diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
index 3c073136acd..426c1084db6 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ dependencies {
   referenceTestImplementation project(path: ':testutil')
   referenceTestImplementation project(path: ':util')
   // the following will be resolved via custom ivy repository declared in root build.gradle
-  referenceTestImplementation 'ethereum:execution-spec-tests:2.1.1:fixtures@tar.gz'
+  referenceTestImplementation 'ethereum:execution-spec-tests:3.0.0:fixtures_stable@tar.gz'
   referenceTestImplementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
   referenceTestImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava'
   referenceTestImplementation 'io.tmio:tuweni-bytes'
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 7cdf7ce0803..950e0ee8661 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -1385,9 +1385,9 @@
             <sha256 value="8cf15cd4b93ba1b69cdd928d2c485ee05ccaa0044fed0932e8d0dedfbfa6f093" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="ethereum" name="execution-spec-tests" version="2.1.1">
-         <artifact name="execution-spec-tests-2.1.1-fixtures.tar.gz">
-            <sha256 value="817ca59a93dae2cd6458f015dfbc604d234bcbeca63ffe763bd5b5e27ff3c1a1" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+      <component group="ethereum" name="execution-spec-tests" version="3.0.0">
+         <artifact name="execution-spec-tests-3.0.0-fixtures_stable.tar.gz">
+            <sha256 value="110c3f7808bebf33541efedb5e57fc22dd1f33f83220343b1d720032739e785b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
       <component group="info.picocli" name="picocli" version="3.0.0">