diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 4784b07115..3cc06644bc 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -89,10 +89,6 @@ const (
 
 	// staleThreshold is the maximum depth of the acceptable stale block.
 	staleThreshold = 7
-
-	// TODO: will be handled (and made mandatory) in a hardfork event
-	// when true, will get the transaction dependencies for parallel execution, also set in `state_processor.go`
-	EnableMVHashMap = true
 )
 
 // metrics gauge to track total and empty blocks sealed by a miner
@@ -965,6 +961,14 @@ func (w *worker) commitTransactions(env *environment, txs *types.TransactionsByP
 
 	var depsWg sync.WaitGroup
 
+	var EnableMVHashMap bool
+
+	if w.chainConfig.Bor.IsParallelUniverse(env.header.Number) {
+		EnableMVHashMap = true
+	} else {
+		EnableMVHashMap = false
+	}
+
 	// create and add empty mvHashMap in statedb
 	if EnableMVHashMap {
 		depsMVReadList = [][]blockstm.ReadDescriptor{}
diff --git a/miner/worker_test.go b/miner/worker_test.go
index da40218a7d..f99e6ae706 100644
--- a/miner/worker_test.go
+++ b/miner/worker_test.go
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ func BenchmarkBorMining(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 // uses core.NewParallelBlockChain to use the dependencies present in the block header
+// params.BorUnittestChainConfig contains the ParallelUniverseBlock ad big.NewInt(5), so the first 4 blocks will not have metadata.
+// nolint: gocognit
 func BenchmarkBorMiningBlockSTMMetadata(b *testing.B) {
 	chainConfig := params.BorUnittestChainConfig
 
@@ -810,11 +812,17 @@ func BenchmarkBorMiningBlockSTMMetadata(b *testing.B) {
 				b.Fatalf("failed to insert new mined block %d: %v", block.NumberU64(), err)
 			}
 
-			// check for dependencies
-			deps := block.TxDependency()
-			for i := 1; i < block.Transactions().Len(); i++ {
-				if deps[i][0] != uint64(i) || deps[i][1] != uint64(0) || deps[i][2] != uint64(i-1) || len(deps[i]) != 3 {
-					b.Fatalf("wrong dependency")
+			// check for dependencies for block number > 4
+			if block.NumberU64() <= 4 {
+				if block.TxDependency() != nil {
+					b.Fatalf("dependency not nil")
+				}
+			} else {
+				deps := block.TxDependency()
+				for i := 1; i < block.Transactions().Len(); i++ {
+					if deps[i][0] != uint64(i) || deps[i][1] != uint64(0) || deps[i][2] != uint64(i-1) || len(deps[i]) != 3 {
+						b.Fatalf("wrong dependency")
+					}
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index d97d6957fa..88c405ea0b 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ var (
 		BerlinBlock:         big.NewInt(0),
 		LondonBlock:         big.NewInt(0),
 		Bor: &BorConfig{
+			ParallelUniverseBlock: big.NewInt(5),
 			Period: map[string]uint64{
 				"0": 1,
 			},
@@ -349,8 +350,9 @@ var (
 		BerlinBlock:         big.NewInt(13996000),
 		LondonBlock:         big.NewInt(22640000),
 		Bor: &BorConfig{
-			JaipurBlock: big.NewInt(22770000),
-			DelhiBlock:  big.NewInt(29638656),
+			JaipurBlock:           big.NewInt(22770000),
+			DelhiBlock:            big.NewInt(29638656),
+			ParallelUniverseBlock: big.NewInt(0),
 			Period: map[string]uint64{
 				"0":        2,
 				"25275000": 5,
@@ -403,7 +405,8 @@ var (
 		BerlinBlock:         big.NewInt(14750000),
 		LondonBlock:         big.NewInt(23850000),
 		Bor: &BorConfig{
-			JaipurBlock: big.NewInt(23850000),
+			JaipurBlock:           big.NewInt(23850000),
+			ParallelUniverseBlock: big.NewInt(0),
 			Period: map[string]uint64{
 				"0": 2,
 			},
@@ -580,9 +583,10 @@ type BorConfig struct {
 	StateReceiverContract    string                 `json:"stateReceiverContract"`    // State receiver contract
 	OverrideStateSyncRecords map[string]int         `json:"overrideStateSyncRecords"` // override state records count
 	BlockAlloc               map[string]interface{} `json:"blockAlloc"`
-	BurntContract            map[string]string      `json:"burntContract"` // governance contract where the token will be sent to and burnt in london fork
-	JaipurBlock              *big.Int               `json:"jaipurBlock"`   // Jaipur switch block (nil = no fork, 0 = already on jaipur)
-	DelhiBlock               *big.Int               `json:"delhiBlock"`    // Delhi switch block (nil = no fork, 0 = already on delhi)
+	BurntContract            map[string]string      `json:"burntContract"`         // governance contract where the token will be sent to and burnt in london fork
+	JaipurBlock              *big.Int               `json:"jaipurBlock"`           // Jaipur switch block (nil = no fork, 0 = already on jaipur)
+	DelhiBlock               *big.Int               `json:"delhiBlock"`            // Delhi switch block (nil = no fork, 0 = already on delhi)
+	ParallelUniverseBlock    *big.Int               `json:"parallelUniverseBlock"` // TODO: update all occurrence, change name and finalize number (hardfork for block-stm related changes)
 }
 
 // String implements the stringer interface, returning the consensus engine details.
@@ -614,6 +618,15 @@ func (c *BorConfig) IsDelhi(number *big.Int) bool {
 	return isForked(c.DelhiBlock, number)
 }
 
+// TODO: modify this function once the block number is finalized
+func (c *BorConfig) IsParallelUniverse(number *big.Int) bool {
+	if c.ParallelUniverseBlock == big.NewInt(0) {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return isForked(c.ParallelUniverseBlock, number)
+}
+
 func (c *BorConfig) calculateBorConfigHelper(field map[string]uint64, number uint64) uint64 {
 	keys := make([]string, 0, len(field))
 	for k := range field {