diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 8fc5f9c1c67..d9119790b8e 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ var (
 		ArchimedesBlock:     big.NewInt(0),
 		ShanghaiBlock:       big.NewInt(0),
 		BernoulliBlock:      big.NewInt(5220340),
-		CurieBlock:          big.NewInt(6924036),
+		CurieBlock:          big.NewInt(7096836),
 		DescartesBlock:      nil,
 		Clique: &CliqueConfig{
 			Period: 3,
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 250a9c4c03c..185dd6a22ec 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 4         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 8         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 5         // Minor version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 0         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )