diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 3b20f1e61d..d2a6122bf8 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 = 25        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 26        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )
 
diff --git a/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/Cargo.toml b/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/Cargo.toml
index a7f34261ff..5a75838845 100644
--- a/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rollup/circuitcapacitychecker/libzkp/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
+[patch.crates-io]
+ethers-core = { git = "https://github.com/scroll-tech/ethers-rs.git", branch = "v0.17.0" }
 [patch."https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/halo2.git"]
 halo2_proofs = { git = "https://github.com/scroll-tech/halo2.git", branch = "develop"  }
 [patch."https://github.com/privacy-scaling-explorations/poseidon.git"]