diff --git a/core/block_validator.go b/core/block_validator.go
index b80c2d1297..dd31b11eac 100644
--- a/core/block_validator.go
+++ b/core/block_validator.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (v *BlockValidator) createTraceEnv(block *types.Block) (*TraceEnv, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("validateCircuitRowConsumption: no parent block found")
 	}
 
-	statedb, err := v.bc.StateAt(parent.Hash())
+	statedb, err := v.bc.StateAt(parent.Root())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index d2405dd7ae..9b91550b10 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 = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 9         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 10        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )