diff --git a/cache/fifo.go b/cache/fifo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbf9fd824f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/fifo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
+
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/buffer"
+)
+
+type FIFO[K comparable, V any] struct {
+	l sync.RWMutex
+
+	buffer buffer.Queue[K]
+	m      map[K]V
+}
+
+// NewFIFO creates a new First-In-First-Out cache of size [limit].
+func NewFIFO[K comparable, V any](limit int) (*FIFO[K, V], error) {
+	c := &FIFO[K, V]{
+		m: make(map[K]V, limit),
+	}
+	buf, err := buffer.NewBoundedQueue(limit, c.remove)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	c.buffer = buf
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func (f *FIFO[K, V]) Put(key K, val V) {
+	f.l.Lock()
+	defer f.l.Unlock()
+
+	f.buffer.Push(key) // Insert will remove the oldest [K] if we are at the [limit]
+	f.m[key] = val
+}
+
+func (f *FIFO[K, V]) Get(key K) (V, bool) {
+	f.l.RLock()
+	defer f.l.RUnlock()
+
+	v, ok := f.m[key]
+	return v, ok
+}
+
+// remove is used as the callback in [BoundedBuffer]. It is assumed that the
+// [WriteLock] is held when this is accessed.
+func (f *FIFO[K, V]) remove(key K) {
+	delete(f.m, key)
+}
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 86ec4bd0cc..f23ca97937 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ func (c *Config) GetTraceConfig() *trace.Config          { return &trace.Config{
 func (c *Config) GetStateSyncParallelism() int           { return 4 }
 func (c *Config) GetStateSyncMinBlocks() uint64          { return 256 }
 func (c *Config) GetStateSyncServerDelay() time.Duration { return 0 } // used for testing
-func (c *Config) GetBlockLRUSize() int                   { return 128 }
+func (c *Config) GetParsedBlockCacheSize() int           { return 128 }
+func (c *Config) GetAcceptedBlockCacheSize() int         { return 128 }
 
 func (c *Config) GetContinuousProfilerConfig() *profiler.Config {
 	return &profiler.Config{Enabled: false}
diff --git a/vm/dependencies.go b/vm/dependencies.go
index 0333088744..8ad834963d 100644
--- a/vm/dependencies.go
+++ b/vm/dependencies.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ type Config interface {
 	GetStateSyncParallelism() int
 	GetStateSyncMinBlocks() uint64
 	GetStateSyncServerDelay() time.Duration
-	GetBlockLRUSize() int
+	GetParsedBlockCacheSize() int
+	GetAcceptedBlockCacheSize() int
 	GetContinuousProfilerConfig() *profiler.Config
 }
 
diff --git a/vm/vm.go b/vm/vm.go
index 0bcc56b65d..f84e8058f1 100644
--- a/vm/vm.go
+++ b/vm/vm.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/builder"
+	hcache "github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/cache"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/chain"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/emap"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/gossiper"
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ type VM struct {
 
 	// cache block objects to optimize "GetBlockStateless"
 	// only put when a block is accepted
-	blocks *cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]
+	blocks *hcache.FIFO[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]
 
 	// We cannot use a map here because we may parse blocks up in the ancestry
 	parsedBlocks *cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]
@@ -214,11 +215,14 @@ func (vm *VM) Initialize(
 	// Init channels before initializing other structs
 	vm.toEngine = toEngine
 
-	vm.blocks = &cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]{Size: vm.config.GetBlockLRUSize()}
+	vm.parsedBlocks = &cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]{Size: vm.config.GetParsedBlockCacheSize()}
+	vm.verifiedBlocks = make(map[ids.ID]*chain.StatelessBlock)
+	vm.blocks, err = hcache.NewFIFO[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock](vm.config.GetAcceptedBlockCacheSize())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	vm.acceptedQueue = make(chan *chain.StatelessBlock, vm.config.GetAcceptorSize())
 	vm.acceptorDone = make(chan struct{})
-	vm.parsedBlocks = &cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]{Size: vm.config.GetBlockLRUSize()}
-	vm.verifiedBlocks = make(map[ids.ID]*chain.StatelessBlock)
 
 	vm.mempool = mempool.New[*chain.Transaction](
 		vm.tracer,
diff --git a/vm/vm_test.go b/vm/vm_test.go
index ce9ed8f7f1..9d7aa79f84 100644
--- a/vm/vm_test.go
+++ b/vm/vm_test.go
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	ametrics "github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/api/metrics"
-	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/cache"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/snow"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/logging"
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	hcache "github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/cache"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/chain"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/emap"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/hypersdk/mempool"
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ func TestBlockCache(t *testing.T) {
 	blkID := blk.ID()
 
 	tracer, _ := trace.New(&trace.Config{Enabled: false})
+	bcache, _ := hcache.NewFIFO[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock](3)
 	controller := NewMockController(ctrl)
 	vm := VM{
 		snowCtx: &snow.Context{Log: logging.NoLog{}, Metrics: ametrics.NewOptionalGatherer()},
 
 		tracer: tracer,
 
-		blocks:         &cache.LRU[ids.ID, *chain.StatelessBlock]{Size: 3},
+		blocks:         bcache,
 		verifiedBlocks: make(map[ids.ID]*chain.StatelessBlock),
 		seen:           emap.NewEMap[*chain.Transaction](),
 		mempool:        mempool.New[*chain.Transaction](tracer, 100, 32, nil),