diff --git a/plonky2/src/fri/challenges.rs b/plonky2/src/fri/challenges.rs
index be73a8c241..6af3183f00 100644
--- a/plonky2/src/fri/challenges.rs
+++ b/plonky2/src/fri/challenges.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+use plonky2_field::types::Field;
+
 use crate::field::extension::Extendable;
 use crate::field::polynomial::PolynomialCoeffs;
 use crate::fri::proof::{FriChallenges, FriChallengesTarget};
 use crate::fri::structure::{FriOpenings, FriOpeningsTarget};
 use crate::fri::FriConfig;
 use crate::gadgets::polynomial::PolynomialCoeffsExtTarget;
-use crate::hash::hash_types::{MerkleCapTarget, RichField};
+use crate::hash::hash_types::{MerkleCapTarget, RichField, NUM_HASH_OUT_ELTS};
 use crate::hash::merkle_tree::MerkleCap;
 use crate::iop::challenger::{Challenger, RecursiveChallenger};
 use crate::iop::target::Target;
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ impl<F: RichField, H: Hasher<F>> Challenger<F, H> {
         pow_witness: F,
         degree_bits: usize,
         config: &FriConfig,
+        final_poly_coeff_len: Option<usize>,
+        query_round_step_count: Option<usize>,
     ) -> FriChallenges<F, D>
     where
         F: RichField + Extendable<D>,
@@ -46,7 +50,26 @@ impl<F: RichField, H: Hasher<F>> Challenger<F, H> {
             })
             .collect();
 
+        // When this proof was generated in a circuit with a different number of query steps,
+        // the challenger needs to observe the additional hash caps.
+        if let Some(step_count) = query_round_step_count {
+            let cap_len = (1 << config.cap_height) * NUM_HASH_OUT_ELTS;
+            let zero_cap = vec![F::ZERO; cap_len];
+            for _ in commit_phase_merkle_caps.len()..step_count {
+                self.observe_elements(&zero_cap);
+                self.get_extension_challenge::<D>();
+            }
+        }
+
         self.observe_extension_elements(&final_poly.coeffs);
+        // When this proof was generated in a circuit with a different final polynomial length,
+        // the challenger needs to observe the full length of the final polynomial.
+        if let Some(len) = final_poly_coeff_len {
+            let current_len = final_poly.coeffs.len();
+            for _ in current_len..len {
+                self.observe_extension_element(&F::Extension::ZERO);
+            }
+        }
 
         self.observe_element(pow_witness);
         let fri_pow_response = self.get_challenge();
diff --git a/plonky2/src/plonk/get_challenges.rs b/plonky2/src/plonk/get_challenges.rs
index 45d79f99aa..5872cf6953 100644
--- a/plonky2/src/plonk/get_challenges.rs
+++ b/plonky2/src/plonk/get_challenges.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ fn get_challenges<F: RichField + Extendable<D>, C: GenericConfig<D, F = F>, cons
             pow_witness,
             common_data.degree_bits(),
             &config.fri_config,
+            None,
+            None,
         ),
     })
 }
diff --git a/starky/src/fibonacci_stark.rs b/starky/src/fibonacci_stark.rs
index 56f60af430..201ae62f32 100644
--- a/starky/src/fibonacci_stark.rs
+++ b/starky/src/fibonacci_stark.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ mod tests {
             &mut TimingTree::default(),
         )?;
 
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config)
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config, None)
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             &mut TimingTree::default(),
         )?;
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config)?;
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config, None)?;
         assert_eq!(degree_bits, proof.proof.recover_degree_bits(&config));
 
         recursive_proof::<F, C, S, C, D>(stark, proof, &config, true)
@@ -304,8 +304,12 @@ mod tests {
         // Configure the circuit for recursive verification
         let num_rows = 1 << verifier_degree_bits;
         let stark = S::new(num_rows);
-        let circuit_config = CircuitConfig::standard_recursion_config();
-        let mut builder = CircuitBuilder::<F, D>::new(circuit_config);
+        for p in proofs.clone() {
+            verify_stark_proof(stark, p, &stark_config, Some(verifier_fri_params.clone()))?;
+        }
+
+        let recursive_verification_circuit_config = CircuitConfig::standard_recursion_config();
+        let mut builder = CircuitBuilder::<F, D>::new(recursive_verification_circuit_config);
         let zero = builder.zero();
 
         // Set up proof verification within the circuit
diff --git a/starky/src/get_challenges.rs b/starky/src/get_challenges.rs
index 1d9b55b437..fd50d5068e 100644
--- a/starky/src/get_challenges.rs
+++ b/starky/src/get_challenges.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use plonky2::field::extension::Extendable;
 use plonky2::field::polynomial::PolynomialCoeffs;
 use plonky2::fri::proof::{FriProof, FriProofTarget};
+use plonky2::fri::prover::final_poly_coeff_len;
+use plonky2::fri::FriParams;
 use plonky2::gadgets::polynomial::PolynomialCoeffsExtTarget;
 use plonky2::hash::hash_types::{MerkleCapTarget, RichField};
 use plonky2::hash::merkle_tree::MerkleCap;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ fn get_challenges<F, C, const D: usize>(
     pow_witness: F,
     config: &StarkConfig,
     degree_bits: usize,
+    verifier_circuit_fri_params: Option<FriParams>,
 ) -> StarkProofChallenges<F, D>
 where
     F: RichField + Extendable<D>,
@@ -67,6 +70,19 @@ where
 
     challenger.observe_openings(&openings.to_fri_openings());
 
+    let (final_poly_coeff_len, query_round_step_count) =
+        if let Some(verifier_circuit_fri_params) = verifier_circuit_fri_params {
+            (
+                Some(final_poly_coeff_len(
+                    verifier_circuit_fri_params.degree_bits,
+                    &verifier_circuit_fri_params.reduction_arity_bits,
+                )),
+                Some(verifier_circuit_fri_params.reduction_arity_bits.len()),
+            )
+        } else {
+            (None, None)
+        };
+
     StarkProofChallenges {
         lookup_challenge_set,
         stark_alphas,
@@ -77,6 +93,8 @@ where
             pow_witness,
             degree_bits,
             &config.fri_config,
+            final_poly_coeff_len,
+            query_round_step_count,
         ),
     }
 }
@@ -99,6 +117,7 @@ where
         challenges: Option<&GrandProductChallengeSet<F>>,
         ignore_trace_cap: bool,
         config: &StarkConfig,
+        verifier_circuit_fri_params: Option<FriParams>,
     ) -> StarkProofChallenges<F, D> {
         let degree_bits = self.recover_degree_bits(config);
 
@@ -134,6 +153,7 @@ where
             *pow_witness,
             config,
             degree_bits,
+            verifier_circuit_fri_params,
         )
     }
 }
@@ -156,10 +176,16 @@ where
         challenges: Option<&GrandProductChallengeSet<F>>,
         ignore_trace_cap: bool,
         config: &StarkConfig,
+        verifier_circuit_fri_params: Option<FriParams>,
     ) -> StarkProofChallenges<F, D> {
         challenger.observe_elements(&self.public_inputs);
-        self.proof
-            .get_challenges(challenger, challenges, ignore_trace_cap, config)
+        self.proof.get_challenges(
+            challenger,
+            challenges,
+            ignore_trace_cap,
+            config,
+            verifier_circuit_fri_params,
+        )
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/starky/src/permutation_stark.rs b/starky/src/permutation_stark.rs
index 81a0897f5f..e656554104 100644
--- a/starky/src/permutation_stark.rs
+++ b/starky/src/permutation_stark.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ mod tests {
             &mut TimingTree::default(),
         )?;
 
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config)
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config, None)
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ mod tests {
             None,
             &mut TimingTree::default(),
         )?;
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config)?;
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config, None)?;
 
         recursive_proof::<F, C, S, C, D>(stark, proof, &config, true)
     }
diff --git a/starky/src/unconstrained_stark.rs b/starky/src/unconstrained_stark.rs
index 08f52d692a..ec6045c4bc 100644
--- a/starky/src/unconstrained_stark.rs
+++ b/starky/src/unconstrained_stark.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ mod tests {
         let proof =
             prove::<F, C, S, D>(stark, &config, trace, &[], None, &mut TimingTree::default())?;
 
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config)
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof, &config, None)
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ mod tests {
         let trace = stark.generate_trace();
         let proof =
             prove::<F, C, S, D>(stark, &config, trace, &[], None, &mut TimingTree::default())?;
-        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config)?;
+        verify_stark_proof(stark, proof.clone(), &config, None)?;
 
         recursive_proof::<F, C, S, C, D>(stark, proof, &config, true)
     }
diff --git a/starky/src/verifier.rs b/starky/src/verifier.rs
index d56072ad3a..7bf43a4e0e 100644
--- a/starky/src/verifier.rs
+++ b/starky/src/verifier.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use plonky2::field::extension::{Extendable, FieldExtension};
 use plonky2::field::types::Field;
 use plonky2::fri::verifier::verify_fri_proof;
+use plonky2::fri::FriParams;
 use plonky2::hash::hash_types::RichField;
 use plonky2::hash::merkle_tree::MerkleCap;
 use plonky2::iop::challenger::Challenger;
@@ -35,11 +36,18 @@ pub fn verify_stark_proof<
     stark: S,
     proof_with_pis: StarkProofWithPublicInputs<F, C, D>,
     config: &StarkConfig,
+    verifier_circuit_fri_params: Option<FriParams>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     ensure!(proof_with_pis.public_inputs.len() == S::PUBLIC_INPUTS);
     let mut challenger = Challenger::<F, C::Hasher>::new();
 
-    let challenges = proof_with_pis.get_challenges(&mut challenger, None, false, config);
+    let challenges = proof_with_pis.get_challenges(
+        &mut challenger,
+        None,
+        false,
+        config,
+        verifier_circuit_fri_params,
+    );
 
     verify_stark_proof_with_challenges(
         &stark,