diff --git a/test/docker-e2e/go.mod b/test/docker-e2e/go.mod
index 8f3de9117..91d8d032c 100644
--- a/test/docker-e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/docker-e2e/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.6
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.5.3
 	github.com/celestiaorg/tastora v0.8.0
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.7
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node/execution/evm v1.0.0-beta.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 )
diff --git a/test/docker-e2e/go.sum b/test/docker-e2e/go.sum
index a56a32a91..6a2326137 100644
--- a/test/docker-e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/docker-e2e/go.sum
@@ -280,8 +280,8 @@ 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/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0-beta.5 h1:lgxE8XiF3U9pcFgh7xuKMgsOGvLBGRyd9kc9MR4WL0o=