diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_client/attestation_service.nim b/beacon_chain/validator_client/attestation_service.nim
index 5c51178fd..4d0172df1 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_client/attestation_service.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_client/attestation_service.nim
@@ -346,18 +346,7 @@ proc publishAttestationsAndAggregates(service: AttestationServiceRef,
                                       duties: seq[DutyAndProof]) {.async.} =
   let vc = service.client
   # Waiting for blocks to be published before attesting.
-  let startTime = Moment.now()
-  try:
-    let timeout = attestationSlotOffset # 4.seconds in mainnet
-    await vc.waitForBlockPublished(slot).wait(nanoseconds(timeout.nanoseconds))
-    let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
-    debug "Block proposal awaited", slot = slot, duration = dur
-  except CancelledError as exc:
-    debug "Block proposal waiting was interrupted"
-    raise exc
-  except AsyncTimeoutError:
-    let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
-    debug "Block was not produced in time", slot = slot, duration = dur
+  await vc.waitForBlockPublished(slot, attestationSlotOffset)
 
   block:
     let delay = vc.getDelay(slot.attestation_deadline())
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_client/block_service.nim b/beacon_chain/validator_client/block_service.nim
index 3225b1d3c..231c5ce90 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_client/block_service.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_client/block_service.nim
@@ -426,17 +426,39 @@ proc addOrReplaceProposers*(vc: ValidatorClientRef, epoch: Epoch,
           res
       vc.proposers[epoch] = ProposedData.init(epoch, dependentRoot, tasks)
 
-proc waitForBlockPublished*(vc: ValidatorClientRef, slot: Slot) {.async.} =
+proc waitForBlockPublished*(vc: ValidatorClientRef,
+                            slot: Slot, timediff: TimeDiff) {.async.} =
   ## This procedure will wait for all the block proposal tasks to be finished at
-  ## slot ``slot``
-  let pendingTasks =
-    block:
-      var res: seq[Future[void]]
-      let epochDuties = vc.proposers.getOrDefault(slot.epoch())
-      for task in epochDuties.duties:
-        if task.duty.slot == slot:
-          if not(task.future.finished()):
-            res.add(task.future)
-      res
+  ## slot ``slot``.
+  let
+    startTime = Moment.now()
+    pendingTasks =
+      block:
+        var res: seq[Future[void]]
+        let epochDuties = vc.proposers.getOrDefault(slot.epoch())
+        for task in epochDuties.duties:
+          if task.duty.slot == slot:
+            if not(task.future.finished()):
+              res.add(task.future)
+        res
+  logScope:
+    start_time = startTime
+    pending_tasks = len(pendingTasks)
+    slot = slot
+    timediff = timediff
+
   if len(pendingTasks) > 0:
-    await allFutures(pendingTasks)
+    let waitTime = (start_beacon_time(slot) + timediff) - vc.beaconClock.now()
+    logScope:
+      wait_time = waitTime
+    if waitTime.nanoseconds > 0'i64:
+      try:
+        await allFutures(pendingTasks).wait(nanoseconds(waitTime.nanoseconds))
+        trace "Block proposal awaited"
+      except CancelledError as exc:
+        let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
+        debug "Waiting for block publication interrupted", duration = dur
+        raise exc
+      except AsyncTimeoutError:
+        let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
+        debug "Block was not published in time", duration = dur
diff --git a/beacon_chain/validator_client/sync_committee_service.nim b/beacon_chain/validator_client/sync_committee_service.nim
index 0f6771e41..8fb0307fe 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/validator_client/sync_committee_service.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/validator_client/sync_committee_service.nim
@@ -332,23 +332,11 @@ proc produceAndPublishContributions(service: SyncCommitteeServiceRef,
 
 proc publishSyncMessagesAndContributions(service: SyncCommitteeServiceRef,
                                          slot: Slot,
-                                         duties: seq[SyncCommitteeDuty])
-                                        {.async.} =
-  let
-    vc = service.client
-    startTime = Moment.now()
+                                         duties: seq[SyncCommitteeDuty]) {.
+     async.} =
+  let vc = service.client
 
-  try:
-    let timeout = syncCommitteeMessageSlotOffset
-    await vc.waitForBlockPublished(slot).wait(nanoseconds(timeout.nanoseconds))
-    let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
-    debug "Block proposal awaited", slot = slot, duration = dur
-  except CancelledError:
-    debug "Block proposal waiting was interrupted"
-    return
-  except AsyncTimeoutError:
-    let dur = Moment.now() - startTime
-    debug "Block was not produced in time", slot = slot, duration = dur
+  await vc.waitForBlockPublished(slot, syncCommitteeMessageSlotOffset)
 
   block:
     let delay = vc.getDelay(slot.sync_committee_message_deadline())