diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31afabe2e1c..ceb3914a1b0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Upgrade RocksDB version from 7.7.3 to 8.0.0. Besu Team [contributed](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/11099) to this release to make disabling checksum verification work. 
 
 ### Bug Fixes
+- Fix QBFT and IBFT unable to propose blocks on London when zeroBaseFee is used [#5276](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5276) 
 
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diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarket.java b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarket.java
index 85d55ef429d..c2f406cad04 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarket.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarket.java
@@ -38,9 +38,4 @@ public Wei computeBaseFee(
   public ValidationMode baseFeeValidationMode(final long blockNumber) {
     return ValidationMode.NONE;
   }
-
-  @Override
-  public boolean implementsDataFee() {
-    return true;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarketTest.java b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarketTest.java
index 20d389d4700..dbe35d19890 100644
--- a/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarketTest.java
+++ b/ethereum/core/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/mainnet/feemarket/ZeroBaseFeeMarketTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import org.hyperledger.besu.crypto.KeyPair;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.crypto.SignatureAlgorithmFactory;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.DataGas;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Wei;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.Transaction;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.TransactionTestFixture;
@@ -138,4 +139,14 @@ public void isBeforeForkBlockShouldBeFalse() {
     assertThat(zeroBaseFeeMarket.isBeforeForkBlock(10)).isFalse();
     assertThat(zeroBaseFeeMarket.isBeforeForkBlock(11)).isFalse();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void implementsDataFeedShouldReturnFalse() {
+    assertThat(zeroBaseFeeMarket.implementsDataFee()).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void dataPriceShouldReturnsZero() {
+    assertThat(zeroBaseFeeMarket.dataPrice(DataGas.ONE)).isEqualTo(Wei.ZERO);
+  }
 }