diff --git a/apps/evm/go.mod b/apps/evm/go.mod
index 1b31c09387..19675f04d1 100644
--- a/apps/evm/go.mod
+++ b/apps/evm/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.4
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node v1.1.3
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node/execution/evm v1.0.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.35.1
diff --git a/apps/testapp/go.mod b/apps/testapp/go.mod
index ef35d648c3..d43dcb5331 100644
--- a/apps/testapp/go.mod
+++ b/apps/testapp/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace (
 
 require (
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node v1.1.3
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.35.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.2
diff --git a/execution/evm/go.mod b/execution/evm/go.mod
index f73db9de52..d0f896acfd 100644
--- a/execution/evm/go.mod
+++ b/execution/evm/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ replace (
 require (
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.4
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node v1.1.2
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.9.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.35.1
diff --git a/execution/evm/test/go.mod b/execution/evm/test/go.mod
index 6a301d0b34..350d7a5b6b 100644
--- a/execution/evm/test/go.mod
+++ b/execution/evm/test/go.mod
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emicklei/dot v1.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844/v2 v2.1.6 // indirect
 	github.com/evstack/ev-node v1.1.2 // indirect
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ferranbt/fastssz v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/fjl/jsonw v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6be3ab1aac..770b47aa1e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/celestiaorg/go-square/v3 v3.0.2
 	github.com/celestiaorg/nmt v0.24.3
 	github.com/celestiaorg/utils v0.1.0
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0
 	github.com/filecoin-project/go-jsonrpc v0.10.1
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.13.0
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ require (
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2
 )
 
-replace github.com/evstack/ev-node/core => ./core
-
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.123.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.20.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 03220a216a..713347aa96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v1.37.0/go.mod h1:DReE9MMrmecPy+YvQ
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.3.3 h1:MVQghNeW+LZcmXe7SY1V36Z+WFMDjpqGAGacLe2T0ds=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v1.3.3/go.mod h1:TsndJ/ngyIdQRhMcVVGDDHINPLWB7C82oDArY51KfB0=
+github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0 h1:Sa7uU5yuNF7YUyLBHPThD6Jt8/jacM1epRLATrdvKRE=
+github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0/go.mod h1:n2w/LhYQTPsi48m6lMj16YiIqsaQw6gxwjyJvR+B3sY=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
diff --git a/test/e2e/go.mod b/test/e2e/go.mod
index 4121c1a25f..a65002d805 100644
--- a/test/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/test/e2e/go.mod
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/dot v1.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844/v2 v2.1.6 // indirect
-	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evstack/ev-node/core v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ferranbt/fastssz v0.1.4 // indirect