Hash.EMPTY_TRIE_HASH);
+    when(blockHeader.getParentHash()).thenReturn(Hash.ZERO);
+
+    when(transaction.detachedCopy()).thenReturn(transaction);
+
+    final MutableBlockchain blockchain = mock(MutableBlockchain.class);
+    when(protocolContext.getBlockchain()).thenReturn(blockchain);
+    when(blockchain.getChainHeadHeader()).thenReturn(chainHeadBlockHeader);
+    final WorldStateArchive worldStateArchive = mock(WorldStateArchive.class);
+    when(protocolContext.getWorldStateArchive()).thenReturn(worldStateArchive);
+    when(worldStateArchive.getWorldState(any())).thenReturn(Optional.of(worldState));
     when(transactionCollisionDetector.hasCollision(any(), any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(false);
   }
 
@@ -105,7 +124,7 @@ void testRunTransaction() {
                 Collections.emptyList(), 0, 0, Bytes.EMPTY, ValidationResult.valid()));
 
     processor.runTransaction(
-        worldState,
+        protocolContext,
         blockHeader,
         0,
         transaction,
@@ -151,7 +170,7 @@ void testRunTransactionWithFailure() {
                 Optional.of(Bytes.EMPTY)));
 
     processor.runTransaction(
-        worldState,
+        protocolContext,
         blockHeader,
         0,
         transaction,
@@ -180,7 +199,7 @@ void testRunTransactionWithConflict() {
                 Collections.emptyList(), 0, 0, Bytes.EMPTY, ValidationResult.valid()));
 
     processor.runTransaction(
-        worldState,
+        protocolContext,
         blockHeader,
         0,
         transaction,