diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index dcd898a..51cd603 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 # Needed until we can incorporate docker startup into the executor container
 env:
   DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/dind.sock
-  SO_VERSION: v1.1.0-c30c779-202309082138
+  SO_VERSION: 26eef04bb89df8c2c35e5fd5bf303d5e02c111d2
 
 jobs:
   unit-tests:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: cerc-io/plugeth
-          ref: statediff
+          ref: 4556585a56ee3788942dea19751d5f9f14f5cfa1 # TODO update after PR
           path: ./plugeth
       - name: Run dockerd
         run: dockerd -H $DOCKER_HOST --userland-proxy=false &
@@ -63,10 +63,20 @@ jobs:
           docker build ./plugeth -t cerc/plugeth:local \
             --build-arg GIT_VDBTO_TOKEN="$TOKEN"
 
-      - name: Install stack-orchestrator
+      - name: "Checkout stack-orchestrator"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: cerc-io/stack-orchestrator
+          ref: ${{ env.SO_VERSION }}
+          path: ./stack-orchestrator
+      - name: "Install stack-orchestrator"
         run: |
-          curl -L -O https://github.com/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator/releases/download/$SO_VERSION/laconic-so
-          chmod +x laconic-so
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-pip
+          pip3 install --break-system-packages ./stack-orchestrator
+      # - name: Install stack-orchestrator
+      #   run: |
+      #     curl -L -O https://github.com/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator/releases/download/$SO_VERSION/laconic-so
+      #     chmod +x laconic-so
       - name: Clone system-tests
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/integration-setup.sh b/scripts/integration-setup.sh
index db776fe..b4ee9d7 100755
--- a/scripts/integration-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/integration-setup.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR="${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel
 
 # v5 migrations only go up to version 18
 echo CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=18 >> $CONFIG_DIR/stack.env
+# don't run plugeth in the debugger
+echo CERC_REMOTE_DEBUG=false >> $CONFIG_DIR/stack.env
 
 set -x
 
diff --git a/test/stack-refs.txt b/test/stack-refs.txt
index 8ebe23e..7621043 100644
--- a/test/stack-refs.txt
+++ b/test/stack-refs.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-db v5.0.5-alpha
+github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-db v5.2.1-alpha