diff --git a/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.mod b/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.mod
index 99645da6d3f..63619533687 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.mod
+++ b/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/cre/go v0.0.0-20260226130359-963f935e0396
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.5.0
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.6.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/blockchain/evm v0.10.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v1.3.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
diff --git a/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.sum b/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.sum
index 7912cfd5d10..a9b5432d694 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.sum
+++ b/system-tests/tests/smoke/cre/evm/evmread/go.sum
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0 h1:bxl37RwXBklmTi0C79JfXCEBD1cqqHt0bbgBAGFp
 github.com/shopspring/decimal v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gawqmDU56v4yIKSwfBSFip1HdCCXN8/+DMd9qYNcwME=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/cre/go v0.0.0-20260226130359-963f935e0396 h1:03tbcwjyIEjvHba1IWOj1sfThwebm2XNzyFHSuZtlWc=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/cre/go v0.0.0-20260226130359-963f935e0396/go.mod h1:Jqt53s27Tr0jDl8mdBXg1xhu6F8Fci8JOuq43tgHOM8=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.5.0 h1:kepW3QDKARrOOHjXwWAZ9j5KLk6bxLzvi6OMrLsFwVo=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.5.0/go.mod h1:yYrQFz1UH7hhRbPO0q4fgo1tfsJNd4yXnI3oCZE0RzM=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.6.0 h1:lu0j8//xfI2ZkCzcZZ6tb4j1KyWyb496NWY5FKYUSME=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.6.0/go.mod h1:yYrQFz1UH7hhRbPO0q4fgo1tfsJNd4yXnI3oCZE0RzM=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/blockchain/evm v0.10.0 h1:G0w0cLzHy/5m74IzSGz1Ynjffym4ZxLeUrRLp8EFP5w=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/blockchain/evm v0.10.0/go.mod h1:VVJ4mvA7wOU1Ic5b/vTaBMHEUysyxd0gdPPXkAu8CmY=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v1.3.0 h1:qBZ4y6qlTOynSpU1QAi2Fgr3tUZQ332b6hit9EVZqkk=