diff --git a/build/checksums.txt b/build/checksums.txt
index 135da33a25..adfa0bc34d 100644
--- a/build/checksums.txt
+++ b/build/checksums.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file contains sha256 checksums of optional build dependencies.
 
 # https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases
-f05e56f5eb736209fb7424ab2f444a6ef55e356220ac72960ff4d3a33a63b051  fixtures.tar.gz
+24bac679f3a2d8240d8e08e7f6a70b70c2dabf673317d924cf1d1887b9fe1f81  fixtures.tar.gz
 
 # https://go.dev/dl/
 818d46ede85682dd551ad378ef37a4d247006f12ec59b5b755601d2ce114369a  go1.21.0.src.tar.gz
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 0392bb3d19..6f77e5df60 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ var (
 
 	// This is the version of execution-spec-tests that we are using.
 	// When updating, you must also update build/checksums.txt.
-	executionSpecTestsVersion = "0.2.4"
+	executionSpecTestsVersion = "1.0.2"
 
 	// This is where the tests should be unpacked.
 	executionSpecTestsDir = "tests/spec-tests"
diff --git a/tests/block_test.go b/tests/block_test.go
index 566d3c3a57..645b4b702d 100644
--- a/tests/block_test.go
+++ b/tests/block_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ func TestExecutionSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	bt := new(testMatcher)
 
-	// skip tests here if needed
+	// cancun tests are not complete yet
+	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/`)
+	bt.skipLoad(`-fork=Cancun`)
 
 	bt.walk(t, executionSpecDir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *BlockTest) {
 		execBlockTest(t, bt, test)