diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 114c348f9d..9fed951a4a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ parameters:
   # NOTE: Do not update the `geth_version` manually. It is updated during the
   # integration test fixture generation.
   geth_version:
-    default: "1.16.1"
+    default: "1.16.2"
     type: string
   go_version:
     default: "1.24.1"
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index e78a4cb3e7..e08589a89e 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -376,13 +376,13 @@ Geth Fixtures
 
    .. code:: sh
 
-      $ python -m geth.install v1.16.1
+      $ python -m geth.install v1.16.2
 
 2. Specify the Geth binary and run the fixture creation script (from within the web3.py directory):
 
    .. code:: sh
 
-      $ GETH_BINARY=~/.py-geth/geth-v1.16.1/bin/geth python ./tests/integration/generate_fixtures/go_ethereum.py
+      $ GETH_BINARY=~/.py-geth/geth-v1.16.2/bin/geth python ./tests/integration/generate_fixtures/go_ethereum.py
 
 3. The output of this script is your fixture, a zip file, which is now stored in ``/tests/integration/``.
    The ``/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py`` and
diff --git a/newsfragments/1162.feature.rst b/newsfragments/1162.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83a5183a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/1162.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add testing against Geth v1.16.2
diff --git a/tests/integration/geth-1.16.1-fixture.zip b/tests/integration/geth-1.16.1-fixture.zip
deleted file mode 100644
index 74d85d184e..0000000000
Binary files a/tests/integration/geth-1.16.1-fixture.zip and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tests/integration/geth-1.16.2-fixture.zip b/tests/integration/geth-1.16.2-fixture.zip
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8393f8de46
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/integration/geth-1.16.2-fixture.zip differ
diff --git a/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py b/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
index 731f3f8903..24618eb106 100644
--- a/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/go_ethereum/conftest.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 )
 
 KEYFILE_PW = "web3py-test"
-GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = "geth-1.16.1-fixture.zip"
+GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = "geth-1.16.2-fixture.zip"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/web3/tools/benchmark/node.py b/web3/tools/benchmark/node.py
index f04a5ac391..a62676f154 100644
--- a/web3/tools/benchmark/node.py
+++ b/web3/tools/benchmark/node.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     kill_proc_gracefully,
 )
 
-GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = "geth-1.16.1-fixture.zip"
+GETH_FIXTURE_ZIP = "geth-1.16.2-fixture.zip"
 
 
 class GethBenchmarkFixture: