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/pkg/rpc/methods.go b/pkg/rpc/methods.go
index c5c36906a..bff837beb 100644
--- a/pkg/rpc/methods.go
+++ b/pkg/rpc/methods.go
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ type L2SyncProgress struct {
 
 // isSyncing returns true if the L2 execution engine is syncing with L1.
 func (p *L2SyncProgress) isSyncing() bool {
-	return p.SyncProgress != nil ||
+	sync := p.SyncProgress
+	return (sync != nil && (sync.StartingBlock < sync.HighestBlock)) ||
 		p.CurrentBlockID == nil ||
 		p.HighestBlockID == nil ||
 		p.CurrentBlockID.Cmp(p.HighestBlockID) < 0