diff --git a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
index 545ab1b278a..7530c70b273 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
+++ b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/c
 go 1.26.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.3
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.5.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v0.10.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
index cbfd10ae413..d1fa715b2cc 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
+++ b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0 h1:zPMNGQCm0g4QTY27fOCorQW7EryeQ/U
 github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:2OfgNZ5wDpcsFmHmCK5gZTPcCXqlm2ArzUIkw9czNJo=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0 h1:NMZiJj8QnKe1LgsbDayM4UoHwbvwDRwnI3hwNaAHRnc=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:ZXNYxsqcloTdSy/rNShjYzMhyjf0LaoftYK0p+A3h40=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1 h1:IjlQDjgxg2uL+GzPRkygGULPMLzcYWncEI7wbaizvho=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1/go.mod h1:7UWOVHL7K3b8RfVRea022btnzLCaanwHtBuH1jUCH/I=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.3 h1:Ev/sQHH+UdKZHWjuVzhu2pxhi/sXaPZl23Q+Q5LDd4Q=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.3/go.mod h1:f2EhRwqewIZkGoQekywI2Y2RZAMTSavLNkD9qItFy1A=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 h1:vM5IJoUAy3d7zRSVtIwQgBj7BiWtMPfmPEgAXnvj1Ro=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=