diff --git a/packages/cli/src/applyPreset.ts b/packages/cli/src/applyPreset.ts
index 760c18dbbcd7..89e4ea1e34cb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/applyPreset.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/applyPreset.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ import {hasher} from "@chainsafe/persistent-merkle-tree/lib/hasher/as-sha256.js"
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import {setHasher} from "@chainsafe/persistent-merkle-tree/lib/hasher/index.js";
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports, import/no-extraneous-dependencies
+import {setHasher as setHasherSsz} from "@chainsafe/ssz/node_modules/@chainsafe/persistent-merkle-tree/lib/hasher/index.js";
+
 // without setting this first, persistent-merkle-tree will use noble instead
+// there are 2 instances of persistent-merkle-tree so we need to set hasher for all of them
 setHasher(hasher);
+setHasherSsz(hasher);
 
 //
 // ## Rationale