diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 72f28eb61..79a7d1e4d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ require (
 	rsc.io/tmplfunc v0.0.3 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.11 => github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207044711-7f625e6a8228
+replace github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.13.11 => github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207045737-1f775750a248
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d66c3adce..6bc9b2859 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ github.com/swaggo/swag v1.16.2 h1:28Pp+8DkQoV+HLzLx8RGJZXNGKbFqnuvSbAAtoxiY04=
 github.com/swaggo/swag v1.16.2/go.mod h1:6YzXnDcpr0767iOejs318CwYkCQqyGer6BizOg03f+E=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d h1:vfofYNRScrDdvS342BElfbETmL1Aiz3i2t0zfRj16Hs=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.1-0.20220721030215-126854af5e6d/go.mod h1:RRCYJbIwD5jmqPI9XoAFR0OcDxqUctll6zUj/+B4S48=
-github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207044711-7f625e6a8228 h1:gLp/Gr3/VLpoGTwq+irtf685KSpb9aNj3+fzRKEf5M0=
-github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207044711-7f625e6a8228/go.mod h1:gFtlVORuUcT+UUIcJ/veCNjkuOSujCi338uSHJrYAew=
+github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207045737-1f775750a248 h1:biOi7poktBhAsrkxrvO3Sczs8L6OyvBFtt7lUxdwe7A=
+github.com/taikoxyz/taiko-geth v0.0.0-20240207045737-1f775750a248/go.mod h1:gFtlVORuUcT+UUIcJ/veCNjkuOSujCi338uSHJrYAew=
 github.com/thomaso-mirodin/intmath v0.0.0-20160323211736-5dc6d854e46e h1:cR8/SYRgyQCt5cNCMniB/ZScMkhI9nk8U5C7SbISXjo=
 github.com/thomaso-mirodin/intmath v0.0.0-20160323211736-5dc6d854e46e/go.mod h1:Tu4lItkATkonrYuvtVjG0/rhy15qrNGNTjPdaphtZ/8=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFAEVmqU=
diff --git a/internal/testutils/helper.go b/internal/testutils/helper.go
index 46834a331..495946da1 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/helper.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/helper.go
@@ -140,9 +140,8 @@ func ProposeAndInsertValidBlock(
 	s.Nil(err)
 	s.Greater(newL1Head.Number.Uint64(), l1Head.Number.Uint64())
 
-	syncProgress, err := s.RPCClient.L2.SyncProgress(context.Background())
+	_, err = s.RPCClient.L2.SyncProgress(context.Background())
 	s.Nil(err)
-	s.Nil(syncProgress)
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/dial_test.go b/pkg/rpc/dial_test.go
index 94630bb6c..f8cdd7dbc 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/dial_test.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/dial_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestDialEngineClientWithBackoff(t *testing.T) {
 	var result engine.ExecutableData
 	err = client.CallContext(context.Background(), &result, "engine_getPayloadV1", engine.PayloadID{})
 
-	require.Equal(t, engine.UnknownPayload.Error(), err.Error())
+	require.Equal(t, engine.UnsupportedFork.Error(), err.Error())
 }
 
 func TestDialClientWithBackoff(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/rpc/methods.go b/pkg/rpc/methods.go
index c5c36906a..5810202a4 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/methods.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/methods.go
@@ -288,8 +288,11 @@ type L2SyncProgress struct {
 
 // isSyncing returns true if the L2 execution engine is syncing with L1.
 func (p *L2SyncProgress) isSyncing() bool {
-	return p.SyncProgress != nil ||
-		p.CurrentBlockID == nil ||
+	if p.SyncProgress == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return p.CurrentBlockID == nil ||
 		p.HighestBlockID == nil ||
 		p.CurrentBlockID.Cmp(p.HighestBlockID) < 0
 }