diff --git a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/builder.rs b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/builder.rs
index 9d99ff9d8e0..8d62478bea2 100644
--- a/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/builder.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/beacon_chain/src/builder.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use crate::fork_choice_signal::ForkChoiceSignalTx;
 use crate::fork_revert::{reset_fork_choice_to_finalization, revert_to_fork_boundary};
 use crate::graffiti_calculator::{GraffitiCalculator, GraffitiOrigin};
 use crate::head_tracker::HeadTracker;
+use crate::kzg_utils::blobs_to_data_column_sidecars;
 use crate::light_client_server_cache::LightClientServerCache;
 use crate::migrate::{BackgroundMigrator, MigratorConfig};
 use crate::observed_data_sidecars::ObservedDataSidecars;
@@ -562,9 +563,30 @@ where
             .put_block(&weak_subj_block_root, weak_subj_block.clone())
             .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to store weak subjectivity block: {e:?}"))?;
         if let Some(blobs) = weak_subj_blobs {
-            store
-                .put_blobs(&weak_subj_block_root, blobs)
-                .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to store weak subjectivity blobs: {e:?}"))?;
+            if self
+                .spec
+                .is_peer_das_enabled_for_epoch(weak_subj_block.epoch())
+            {
+                // After PeerDAS recompute columns from blobs to not force the checkpointz server
+                // into exposing another route.
+                let blobs = blobs
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|blob_sidecar| &blob_sidecar.blob)
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                let data_columns =
+                    blobs_to_data_column_sidecars(&blobs, &weak_subj_block, &self.kzg, &self.spec)
+                        .map_err(|e| {
+                            format!("Failed to compute weak subjectivity data_columns: {e:?}")
+                        })?;
+                // TODO(das): only persist the columns under custody
+                store
+                    .put_data_columns(&weak_subj_block_root, data_columns)
+                    .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to store weak subjectivity data_column: {e:?}"))?;
+            } else {
+                store
+                    .put_blobs(&weak_subj_block_root, blobs)
+                    .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to store weak subjectivity blobs: {e:?}"))?;
+            }
         }
 
         // Stage the database's metadata fields for atomic storage when `build` is called.
diff --git a/beacon_node/store/src/hot_cold_store.rs b/beacon_node/store/src/hot_cold_store.rs
index 02014a05a3f..ca9855ffd09 100644
--- a/beacon_node/store/src/hot_cold_store.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/store/src/hot_cold_store.rs
@@ -863,6 +863,24 @@ impl<E: EthSpec, Hot: ItemStore<E>, Cold: ItemStore<E>> HotColdDB<E, Hot, Cold>
         ));
     }
 
+    pub fn put_data_columns(
+        &self,
+        block_root: &Hash256,
+        data_columns: DataColumnSidecarList<E>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        for data_column in data_columns {
+            self.blobs_db.put_bytes(
+                DBColumn::BeaconDataColumn.into(),
+                &get_data_column_key(block_root, &data_column.index),
+                &data_column.as_ssz_bytes(),
+            )?;
+            self.block_cache
+                .lock()
+                .put_data_column(*block_root, data_column);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn data_columns_as_kv_store_ops(
         &self,
         block_root: &Hash256,