diff --git a/apps/evm/go.mod b/apps/evm/go.mod
index cbc4e1d19..15669655f 100644
--- a/apps/evm/go.mod
+++ b/apps/evm/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-header v0.7.4
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.7
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node v1.0.0-beta.10
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0-beta.5
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node/execution/evm v1.0.0-beta.3
diff --git a/apps/evm/go.sum b/apps/evm/go.sum
index d25c668cc..bf94ea865 100644
--- a/apps/evm/go.sum
+++ b/apps/evm/go.sum
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844/v2 v2.1.5 h1:aVtoLK5xwJ6c5RiqO8g8ptJ5KU+2Hdquf6G3
 github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844/v2 v2.1.5/go.mod h1:u59hRTTah4Co6i9fDWtiCjTrblJv0UwsqZKCc0GfgUs=
 github.com/ethereum/go-bigmodexpfix v0.0.0-20250911101455-f9e208c548ab h1:rvv6MJhy07IMfEKuARQ9TKojGqLVNxQajaXEp/BoqSk=
 github.com/ethereum/go-bigmodexpfix v0.0.0-20250911101455-f9e208c548ab/go.mod h1:IuLm4IsPipXKF7CW5Lzf68PIbZ5yl7FFd74l/E0o9A8=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.7 h1:qeM4TvbrWK0UC0tgkZ7NiRsmBGwsjqc64BHo20U59UQ=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.7/go.mod h1:Fs6QebQbavneQTYcA39PEKv2+zIjX7rPUZ14DER46wk=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8 h1:LLLfkZWijhR5m6yrAXbdlTeXoqontH+Ga2f9igY7law=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8/go.mod h1:Fs6QebQbavneQTYcA39PEKv2+zIjX7rPUZ14DER46wk=
 github.com/ethereum/go-verkle v0.2.2 h1:I2W0WjnrFUIzzVPwm8ykY+7pL2d4VhlsePn4j7cnFk8=
 github.com/ethereum/go-verkle v0.2.2/go.mod h1:M3b90YRnzqKyyzBEWJGqj8Qff4IDeXnzFw0P9bFw3uk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.10.0/go.mod h1:ELkj/draVOlAH/xkhN6mQ50Qd0MPOk5AAr3maGEBuJM=