diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7b26654..10d0d33 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ require (
 )
 
 replace (
-	github.com/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.0-alpha
-	github.com/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.0
-	github.com/cerc-io/eth-testing => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-testing v0.2.1
-	github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.1-alpha
-	github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.6-alpha
-	github.com/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.1
+	github.com/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.1-alpha
+	github.com/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.2
+	github.com/cerc-io/eth-testing => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-testing v0.3.1
+	github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.2-alpha
+	github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.7-alpha
+	github.com/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.4
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth v0.0.0-20230808125822-691dc334fab1
 	github.com/openrelayxyz/plugeth-utils => git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-utils v0.0.0-20230706160122-cd41de354c46
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3028498..e62eff4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@ dmitri.shuralyov.com/html/belt v0.0.0-20180602232347-f7d459c86be0/go.mod h1:JLBr
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/service/change v0.0.0-20181023043359-a85b471d5412/go.mod h1:a1inKt/atXimZ4Mv927x+r7UpyzRUf4emIoiiSC2TN4=
 dmitri.shuralyov.com/state v0.0.0-20180228185332-28bcc343414c/go.mod h1:0PRwlb0D6DFvNNtx+9ybjezNCa8XF0xaYcETyp6rHWU=
 git.apache.org/thrift.git v0.0.0-20180902110319-2566ecd5d999/go.mod h1:fPE2ZNJGynbRyZ4dJvy6G277gSllfV2HJqblrnkyeyg=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.0-alpha h1:jHCtUi2CYJE0CLPHiwBBpHWDSfN1hGMJq8NOiBUHDaQ=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.0-alpha/go.mod h1:zljw2omf9IEyCT2WmR/gzVKQbsQ1XzPE22noSDQ2l34=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.0 h1:4YALvTld0wfp9KV+pPfPcyJfzVCAkKSEhnxtJiFiNlE=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oYOOUbNpcuAUoFhfTg6Zab4PyrRIk8SSJ/i34WNE6Fw=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-testing v0.2.1 h1:IZAX7DVgzPkSmu1xdKZ5aOemdEYbvtgae7GUl/TUNtQ=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.1-alpha h1:2P0iHcH2Bnq6Rs8GZCH9w1gc76as2YaiXb3WRX6+yuM=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.1-alpha/go.mod h1:DlhOVss3Iji8fcqkzDzpVYHgnm9+yz7SKkKYInLEgco=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.6-alpha h1:0YnoohjuK7w2JhIqLDDyVUNnu1RjyeDqqyhm6MojD74=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.6-alpha/go.mod h1:cCQCfIUX5vTZBHeAfLa8wLUeLKO8kygDPm7Afc+MMI8=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.1-alpha h1:tophBXLyhMKmQILsxjfUTwQW+TGHtEJNajVULJJLhe0=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-ipfs-state-validator/v5 v5.1.1-alpha/go.mod h1:e/9QV7BeaAvR+E6G3fab5+OxKGOEwCmJzs8WReuqKZM=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.2 h1:PdMR5B9wrQSYuYpFhN+9Kc8AEZ0pTt5eKCmu8oCtFcY=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-iterator-utils v0.1.2/go.mod h1:OvXbdWbZ5viBXC/Ui1EkhsSmGB+AUX+TjGa3UDAfjfg=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/eth-testing v0.3.1 h1:sPnlMev6oEgTjsW7GtUkSsjKNG/+X6P9q0izSejLGpM=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.2-alpha h1:kQ1dIFhso2VaJpJ3cVapTvTYmk64pE3XnUnr4eHdJdU=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server/v5 v5.1.2-alpha/go.mod h1:oWqgcY4QPLT70/hSCI/VRxBadCxlpi2k/tMfA8cIDd8=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.7-alpha h1:jtE+I+xlX9Q+vrkrgef9+w2JC7kuiUdrD//KVWtti5s=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/ipld-eth-statedb v0.0.7-alpha/go.mod h1:hUTzvyEEdaM0qVrfbtobZEURZoOpaN6wJ5s3YQgAHo8=
 git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth v0.0.0-20230808125822-691dc334fab1 h1:KLjxHwp9Zp7xhECccmJS00RiL+VwTuUGLU7qeIctg8g=
 git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth v0.0.0-20230808125822-691dc334fab1/go.mod h1:cYXZu70+6xmDgIgrTD81GPasv16piiAFJnKyAbwVPMU=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.1 h1:qKygQwZO2vECySFpgfaiXwWn275jIV//pwsuNfeCXLo=
-git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.1/go.mod h1:61WPXOqJshEkxzalwyyLukTiIBG+Z7WyfvRdhVLfBF8=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.4 h1:swDJDAk1/yu6MOHAvxeyZz+MS1H9FCmSWGQRswFxFEw=
+git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff v0.1.4/go.mod h1:PX1bwTwZKzegQu6zYdpuJf1tHNmU0suapKOUUO2xIzs=
 git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-utils v0.0.0-20230706160122-cd41de354c46 h1:KYcbbne/RXd7AuxbUd/3hgk1jPN+33k2CKiNsUsMCC0=
 git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-utils v0.0.0-20230706160122-cd41de354c46/go.mod h1:VpDN61dxy64zGff05F0adujR5enD/JEdXBkTQ+PaIsQ=
 github.com/AndreasBriese/bbloom v0.0.0-20180913140656-343706a395b7/go.mod h1:bOvUY6CB00SOBii9/FifXqc0awNKxLFCL/+pkDPuyl8=
diff --git a/internal/helpers/indexing.go b/internal/helpers/indexing.go
index 2ca6115..9066381 100644
--- a/internal/helpers/indexing.go
+++ b/internal/helpers/indexing.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestStateDiffIndexer(ctx context.Context, chainConfig *params.ChainConfig,
 		ClientName:   "geth",
 		ChainID:      chainConfig.ChainID.Uint64(),
 	}
-	_, indexer, err := indexer.NewStateDiffIndexer(ctx, chainConfig, testInfo, TestDBConfig)
+	_, indexer, err := indexer.NewStateDiffIndexer(ctx, chainConfig, testInfo, TestDBConfig, true)
 	return indexer, err
 }
 
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func IndexChain(indexer interfaces.StateDiffIndexer, params IndexChainParams) er
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to index block (block %d): %w", block.Number(), err)
 		}
+		defer tx.RollbackOnFailure(err)
 
 		if !params.SkipStateNodes {
 			for _, node := range diff.Nodes {
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func IndexChain(indexer interfaces.StateDiffIndexer, params IndexChainParams) er
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if err = tx.Submit(err); err != nil {
+		if err = tx.Submit(); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit diff: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
index 900d6eb..a1d8ecc 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ func setupStateValidator(t *testing.T) *sqlx.DB {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	{ // Insert some non-canonical data into the database so that we test our ability to discern canonicity
+	// Insert some non-canonical data into the database so that we test our ability to discern canonicity
+	// Use a func here for defer
+	func() {
 		tx, err := indexer.PushBlock(server_mocks.MockBlock, server_mocks.MockReceipts,
 			server_mocks.MockBlock.Difficulty())
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		defer tx.RollbackOnFailure(err)
 
-		err = tx.Submit(err)
+		err = tx.Submit()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ func setupStateValidator(t *testing.T) *sqlx.DB {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		defer tx.RollbackOnFailure(err)
 
 		ipld := sdtypes.IPLD{
 			CID:     ipld.Keccak256ToCid(ipld.RawBinary, server_mocks.CodeHash.Bytes()).String(),
@@ -79,11 +83,11 @@ func setupStateValidator(t *testing.T) *sqlx.DB {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		err = tx.Submit(err)
+		err = tx.Submit()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
-	}
+	}()
 
 	if err := helpers.IndexChain(indexer, helpers.IndexChainParams{
 		StateCache:      chain.StateCache(),