diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade.go b/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade.go
index ea7b06b58e1c..4c8c0d6f5d71 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ func UpgradeToDeneb(state state.BeaconState) (state.BeaconState, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	historicalRoots, err := state.HistoricalRoots()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	s := &ethpb.BeaconStateDeneb{
 		GenesisTime:           state.GenesisTime(),
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ func UpgradeToDeneb(state state.BeaconState) (state.BeaconState, error) {
 		LatestBlockHeader:           state.LatestBlockHeader(),
 		BlockRoots:                  state.BlockRoots(),
 		StateRoots:                  state.StateRoots(),
-		HistoricalRoots:             [][]byte{},
+		HistoricalRoots:             historicalRoots,
 		Eth1Data:                    state.Eth1Data(),
 		Eth1DataVotes:               state.Eth1DataVotes(),
 		Eth1DepositIndex:            state.Eth1DepositIndex(),
diff --git a/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade_test.go b/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade_test.go
index d3518b53fd47..169f1d58289f 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade_test.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/core/deneb/upgrade_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestUpgradeToDeneb(t *testing.T) {
 	st, _ := util.DeterministicGenesisStateCapella(t, params.BeaconConfig().MaxValidatorsPerCommittee)
+	require.NoError(t, st.SetHistoricalRoots([][]byte{{1}}))
 	preForkState := st.Copy()
 	mSt, err := deneb.UpgradeToDeneb(st)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -46,6 +47,12 @@ func TestUpgradeToDeneb(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.DeepSSZEqual(t, make([]uint64, numValidators), s)
 
+	hr1, err := preForkState.HistoricalRoots()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	hr2, err := mSt.HistoricalRoots()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.DeepEqual(t, hr1, hr2)
+
 	f := mSt.Fork()
 	require.DeepSSZEqual(t, &ethpb.Fork{
 		PreviousVersion: st.Fork().CurrentVersion,