diff --git a/app/bench_test.go b/app/bench_test.go
index e71c52db4b..8baff0e054 100644
--- a/app/bench_test.go
+++ b/app/bench_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/v2/x/cronos/types"
 )
 
-const BlockSTMPreEstimate = false
+const BlockSTMPreEstimate = true
 
 // BenchmarkERC20Transfer benchmarks execution of standard erc20 token transfer transactions
 func BenchmarkERC20Transfer(b *testing.B) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3715e666ea..90fd401660 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24 // indirect
 	github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/memiavl v0.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240911081142-92839e79a3ae // indirect
+	github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go => github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20240425065928-ebb09502e7a7
 	// develop
-	github.com/evmos/ethermint => github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240911093556-79bb39ed91e4
+	github.com/evmos/ethermint => github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240912060135-56f8a5be75ec
 	// Fix upstream GHSA-h395-qcrw-5vmq and GHSA-3vp4-m3rf-835h vulnerabilities.
 	// TODO Remove it: https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/10409
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin => github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad845be134..11e4629b0f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -427,10 +427,10 @@ github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/store v0.0.0-20240911084450-6870ba130be2
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/store v0.0.0-20240911084450-6870ba130be2/go.mod h1:gjE3DZe4t/+VeIk6CmrouyqiuDbZ7QOVDDq3nLqBTpg=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/x/tx v0.0.0-20240911084450-6870ba130be2 h1:mxlOSCru7YgmX055rrlkCSUu0D8lAqJ8Dnhp0yXCBuM=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/x/tx v0.0.0-20240911084450-6870ba130be2/go.mod h1:RTiTs4hkXG6IvYGknvB8p79YgjYJdcbzLUOGJChsPnY=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240911093556-79bb39ed91e4 h1:+eTaPw8ZN9iBbmk215r5I1lnva9oWbvYatetUffaOO0=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240911093556-79bb39ed91e4/go.mod h1:Ua2vxy7IozDX878Gq6o0SneUDRbgorAKmb9tuUuAsHM=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240911081142-92839e79a3ae h1:gakWYsVubWX8P9NpxaPnvg0UJYfIZigfko5WN57t7OA=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240911081142-92839e79a3ae/go.mod h1:iwQTX9xMX8NV9k3o2BiWXA0SswpsZrDk5q3gA7nWYiE=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240912060135-56f8a5be75ec h1:9J1fV54SQDeFzzWQnIvr1uwVJIAIkPv3+sm0RapfDM0=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240912060135-56f8a5be75ec/go.mod h1:D2lnc8ARuVmgc2/2IWla2Ky1o8/pjmyrnIt+d46Clco=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e h1:FFpE6+Y4o5GxkeGwUcETM6amgohh7msWvWf1MDqueVc=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e/go.mod h1:iwQTX9xMX8NV9k3o2BiWXA0SswpsZrDk5q3gA7nWYiE=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20240425065928-ebb09502e7a7 h1:V43F3JFcqG4MUThf9W/DytnPblpR6CcaLBw2Wx6zTgE=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20240425065928-ebb09502e7a7/go.mod h1:+a8pUj1tOyJ2RinsNQD4326YS+leSoKGiG/uVVb0x6Y=
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 h1:ozqKHaLK0W/ii4KVbbvluM91W2H3Sh0BncbUNPS7jLE=
diff --git a/gomod2nix.toml b/gomod2nix.toml
index 375a68b82f..1172af8aa7 100644
--- a/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/gomod2nix.toml
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ schema = 3
     version = "v0.0.24"
     hash = "sha256-4vUukHONOjNn0qfQr4esK6TWfPWsIp+rbdz65og84lw="
   [mod."github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm"]
-    version = "v0.0.0-20240911081142-92839e79a3ae"
-    hash = "sha256-8MhSeC5BB5BwOet3k3Rfua0TBeBATtLSwaW6s5WpYCM="
+    version = "v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e"
+    hash = "sha256-rY8W4dSciOXT29MCySbH5sw0Fp15IQVgBK9QlMX0JeU="
   [mod."github.com/danieljoos/wincred"]
     version = "v1.2.0"
     hash = "sha256-LHcvTJCc8++bFndbd8ZgMSTe4L5h2C4rN+cSWHCz54Y="
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ schema = 3
     hash = "sha256-lE4G5FaRb3MVi9FFVn+WlwsSTOB4SbjmVboKyQ5yB0A="
     replaced = "github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum"
   [mod."github.com/evmos/ethermint"]
-    version = "v0.6.1-0.20240911093556-79bb39ed91e4"
-    hash = "sha256-pImZqrOysiMTCgzdWyVttLeTEiszjA1KBVTnzDU0vRg="
+    version = "v0.6.1-0.20240912060135-56f8a5be75ec"
+    hash = "sha256-LkGl7SLTfEJ5wf/dKf7Dq8P7LQLNspjm6zz+iPSY7Ic="
     replaced = "github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint"
   [mod."github.com/fatih/color"]
     version = "v1.16.0"
diff --git a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/peer.py b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/peer.py
index 3d399cf359..b9d8ce6f7e 100644
--- a/testground/benchmark/benchmark/peer.py
+++ b/testground/benchmark/benchmark/peer.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def patch_configs(home: Path, group: str, peers: str, block_executor: str):
         "memiavl.enable": True,
         "mempool.max-txs": MEMPOOL_SIZE,
         "evm.block-executor": block_executor,
+        "evm.block-stm-pre-estimate": True,
         "json-rpc.enable-indexer": True,
     }
     if block_executor == "block-stm":