diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 78ecc7026..671eb6b72 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ARG VERSION=""
 ARG BUILDNUM=""
 
 # Build Geth in a stock Go builder container
-FROM golang:1.21-alpine as builder
+FROM golang:1.24-alpine as builder
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache gcc musl-dev linux-headers git
 
diff --git a/params/config.go b/params/config.go
index 91b88bc16..3207decfd 100644
--- a/params/config.go
+++ b/params/config.go
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ var (
 		CurieBlock:              big.NewInt(0),
 		Morph203Time:            NewUint64(0),
 		ViridianTime:            NewUint64(1761544800),
+		EmeraldTime:             NewUint64(1766988000),
 		TerminalTotalDifficulty: big.NewInt(0),
 		Morph: MorphConfig{
 			UseZktrie:                 true,
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ var (
 		CurieBlock:              big.NewInt(0),
 		Morph203Time:            NewUint64(1747029600),
 		ViridianTime:            NewUint64(1762149600),
+		EmeraldTime:             NewUint64(1767765600),
 		TerminalTotalDifficulty: big.NewInt(0),
 		Morph: MorphConfig{
 			UseZktrie:                 true,
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 78bb7a392..52f3e5153 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 2         // Major version component of the current release
-	VersionMinor = 0         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 8         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionMinor = 1         // 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
 )