diff --git a/evmrpc/block.go b/evmrpc/block.go
index 431ca80cf..b2be78d09 100644
--- a/evmrpc/block.go
+++ b/evmrpc/block.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const ShellEVMTxType = math.MaxUint32
-const TestGenesisBlockHash = "0xF9D3845DF25B43B1C6926F3CEDA6845C17F5624E12212FD8847D0BA01DA1AB9E"
 
 type BlockAPI struct {
 	tmClient             rpcclient.Client
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ func (a *BlockAPI) GetBlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, number rpc.BlockNumber,
 		// for compatibility with the graph, always return genesis block
 		return map[string]interface{}{
 			"number":           (*hexutil.Big)(big.NewInt(0)),
-			"hash":             TestGenesisBlockHash,
+			"hash":             "0xF9D3845DF25B43B1C6926F3CEDA6845C17F5624E12212FD8847D0BA01DA1AB9E",
 			"parentHash":       common.Hash{},
 			"nonce":            ethtypes.BlockNonce{},   // inapplicable to Sei
 			"mixHash":          common.Hash{},           // inapplicable to Sei
diff --git a/evmrpc/block_test.go b/evmrpc/block_test.go
index 21dfae774..642edf443 100644
--- a/evmrpc/block_test.go
+++ b/evmrpc/block_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func verifyGenesisBlockResult(t *testing.T, resObj map[string]interface{}) {
 	require.Equal(t, "0x", resObj["extraData"])
 	require.Equal(t, "0x0", resObj["gasLimit"])
 	require.Equal(t, "0x0", resObj["gasUsed"])
-	require.Equal(t, evmrpc.TestGenesisBlockHash, resObj["hash"])
+	require.Equal(t, "0xF9D3845DF25B43B1C6926F3CEDA6845C17F5624E12212FD8847D0BA01DA1AB9E", resObj["hash"])
 	require.Equal(t, "0x0000000000000000", resObj["nonce"])
 	require.Equal(t, "0x0", resObj["number"])
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 115075e38..4366f046f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk => github.com/sei-protocol/sei-cosmos v0.3.48
 	github.com/cosmos/iavl => github.com/sei-protocol/sei-iavl v0.2.0
 	github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v3 => github.com/sei-protocol/sei-ibc-go/v3 v3.3.3
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222013722-b2f3283b8fdc
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222172509-5fabb665a80c
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf => github.com/regen-network/protobuf v1.3.3-alpha.regen.1
 	github.com/sei-protocol/sei-db => github.com/sei-protocol/sei-db v0.0.46
 	// Latest goleveldb is broken, we have to stick to this version
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 22c02d34a..98d4176ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1341,8 +1341,8 @@ github.com/seccomp/libseccomp-golang v0.9.2-0.20220502022130-f33da4d89646/go.mod
 github.com/securego/gosec/v2 v2.11.0 h1:+PDkpzR41OI2jrw1q6AdXZCbsNGNGT7pQjal0H0cArI=
 github.com/securego/gosec/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:SX8bptShuG8reGC0XS09+a4H2BoWSJi+fscA+Pulbpo=
 github.com/segmentio/fasthash v1.0.3/go.mod h1:waKX8l2N8yckOgmSsXJi7x1ZfdKZ4x7KRMzBtS3oedY=
-github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222013722-b2f3283b8fdc h1:7aRU7/y5pE/dHUv3b0ouraZCU0t0QdLW6/lNUn5H6ac=
-github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222013722-b2f3283b8fdc/go.mod h1:kcRZmuzRn1lVejiFNTz4l4W7imnpq1bDAnuKS/RyhbQ=
+github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222172509-5fabb665a80c h1:Gr77+8O12U4gdHdjM5aJ5LphHwhlbeHjGMuhWE9Coaw=
+github.com/sei-protocol/go-ethereum v1.13.5-sei-9.0.20241222172509-5fabb665a80c/go.mod h1:kcRZmuzRn1lVejiFNTz4l4W7imnpq1bDAnuKS/RyhbQ=
 github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2 h1:Bfa7Sv+4CVLNM20QcpvGb81B8C5HkQC/kW1CQpIbXDA=
 github.com/sei-protocol/goutils v0.0.2/go.mod h1:iYE2DuJfEnM+APPehr2gOUXfuLuPsVxorcDO+Tzq9q8=
 github.com/sei-protocol/sei-cosmos v0.3.48 h1:kSDweeTaLZ4TByLqAD6/hmtgAhAJHwXU1beyqsVXJkQ=