diff --git a/system-tests/lib/go.mod b/system-tests/lib/go.mod
index d98ddfcdde6..81993df5210 100644
--- a/system-tests/lib/go.mod
+++ b/system-tests/lib/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.11.3
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.1+incompatible
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.7
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8
 	github.com/fbsobreira/gotron-sdk v0.0.0-20250403083053-2943ce8c759b
 	github.com/gagliardetto/solana-go v1.13.0
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.18.0
diff --git a/system-tests/lib/go.sum b/system-tests/lib/go.sum
index 91e31f63c89..d716b23fb43 100644
--- a/system-tests/lib/go.sum
+++ b/system-tests/lib/go.sum
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ 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/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible h1:jBYDEEiFBPxA0v50tFdvOzQQTCvpL6mnFh5mB2/l16U=