diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af9d0a0ad88..21fea637f0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8437,6 +8437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "slashing_protection",
  "slog",
  "slot_clock",
+ "strum",
  "sysinfo",
  "system_health",
  "task_executor",
diff --git a/validator_client/Cargo.toml b/validator_client/Cargo.toml
index 0b648a81553..90a82b7e3b2 100644
--- a/validator_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,3 +61,4 @@ malloc_utils = { workspace = true }
 sysinfo = { workspace = true }
 system_health = { path = "../common/system_health" }
 logging = { workspace = true }
+strum = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/validator_client/src/beacon_node_fallback.rs b/validator_client/src/beacon_node_fallback.rs
index efff46f9c70..de7ecb5a361 100644
--- a/validator_client/src/beacon_node_fallback.rs
+++ b/validator_client/src/beacon_node_fallback.rs
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use strum::{EnumString, EnumVariantNames};
 use tokio::{sync::RwLock, time::sleep};
 use types::{ChainSpec, Config, EthSpec};
 
@@ -714,24 +714,11 @@ impl<T: SlotClock, E: EthSpec> BeaconNodeFallback<T, E> {
 }
 
 /// Serves as a cue for `BeaconNodeFallback` to tell which requests need to be broadcasted.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize, EnumString, EnumVariantNames)]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub enum ApiTopic {
     Attestations,
     Blocks,
     Subscriptions,
     SyncCommittee,
 }
-
-impl FromStr for ApiTopic {
-    type Err = String;
-
-    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
-        match s.trim() {
-            "attestations" => Ok(ApiTopic::Attestations),
-            "blocks" => Ok(ApiTopic::Blocks),
-            "subscriptions" => Ok(ApiTopic::Subscriptions),
-            "sync-committee" => Ok(ApiTopic::SyncCommittee),
-            _ => Err(format!("Unknown API topic: `{s}`")),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/validator_client/src/config.rs b/validator_client/src/config.rs
index cdae217ba6a..f75ab1ae710 100644
--- a/validator_client/src/config.rs
+++ b/validator_client/src/config.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use slog::{info, Logger};
 use std::fs;
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use types::{Address, GRAFFITI_BYTES_LEN};
 
@@ -227,9 +226,12 @@ impl Config {
             config.broadcast_topics = broadcast_topics
                 .split(',')
                 .filter(|t| *t != "none")
-                .map(ApiTopic::from_str)
-                .collect::<Result<_, _>>()
-                .map_err(|e| format!("Unable to parse API topics to broadcast: {:?}", e))?;
+                .map(|t| {
+                    t.trim()
+                        .parse::<ApiTopic>()
+                        .map_err(|_| format!("Unknown API topic to broadcast: {t}"))
+                })
+                .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
         }
 
         /*