diff --git a/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go b/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
index 030cabe01f..0a9a1ab441 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api_blocktrace.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func (api *API) getTxResult(env *traceEnv, state *state.StateDB, index int, bloc
 				m = make(map[string][]hexutil.Bytes)
 				env.StorageProofs[addrStr] = m
 				if zktrieTracer.Available() {
-					env.zkTrieTracer[addrStr] = zktrieTracer
+					env.zkTrieTracer[addrStr] = state.NewProofTracer(trie)
 				}
 			} else if _, existed := m[keyStr]; existed {
 				// still need to touch tracer for deletion
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 0bb4230e4b..94a96e6d6d 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 4         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 0         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 3         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 4         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )