diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index 34699bf42..269a3afa3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/celestiaorg/tastora v0.8.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.53.5
 	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8 v8.8.0
-	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/execution/evm v0.0.0-20250602130019-2a732cf903a5
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node/execution/evm/test v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.sum b/test/e2e/go.sum
index 382bcf100..916a4ed2a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/test/e2e/go.sum
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ 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 v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=