diff --git a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/loaders/transaction_loader.py b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/loaders/transaction_loader.py
index 7faf2a4784..6826b894f7 100644
--- a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/loaders/transaction_loader.py
+++ b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/loaders/transaction_loader.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     hex_to_u256,
     hex_to_uint,
 )
+from ethereum_spec_tools.evm_tools.utils import parse_hex_or_int
 
 
 class UnsupportedTx(Exception):
@@ -160,24 +161,24 @@ def get_legacy_transaction(self) -> Any:
     def read(self) -> Any:
         """Convert json transaction data to a transaction object"""
         if "type" in self.raw:
-            tx_type = hex_to_bytes(self.raw.get("type"))
-            if tx_type == b"\x04":
+            tx_type = parse_hex_or_int(self.raw.get("type"), Uint)
+            if tx_type == Uint(4):
                 tx_cls = self.fork.SetCodeTransaction
                 tx_byte_prefix = b"\x04"
-            elif tx_type == b"\x03":
+            elif tx_type == Uint(3):
                 tx_cls = self.fork.BlobTransaction
                 tx_byte_prefix = b"\x03"
-            elif tx_type == b"\x02":
+            elif tx_type == Uint(2):
                 tx_cls = self.fork.FeeMarketTransaction
                 tx_byte_prefix = b"\x02"
-            elif tx_type == b"\x01":
+            elif tx_type == Uint(1):
                 tx_cls = self.fork.AccessListTransaction
                 tx_byte_prefix = b"\x01"
-            elif tx_type == b"\x00":
+            elif tx_type == Uint(0):
                 tx_cls = self.get_legacy_transaction()
                 tx_byte_prefix = b""
             else:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unknown transaction type: {tx_type.hex()}")
+                raise ValueError(f"Unknown transaction type: {tx_type}")
         else:
             if "authorizationList" in self.raw:
                 tx_cls = self.fork.SetCodeTransaction
diff --git a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/env.py b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/env.py
index aa158b6488..e09e5b7ce3 100644
--- a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/env.py
+++ b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/env.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from ethereum import rlp
 from ethereum.base_types import U64, U256, Bytes32, Uint
 from ethereum.crypto.hash import Hash32, keccak256
-from ethereum.utils.byte import left_pad_zero_bytes
 from ethereum.utils.hexadecimal import hex_to_bytes
 
 from ..utils import parse_hex_or_int
@@ -168,20 +167,11 @@ def read_randao(self, data: Any, t8n: "T8N") -> None:
         """
         self.prev_randao = None
         if t8n.fork.is_after_fork("ethereum.paris"):
-            # tf tool might not always provide an
-            # even number of nibbles in the randao
-            # This could create issues in the
-            # hex_to_bytes function
-            current_random = data["currentRandom"]
-            if current_random.startswith("0x"):
-                current_random = current_random[2:]
-
-            if len(current_random) % 2 == 1:
-                current_random = "0" + current_random
-
-            self.prev_randao = Bytes32(
-                left_pad_zero_bytes(hex_to_bytes(current_random), 32)
-            )
+            # Some tooling sends prev_randao as an int, parse it as an int to
+            # support that tooling
+            self.prev_randao = parse_hex_or_int(
+                data["currentRandom"], U256
+            ).to_be_bytes32()
 
     def read_withdrawals(self, data: Any, t8n: "T8N") -> None:
         """
diff --git a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
index d1ca55c9ec..b079e49000 100644
--- a/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
+++ b/src/ethereum_spec_tools/evm_tools/t8n/t8n_types.py
@@ -315,6 +315,22 @@ def generic_request_to_json(self, request: Any) -> Any:
         for attr in request.__annotations__:
             data[attr] = encode_to_hex(getattr(request, attr))
 
+        if "public_key" in data:
+            data["pubkey"] = data["public_key"]
+            del data["public_key"]
+
+        if "validator_public_key" in data:
+            data["validator_pubkey"] = data["validator_public_key"]
+            del data["validator_public_key"]
+
+        if "target_public_key" in data:
+            data["target_pubkey"] = data["target_public_key"]
+            del data["target_public_key"]
+
+        if "source_public_key" in data:
+            data["source_pubkey"] = data["source_public_key"]
+            del data["source_public_key"]
+
         return data
 
     def to_json(self) -> Any: