diff --git a/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/decode.ts b/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/decode.ts
index 14f96c0dbc2f..1bf9fc815e28 100644
--- a/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/decode.ts
+++ b/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/decode.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {decode, encodingLength} from "uint8-varint";
+import {decode as varintDecode, encodingLength as varintEncodingLength} from "uint8-varint";
 import {Uint8ArrayList} from "uint8arraylist";
 import {BufferedSource} from "../../utils/index.js";
 import {TypeSizes} from "../../types.js";
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ export async function readSszSnappyHeader(bufferedSource: BufferedSource, type:
 
     let sszDataLength: number;
     try {
-      sszDataLength = decode(buffer.subarray());
+      sszDataLength = varintDecode(buffer.subarray());
     } catch (e) {
       throw new SszSnappyError({code: SszSnappyErrorCode.INVALID_VARINT_BYTES_COUNT, bytes: Infinity});
     }
 
     // MUST validate: the unsigned protobuf varint used for the length-prefix MUST not be longer than 10 bytes
     // encodingLength function only returns 1-8 inclusive
-    const varintBytes = encodingLength(sszDataLength);
+    const varintBytes = varintEncodingLength(sszDataLength);
     buffer.consume(varintBytes);
 
     // MUST validate: the length-prefix is within the expected size bounds derived from the payload SSZ type.
diff --git a/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/encode.ts b/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/encode.ts
index 8c37a4fa0210..930aa242766d 100644
--- a/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/encode.ts
+++ b/packages/reqresp/src/encodingStrategies/sszSnappy/encode.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {encode} from "uint8-varint";
+import {encode as varintEncode} from "uint8-varint";
 import {encodeSnappy} from "./snappyFrames/compress.js";
 
 /**
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const writeSszSnappyPayload = encodeSszSnappy as (bytes: Uint8Array) => A
  */
 export async function* encodeSszSnappy(bytes: Buffer): AsyncGenerator<Buffer> {
   // MUST encode the length of the raw SSZ bytes, encoded as an unsigned protobuf varint
-  yield Buffer.from(encode(bytes.length));
+  yield Buffer.from(varintEncode(bytes.length));
 
   // By first computing and writing the SSZ byte length, the SSZ encoder can then directly
   // write the chunk contents to the stream. Snappy writer compresses frame by frame