diff --git a/consensus/bor/bor.go b/consensus/bor/bor.go
index 59d7bf71af..adb9e7857b 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/bor.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/bor.go
@@ -878,10 +878,6 @@ func (c *Bor) Finalize(chain consensus.ChainHeaderReader, header *types.Header,
 		return
 	}
 
-	// No block rewards in PoA, so the state remains as is and uncles are dropped
-	header.Root = state.IntermediateRoot(chain.Config().IsEIP158(header.Number))
-	header.UncleHash = types.CalcUncleHash(nil)
-
 	// Set state sync data to blockchain
 	bc := chain.(*core.BlockChain)
 	bc.SetStateSync(stateSyncData)
diff --git a/consensus/bor/bor_test.go b/consensus/bor/bor_test.go
index cb087ad9e2..166939e0c0 100644
--- a/consensus/bor/bor_test.go
+++ b/consensus/bor/bor_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestGenesisContractChange(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NoError(t, statedb.Database().TrieDB().Commit(root, true))
 
-		statedb, err := state.New(h.Root, state.NewDatabase(triedb.NewDatabase(db, triedb.HashDefaults), nil))
+		statedb, err := state.New(root, state.NewDatabase(triedb.NewDatabase(db, triedb.HashDefaults), nil))
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		return root, statedb
diff --git a/core/state/reader.go b/core/state/reader.go
index e0503cbcfb..6518e94349 100644
--- a/core/state/reader.go
+++ b/core/state/reader.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func newFlatReader(reader database.StateReader) *flatReader {
 //
 // The returned account might be nil if it's not existent.
 func (r *flatReader) Account(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
-	account, err := r.reader.Account(crypto.HashData(r.buff, addr.Bytes()))
+	account, err := r.reader.Account(crypto.HashData(crypto.NewKeccakState(), addr.Bytes()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ func (r *flatReader) Account(addr common.Address) (*types.StateAccount, error) {
 //
 // The returned storage slot might be empty if it's not existent.
 func (r *flatReader) Storage(addr common.Address, key common.Hash) (common.Hash, error) {
-	addrHash := crypto.HashData(r.buff, addr.Bytes())
-	slotHash := crypto.HashData(r.buff, key.Bytes())
+	addrHash := crypto.HashData(crypto.NewKeccakState(), addr.Bytes())
+	slotHash := crypto.HashData(crypto.NewKeccakState(), key.Bytes())
 	ret, err := r.reader.Storage(addrHash, slotHash)
 	if err != nil {
 		return common.Hash{}, err
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (r *trieReader) Storage(addr common.Address, key common.Hash) (common.Hash,
 				root = r.subRoots[addr]
 			}
 			var err error
-			tr, err = trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StorageTrieID(r.root, crypto.HashData(r.buff, addr.Bytes()), root), r.db)
+			tr, err = trie.NewStateTrie(trie.StorageTrieID(r.root, crypto.HashData(crypto.NewKeccakState(), addr.Bytes()), root), r.db)
 			if err != nil {
 				return common.Hash{}, err
 			}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index add1e33baf..ab48d9ed72 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20191108122812-4678299bea08
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.8.1
-	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.1
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.5-0.20220116011046-fa5810519dcb
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 78aa366d3d..cd2b36acfb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1875,8 +1875,9 @@ github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:8pz2t5EyA70fFQQSrl6XZXzq
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:/xlHOz8bRuivTWchD4jCa+NbatV+wEUSzwAxVc6locg=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:/xlHOz8bRuivTWchD4jCa+NbatV+wEUSzwAxVc6locg=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
-github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.1 h1:JdqV9zKUdtaa9gdPlywC3aeoEsR681PlKC+4F5gQgeo=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.1/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.2 h1:YtQM7lnr8iZ+j5q71MGKkNw9Mn7AjHM68uc9g5fXeUI=
+github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.2/go.mod h1:m21LjoU+eqJr34lmDMbreY2eSTRJ1cv77w39/MY0Ch0=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.0.0/go.mod h1:pqrtFR0X4osieyHYxtmOUWsAWrfe1Q5UVIyoH402zdk=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0 h1:d/ix8ftRUorsN+5eMIlF4T6J8CAt9rch3My2winC1Jw=
 github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.0/go.mod h1:pqrtFR0X4osieyHYxtmOUWsAWrfe1Q5UVIyoH402zdk=
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index cc4add1c6f..dbd67a255a 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 2  // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 0  // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 0  // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 3  // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )