diff --git a/consensus/state_processing/src/genesis.rs b/consensus/state_processing/src/genesis.rs
index 0628e9fbd..7834c6daf 100644
--- a/consensus/state_processing/src/genesis.rs
+++ b/consensus/state_processing/src/genesis.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ pub fn initialize_beacon_state_from_eth1<T: EthSpec>(
     // https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/pull/2323
     if spec.fork_name_at_epoch(state.current_epoch()) == ForkName::Altair {
         upgrade_to_altair(&mut state, spec)?;
+
+        state.fork_mut().previous_version = spec.altair_fork_version;
     }
 
     // Now that we have our validators, initialize the caches (including the committees)
diff --git a/testing/ef_tests/Makefile b/testing/ef_tests/Makefile
index a16fa58fb..5a4385fd1 100644
--- a/testing/ef_tests/Makefile
+++ b/testing/ef_tests/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TESTS_TAG := v1.1.0-beta.4
+TESTS_TAG := v1.1.3
 TESTS = general minimal mainnet
 TARBALLS = $(patsubst %,%-$(TESTS_TAG).tar.gz,$(TESTS))
 
diff --git a/testing/ef_tests/check_all_files_accessed.py b/testing/ef_tests/check_all_files_accessed.py
index 56784a764..5e119a86d 100755
--- a/testing/ef_tests/check_all_files_accessed.py
+++ b/testing/ef_tests/check_all_files_accessed.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ excluded_paths = [
     "tests/minimal/phase0/fork_choice",
     "tests/mainnet/altair/fork_choice",
     "tests/minimal/altair/fork_choice",
+    # Merkle-proof tests for light clients
+    "tests/mainnet/altair/merkle/single_proof/pyspec_tests/",
+    "tests/minimal/altair/merkle/single_proof/pyspec_tests/"
 ]
 
 def normalize_path(path):