diff --git a/libraries/cli/include/cli/config_jsons/testnet/testnet_genesis.json b/libraries/cli/include/cli/config_jsons/testnet/testnet_genesis.json
index fbf702e43f..6062b19f03 100644
--- a/libraries/cli/include/cli/config_jsons/testnet/testnet_genesis.json
+++ b/libraries/cli/include/cli/config_jsons/testnet/testnet_genesis.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "level": "0x0",
     "pivot": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
     "sig": "0xb7e22d46c1ba94d5e8347b01d137b5c428fcbbeaf0a77fb024cbbf1517656ff00d04f7f25be608c321b0d7483c402c294ff46c49b265305d046a52236c0a363701",
-    "timestamp": "0x669f7f20",
+    "timestamp": "0x6750605A",
     "tips": [],
     "transactions": []
   },
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
       "bridge_contract_address": "0xcAF2b453FE8382a4B8110356DF0508f6d71F22BF"
     },
     "cornus_hf": {
-      "block_num": -1,
+      "block_num": 1000,
       "delegation_locking_period": 5,
       "dag_gas_limit": "0x1908B100",
       "pbft_gas_limit": "0x7d2b7500"
diff --git a/submodules/taraxa-evm b/submodules/taraxa-evm
index a84b889c28..0e0aef18d2 160000
--- a/submodules/taraxa-evm
+++ b/submodules/taraxa-evm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a84b889c28a8813799650316e881b7f945ffb150
+Subproject commit 0e0aef18d24caa434290c5a70633067894005dc6