diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/receipt/receipts.rs b/crates/consensus/src/receipt/receipts.rs
index 4a3b83fdc9b..b8250856f86 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/receipt/receipts.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/receipt/receipts.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use derive_more::{DerefMut, From, IntoIterator};
 
 /// Receipt containing result of transaction execution.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize))]
 #[cfg_attr(any(test, feature = "arbitrary"), derive(arbitrary::Arbitrary))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename_all = "camelCase"))]
 #[doc(alias = "TransactionReceipt", alias = "TxReceipt")]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct Receipt<T = Log> {
     /// If transaction is executed successfully.
     ///
     /// This is the `statusCode`
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(alias = "root"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(flatten))]
     pub status: Eip658Value,
     /// Gas used
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(with = "alloy_serde::quantity"))]
@@ -24,34 +24,6 @@ pub struct Receipt<T = Log> {
     pub logs: Vec<T>,
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-impl<T> serde::Serialize for Receipt<T>
-where
-    T: serde::Serialize,
-{
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        use serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
-
-        let mut s = serializer.serialize_struct("Receipt", 3)?;
-
-        // If the status is EIP-658, serialize the status field.
-        // Otherwise, serialize the root field.
-        let key = if self.status.is_eip658() { "status" } else { "root" };
-        s.serialize_field(key, &self.status)?;
-
-        s.serialize_field(
-            "cumulativeGasUsed",
-            &alloy_primitives::U128::from(self.cumulative_gas_used),
-        )?;
-        s.serialize_field("logs", &self.logs)?;
-
-        s.end()
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T> Receipt<T>
 where
     T: Borrow<Log>,
diff --git a/crates/consensus/src/receipt/status.rs b/crates/consensus/src/receipt/status.rs
index b012a3e445c..9cbddfdb581 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/src/receipt/status.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/src/receipt/status.rs
@@ -75,62 +75,55 @@ impl Default for Eip658Value {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-impl serde::Serialize for Eip658Value {
-    fn serialize<S: serde::Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
-        match self {
-            Self::Eip658(status) => alloy_serde::quantity::serialize(status, serializer),
-            Self::PostState(state) => state.serialize(serializer),
-        }
+mod serde_eip658 {
+    //! Serde implementation for [`Eip658Value`]. Serializes [`Eip658Value::Eip658`] as `status`
+    //! key, and [`Eip658Value::PostState`] as `root` key.
+    //!
+    //! If both are present, prefers `status` key.
+    //!
+    //! Should be used with `#[serde(flatten)]`.
+    use super::*;
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+    #[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(untagged)]
+    enum SerdeHelper {
+        Eip658 {
+            #[serde(with = "alloy_serde::quantity")]
+            status: bool,
+        },
+        PostState {
+            root: B256,
+        },
     }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-// NB: some visit methods partially or wholly copied from alloy-primitives
-impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for Eip658Value {
-    fn deserialize<D: serde::Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
-        use serde::de;
-        struct Visitor;
-
-        impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
-            type Value = Eip658Value;
-
-            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
-                formatter.write_str("a boolean or a 32-byte hash")
-            }
-
-            fn visit_bool<E: de::Error>(self, v: bool) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-                Ok(Eip658Value::Eip658(v))
-            }
 
-            fn visit_str<E: de::Error>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-                match v {
-                    "0x" | "0x0" | "false" => Ok(Eip658Value::Eip658(false)),
-                    "0x1" | "true" => Ok(Eip658Value::Eip658(true)),
-                    _ => v.parse::<B256>().map(Eip658Value::PostState).map_err(de::Error::custom),
+    impl Serialize for Eip658Value {
+        fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+        where
+            S: serde::Serializer,
+        {
+            match self {
+                Self::Eip658(status) => {
+                    SerdeHelper::Eip658 { status: *status }.serialize(serializer)
                 }
-            }
-
-            fn visit_bytes<E: de::Error>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-                B256::try_from(v).map(Eip658Value::PostState).map_err(de::Error::custom)
-            }
-
-            fn visit_seq<A: de::SeqAccess<'de>>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error> {
-                let len_error = |i| de::Error::invalid_length(i, &"exactly 32 bytes");
-                let mut bytes = [0u8; 32];
-
-                for (i, byte) in bytes.iter_mut().enumerate() {
-                    *byte = seq.next_element()?.ok_or_else(|| len_error(i))?;
+                Self::PostState(state) => {
+                    SerdeHelper::PostState { root: *state }.serialize(serializer)
                 }
-
-                if let Ok(Some(_)) = seq.next_element::<u8>() {
-                    return Err(len_error(33));
-                }
-
-                Ok(Eip658Value::PostState(bytes.into()))
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        deserializer.deserialize_any(Visitor)
+    impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Eip658Value {
+        fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+        where
+            D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+        {
+            let helper = SerdeHelper::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+            match helper {
+                SerdeHelper::Eip658 { status } => Ok(Self::Eip658(status)),
+                SerdeHelper::PostState { root } => Ok(Self::PostState(root)),
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -148,8 +141,8 @@ impl Encodable for Eip658Value {
 
     fn length(&self) -> usize {
         match self {
-            Self::Eip658(_) => 1,
-            Self::PostState(_) => 32,
+            Self::Eip658(inner) => inner.length(),
+            Self::PostState(inner) => inner.length(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -199,15 +192,18 @@ mod test {
     fn serde_sanity() {
         let status: Eip658Value = true.into();
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&status).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(json, r#""0x1""#);
+        assert_eq!(json, r#"{"status":"0x1"}"#);
         assert_eq!(serde_json::from_str::<Eip658Value>(&json).unwrap(), status);
 
         let state: Eip658Value = false.into();
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&state).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(json, r#""0x0""#);
+        assert_eq!(json, r#"{"status":"0x0"}"#);
 
         let state: Eip658Value = B256::repeat_byte(1).into();
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&state).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(json, r#""0x0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101""#);
+        assert_eq!(
+            json,
+            r#"{"root":"0x0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101"}"#
+        );
     }
 }