diff --git a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
index c79410b7ed6..d87885340f2 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 1.25.8
 
 require (
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.2
 	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 a9eb91ed1ea..557aef45a7b 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 v1.17.2 h1:ag6geu0kn8Hv5FLKTpH+Hm2DHD+iuFtuqKxEuwUsDOI=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.2/go.mod h1:KHcRXfGOUfUmKg51IhQ0IowiqZ6PqZf08CMtk0g5K1o=
 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=