diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index 04fdf26847..3842c583d2 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -290,9 +290,12 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) SendTx(ctx context.Context, signedTx *types.Transaction)
 		// If the transaction pool is enabled, we send the transaction to the sequencer RPC asynchronously as this is
 		// additional to the public mempool.
 		go func() {
+			// create a new context with a timeout to prevent the original context from being cancelled
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
 			err := b.sendToSequencer(ctx, signedTx)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Warn("failed to forward tx to sequencer", "tx", signedTx.Hash(), "err", err)
+				log.Debug("failed to forward tx to sequencer asynchronously", "tx", signedTx.Hash(), "err", err)
 			}
 		}()
 	}
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index c696d640d1..3921235012 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config, l1Client l1.Client) (*Ether
 	// Some of the extraData is used with Clique consensus (before EuclidV2). After EuclidV2 we use SystemContract consensus where this is overridden when creating a block.
 	eth.miner.SetExtra(makeExtraData(config.Miner.ExtraData))
 
-	eth.APIBackend = &EthAPIBackend{stack.Config().ExtRPCEnabled(), stack.Config().AllowUnprotectedTxs, config.GossipTxReceivingDisabled, eth, nil}
+	eth.APIBackend = &EthAPIBackend{stack.Config().ExtRPCEnabled(), stack.Config().AllowUnprotectedTxs, config.GossipTxBroadcastDisabled, eth, nil}
 	if eth.APIBackend.allowUnprotectedTxs {
 		log.Info("Unprotected transactions allowed")
 	}
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 1e5b0c8122..ccdbd49060 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 9         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 1         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 2         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )