diff --git a/arbos/arbosState/arbosstate.go b/arbos/arbosState/arbosstate.go
index c6e1973486..3fb43327d0 100644
--- a/arbos/arbosState/arbosstate.go
+++ b/arbos/arbosState/arbosstate.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/state"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/tracing"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/triedb"
@@ -339,6 +340,9 @@ func (state *ArbosState) UpgradeArbosVersion(
 			// these versions are left to Orbit chains for custom upgrades.
 
 		case params.ArbosVersion_40:
+			// EIP-2935: Add support for historical block hashes.
+			stateDB.SetNonce(params.HistoryStorageAddress, 1, tracing.NonceChangeUnspecified)
+			stateDB.SetCode(params.HistoryStorageAddress, params.HistoryStorageCodeArbitrum)
 			// The MaxWasmSize was a constant before arbos version 40, and can
 			// be read as a parameter after arbos version 40.
 			params, err := state.Programs().Params()
diff --git a/go-ethereum b/go-ethereum
index 1b11b946c8..2a0b8b6f14 160000
--- a/go-ethereum
+++ b/go-ethereum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1b11b946c87a5538f81aef89c0ed0b2a648a67a3
+Subproject commit 2a0b8b6f146f62e609fc240b99a9f65df8f2eace
diff --git a/system_tests/block_validator_test.go b/system_tests/block_validator_test.go
index 52f733b4a7..d697e6fee2 100644
--- a/system_tests/block_validator_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/block_validator_test.go
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ func TestBlockValidatorSimpleOnchain(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBlockValidatorSimpleJITOnchainWithPublishedMachine(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Fails cause EIP-2935 (part of arbOs 40) is not implemented in the latest published machine i.e Consensus V32")
+	// TODO: Remove this skip when consensus V40 is published
+	// TODO: Make this more robust in the future, so that it can handle if the latest consensus release is behind the arbOS version we want to test.
 	cr, err := github.LatestConsensusRelease(context.Background())
 	Require(t, err)
 	machPath := populateMachineDir(t, cr)
@@ -326,6 +329,9 @@ func TestBlockValidatorSimpleJITOnchainWithPublishedMachine(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestBlockValidatorSimpleOnchainWithPublishedMachine(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Fails cause EIP-2935 (part of arbOs 40) is not implemented in the latest published machine i.e Consensus V32")
+	// TODO: Remove this skip when consensus V40 is published
+	// TODO: Make this more robust in the future, so that it can handle if the latest consensus release is behind the arbOS version we want to test.
 	cr, err := github.LatestConsensusRelease(context.Background())
 	Require(t, err)
 	machPath := populateMachineDir(t, cr)
diff --git a/system_tests/historical_block_hash_test.go b/system_tests/historical_block_hash_test.go
index 0c3ccbddca..77fd5a8cd2 100644
--- a/system_tests/historical_block_hash_test.go
+++ b/system_tests/historical_block_hash_test.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-
-	"github.com/offchainlabs/nitro/statetransfer"
 )
 
 func TestHistoricalBlockHash(t *testing.T) {
@@ -19,17 +17,6 @@ func TestHistoricalBlockHash(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	builder := NewNodeBuilder(ctx).DefaultConfig(t, true)
-	contractInfo := &statetransfer.AccountInitContractInfo{
-		Code:            params.HistoryStorageCodeArbitrum,
-		ContractStorage: make(map[common.Hash]common.Hash),
-	}
-	accountInfo := statetransfer.AccountInitializationInfo{
-		Addr:         params.HistoryStorageAddress,
-		EthBalance:   big.NewInt(0),
-		Nonce:        1,
-		ContractInfo: contractInfo,
-	}
-	builder.L2Info.ArbInitData.Accounts = append(builder.L2Info.ArbInitData.Accounts, accountInfo)
 	cleanup := builder.Build(t)
 	defer cleanup()