diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bf06bbc74e83..088c6de52abf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.5.2
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2
 	github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1
-	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.0
+	github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.2
 	github.com/ava-labs/ledger-avalanche/go v0.0.0-20231102202641-ae2ebdaeac34
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.3
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230209160836-829675f94811
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 573d618f19cb..af29389fd7d1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156 h1:eMwmnE/GDgah
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
-github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.0 h1:Xvk/iJTY2MSBkkiOs9Eo92nxd67VXzRjaC/WmQXRIb0=
-github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.0/go.mod h1:rECKQfGFDeodrwGPlJSvFUJDbVr30jSMIVjQLi6pNX4=
+github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.2 h1:LEcu90TAfjbaqsewU2Hf3EJVIYAFNDDwjgxInEyOhEM=
+github.com/ava-labs/coreth v0.12.9-rc.2/go.mod h1:rECKQfGFDeodrwGPlJSvFUJDbVr30jSMIVjQLi6pNX4=
 github.com/ava-labs/ledger-avalanche/go v0.0.0-20231102202641-ae2ebdaeac34 h1:mg9Uw6oZFJKytJxgxnl3uxZOs/SB8CVHg6Io4Tf99Zc=
 github.com/ava-labs/ledger-avalanche/go v0.0.0-20231102202641-ae2ebdaeac34/go.mod h1:pJxaT9bUgeRNVmNRgtCHb7sFDIRKy7CzTQVi8gGNT6g=
 github.com/aymerick/raymond v2.0.3-0.20180322193309-b565731e1464+incompatible/go.mod h1:osfaiScAUVup+UC9Nfq76eWqDhXlp+4UYaA8uhTBO6g=