diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d7fefc8..864102c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/covalenthq/lenspath v0.3.2
 	github.com/covalenthq/lumberjack/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/elodina/go-avro v0.0.0-20160406082632-0c8185d9a3ba
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.9
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v7 v7.4.1
 	github.com/golang/snappy v1.0.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ded1212..869c4f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ 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 v1.16.8 h1:LLLfkZWijhR5m6yrAXbdlTeXoqontH+Ga2f9igY7law=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.8/go.mod h1:Fs6QebQbavneQTYcA39PEKv2+zIjX7rPUZ14DER46wk=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.9 h1:UTJ93yoXD7BEMWg+9lSZ8/Zvf0oZfy2ZUmv0Gn0ZclE=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.16.9/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=