diff --git a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
index 545ab1b278a..fba6028711a 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
+++ b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ module github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/c
 go 1.26.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.5.0
+	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.2
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.8.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v0.10.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 )
diff --git a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
index cbfd10ae413..6decb04f835 100644
--- a/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
+++ b/system-tests/tests/regression/cre/consensus/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0 h1:zPMNGQCm0g4QTY27fOCorQW7EryeQ/U
 github.com/decred/dcrd/crypto/blake256 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:2OfgNZ5wDpcsFmHmCK5gZTPcCXqlm2ArzUIkw9czNJo=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0 h1:NMZiJj8QnKe1LgsbDayM4UoHwbvwDRwnI3hwNaAHRnc=
 github.com/decred/dcrd/dcrec/secp256k1/v4 v4.4.0/go.mod h1:ZXNYxsqcloTdSy/rNShjYzMhyjf0LaoftYK0p+A3h40=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1 h1:IjlQDjgxg2uL+GzPRkygGULPMLzcYWncEI7wbaizvho=
-github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.1/go.mod h1:7UWOVHL7K3b8RfVRea022btnzLCaanwHtBuH1jUCH/I=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.2 h1:ag6geu0kn8Hv5FLKTpH+Hm2DHD+iuFtuqKxEuwUsDOI=
+github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.17.2/go.mod h1:KHcRXfGOUfUmKg51IhQ0IowiqZ6PqZf08CMtk0g5K1o=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0 h1:vM5IJoUAy3d7zRSVtIwQgBj7BiWtMPfmPEgAXnvj1Ro=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 h1:xRy4A+RhZaiKjJ1bPfwQ8sedCA+YS2YcCHW6ec7JMi0=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.3.2 h1:a9EgMPSC1AAaj1SZL5zIQD3WbwTuHrMGOerLjGmM/TA=
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.3.2/go.mod h1:EOMSn4q6Nyt9P6efbI3bueV4e1b3dGlUCXeiRV4ng7E=
-github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
-github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
-github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
@@ -31,8 +28,8 @@ 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 v0.0.0-20260420204255-a3f3bdd56877 h1:6UueUIbck1Ogarm9rm/9TS6b09mKgMmx+YE8XFg63AQ=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-protos/cre/go v0.0.0-20260420204255-a3f3bdd56877/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 v1.8.0 h1:9H3nHW30omUMhQyzhSJEisXwrlpQ/FllKXB8GhZX9C0=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go v1.8.0/go.mod h1:6hAl5/hIfy4xUeevNvNf4vywdQ1pClGj4nbdMge4VRM=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v0.10.0 h1:g7UrVaNKVEmIhVkJTk4f8raCM8Kp/RTFnAT64wqNmTY=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/cre-sdk-go/capabilities/scheduler/cron v0.10.0/go.mod h1:PWyrIw16It4TSyq6mDXqmSR0jF2evZRKuBxu7pK1yDw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=