diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 984141afa80..97f08374186 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - New option `--min-priority-fee` that sets the minimum priority fee a transaction must meet to be selected for a block. [#6080](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6080) [#6083](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6083)
 - Implement new `miner_setMinPriorityFee` and `miner_getMinPriorityFee` RPC methods [#6080](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6080)
 - Clique config option `createemptyblocks` to not create empty blocks [#6082](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6082)
+- Upgrade EVM Reference Tests to v13 (Cancun) [#6114](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6114)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
index 68f7c7ea698..a30317f5d3f 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ tasks.register('validateReferenceTestSubmodule') {
   description = "Checks that the reference tests submodule is not accidentally changed"
   doLast {
     def result = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    def expectedHash = '02c1859633abbdf776956136931ea247485c9f90'
+    def expectedHash = '428f218d7d6f4a52544e12684afbfe6e2882ffbf'
     def submodulePath = java.nio.file.Path.of("${rootProject.projectDir}", "ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources").toAbsolutePath()
     try {
       exec {
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources
index 02c1859633a..428f218d7d6 160000
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 02c1859633abbdf776956136931ea247485c9f90
+Subproject commit 428f218d7d6f4a52544e12684afbfe6e2882ffbf