diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.test.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.test.ts
index 88074ba1157..31bf9aeb173 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   type ContractDataSource,
   EthAddress,
   Fr,
+  type Gas,
   GasFees,
   GlobalVariables,
   NUMBER_OF_L1_L2_MESSAGES_PER_ROLLUP,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ import { Buffer32 } from '@aztec/foundation/buffer';
 import { times } from '@aztec/foundation/collection';
 import { Signature } from '@aztec/foundation/eth-signature';
 import { type Logger, createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
-import { TestDateProvider } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
+import { TestDateProvider, type Timer } from '@aztec/foundation/timer';
 import { type P2P, P2PClientState } from '@aztec/p2p';
 import { type BlockBuilderFactory } from '@aztec/prover-client/block-builder';
 import { type PublicProcessor, type PublicProcessorFactory } from '@aztec/simulator/server';
@@ -265,6 +266,29 @@ describe('sequencer', () => {
     expectPublisherProposeL2Block([txHash]);
   });
 
+  it('builds a block for proposal setting limits', async () => {
+    const txs = times(5, i => makeTx(i * 0x10000));
+    await sequencer.buildBlock(txs, globalVariables, undefined, { validateOnly: false });
+
+    expect(publicProcessor.process).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      txs,
+      {
+        deadline: expect.any(Date),
+        maxTransactions: 4,
+        maxBlockSize: expect.any(Number),
+        maxBlockGas: expect.anything(),
+      },
+      expect.anything(),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('builds a block for validation ignoring limits', async () => {
+    const txs = times(5, i => makeTx(i * 0x10000));
+    await sequencer.buildBlock(txs, globalVariables, undefined, { validateOnly: true });
+
+    expect(publicProcessor.process).toHaveBeenCalledWith(txs, { deadline: expect.any(Date) }, expect.anything());
+  });
+
   it('does not build a block if it does not have enough time left in the slot', async () => {
     // Trick the sequencer into thinking that we are just too far into slot 1
     sequencer.setL1GenesisTime(
@@ -664,4 +688,21 @@ class TestSubject extends Sequencer {
     this.setState(SequencerState.IDLE, 0n, true /** force */);
     return super.doRealWork();
   }
+
+  public override buildBlock(
+    pendingTxs: Iterable<Tx>,
+    newGlobalVariables: GlobalVariables,
+    historicalHeader?: BlockHeader | undefined,
+    opts?: { validateOnly?: boolean | undefined },
+  ): Promise<{
+    block: L2Block;
+    publicGas: Gas;
+    publicProcessorDuration: number;
+    numMsgs: number;
+    numTxs: number;
+    numFailedTxs: number;
+    blockBuildingTimer: Timer;
+  }> {
+    return super.buildBlock(pendingTxs, newGlobalVariables, historicalHeader, opts);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
index bef15067f58..5befe4506fb 100644
--- a/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/sequencer-client/src/sequencer/sequencer.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class Sequencer {
   private runningPromise?: RunningPromise;
   private pollingIntervalMs: number = 1000;
   private maxTxsPerBlock = 32;
-  private minTxsPerBLock = 1;
+  private minTxsPerBlock = 1;
   private maxL1TxInclusionTimeIntoSlot = 0;
   // TODO: zero values should not be allowed for the following 2 values in PROD
   private _coinbase = EthAddress.ZERO;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class Sequencer {
   private state = SequencerState.STOPPED;
   private allowedInSetup: AllowedElement[] = getDefaultAllowedSetupFunctions();
   private maxBlockSizeInBytes: number = 1024 * 1024;
-  private maxBlockGas: Gas = new Gas(10e9, 10e9);
+  private maxBlockGas: Gas = new Gas(100e9, 100e9);
   private metrics: SequencerMetrics;
   private isFlushing: boolean = false;
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export class Sequencer {
       this.maxTxsPerBlock = config.maxTxsPerBlock;
     }
     if (config.minTxsPerBlock !== undefined) {
-      this.minTxsPerBLock = config.minTxsPerBlock;
+      this.minTxsPerBlock = config.minTxsPerBlock;
     }
     if (config.maxDABlockGas !== undefined) {
       this.maxBlockGas = new Gas(config.maxDABlockGas, this.maxBlockGas.l2Gas);
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ export class Sequencer {
 
     // Check the pool has enough txs to build a block
     const pendingTxCount = this.p2pClient.getPendingTxCount();
-    if (pendingTxCount < this.minTxsPerBLock && !this.isFlushing) {
-      this.log.verbose(`Not enough txs to propose block. Got ${pendingTxCount} min ${this.minTxsPerBLock}.`, {
+    if (pendingTxCount < this.minTxsPerBlock && !this.isFlushing) {
+      this.log.verbose(`Not enough txs to propose block. Got ${pendingTxCount} min ${this.minTxsPerBlock}.`, {
         slot,
         blockNumber: newBlockNumber,
       });
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export class Sequencer {
    * @param historicalHeader - The historical header of the parent
    * @param opts - Whether to just validate the block as a validator, as opposed to building it as a proposal
    */
-  private async buildBlock(
+  protected async buildBlock(
     pendingTxs: Iterable<Tx>,
     newGlobalVariables: GlobalVariables,
     historicalHeader?: BlockHeader,
@@ -443,7 +443,12 @@ export class Sequencer {
       // TODO(#11000): Public processor should just handle processing, one tx at a time. It should be responsibility
       // of the sequencer to update world state and iterate over txs. We should refactor this along with unifying the
       // publicProcessorFork and orchestratorFork, to avoid doing tree insertions twice when building the block.
-      const limits = { deadline, maxTransactions: this.maxTxsPerBlock, maxBlockSize: this.maxBlockSizeInBytes };
+      const proposerLimits = {
+        maxTransactions: this.maxTxsPerBlock,
+        maxBlockSize: this.maxBlockSizeInBytes,
+        maxBlockGas: this.maxBlockGas,
+      };
+      const limits = opts.validateOnly ? { deadline } : { deadline, ...proposerLimits };
       const [publicProcessorDuration, [processedTxs, failedTxs]] = await elapsed(() =>
         processor.process(pendingTxs, limits, validators),
       );
@@ -457,11 +462,11 @@ export class Sequencer {
       if (
         !opts.validateOnly && // We check for minTxCount only if we are proposing a block, not if we are validating it
         !this.isFlushing && // And we skip the check when flushing, since we want all pending txs to go out, no matter if too few
-        this.minTxsPerBLock !== undefined &&
-        processedTxs.length < this.minTxsPerBLock
+        this.minTxsPerBlock !== undefined &&
+        processedTxs.length < this.minTxsPerBlock
       ) {
         this.log.warn(
-          `Block ${blockNumber} has too few txs to be proposed (got ${processedTxs.length} but required ${this.minTxsPerBLock})`,
+          `Block ${blockNumber} has too few txs to be proposed (got ${processedTxs.length} but required ${this.minTxsPerBlock})`,
           { slot, blockNumber, processedTxCount: processedTxs.length },
         );
         throw new Error(`Block has too few successful txs to be proposed`);