diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 384f85d2d..fe72db259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # core git ref should be latest commit for stable soroban functionality
       # the core bin can either be compiled in-line here as part of ci,
-      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_GIT_REF: https://github.com/stellar/stellar-core.git#2b283bd9ef3958a3ef477af36a3ff113a86d535b
+      SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_GIT_REF: https://github.com/stellar/stellar-core.git#3acf6dd26452a3d3ca719cb0cc6c3cae97ec1be8
       SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_COMPILE_CONFIGURE_FLAGS: "--disable-tests --enable-next-protocol-version-unsafe-for-production"
       # or can use option to pull a pre-compiled image instead
       # SYSTEM_TEST_CORE_IMAGE: