diff --git a/core/trace.go b/core/trace.go
index 39ab388195..d91987dd2d 100644
--- a/core/trace.go
+++ b/core/trace.go
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ func (env *TraceEnv) getTxResult(state *state.StateDB, index int, block *types.B
 	// Computes the new state by applying the given message.
 	l1DataFee, err := fees.CalculateL1DataFee(tx, state)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("tracing failed: %w", err)
+		return err
 	}
 	result, err := ApplyMessage(vmenv, msg, new(GasPool).AddGas(msg.Gas()), l1DataFee)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("tracing failed: %w", err)
+		return err
 	}
 	// If the result contains a revert reason, return it.
 	returnVal := result.Return()
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index d5b99d3bad..9604c504db 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 1         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 5         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 6         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )