diff --git a/tests/state_test.go b/tests/state_test.go
index ae78a53a7..cc228ea3c 100644
--- a/tests/state_test.go
+++ b/tests/state_test.go
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ func TestState(t *testing.T) {
 	// EOF is not part of cancun
 	st.skipLoad(`^stEOF/`)
 
-	// EIP-4844 tests need to be regenerated due to the data-to-blob rename
-	st.skipLoad(`^stEIP4844-blobtransactions/`)
-
-	// Expected failures:
-	// These EIP-4844 tests need to be regenerated.
-	st.fails(`stEIP4844-blobtransactions/opcodeBlobhashOutOfRange.json`, "test has incorrect state root")
-	st.fails(`stEIP4844-blobtransactions/opcodeBlobhBounds.json`, "test has incorrect state root")
-
 	// For Istanbul, older tests were moved into LegacyTests
 	for _, dir := range []string{
 		filepath.Join(baseDir, "EIPTests", "StateTests"),
diff --git a/tests/state_test_util.go b/tests/state_test_util.go
index 19387b539..919730089 100644
--- a/tests/state_test_util.go
+++ b/tests/state_test_util.go
@@ -291,6 +291,17 @@ func (t *StateTest) RunNoVerify(subtest StateSubtest, vmconfig vm.Config, snapsh
 	}
 	evm := vm.NewEVM(context, txContext, statedb, config, vmconfig)
 
+	{ // Blob transactions may be present after the Cancun fork.
+		// In production,
+		// - the header is verified against the max in eip4844.go:VerifyEIP4844Header
+		// - the block body is verified against the header in block_validator.go:ValidateBody
+		// Here, we just do this shortcut smaller fix, since state tests do not
+		// utilize those codepaths
+		if len(msg.BlobHashes)*params.BlobTxBlobGasPerBlob > params.MaxBlobGasPerBlock {
+			return nil, nil, nil, common.Hash{}, errors.New("blob gas exceeds maximum")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Execute the message.
 	snapshot := statedb.Snapshot()
 	gaspool := new(core.GasPool)
diff --git a/tests/testdata b/tests/testdata
index ee3fa4c86..fa51c5c16 160000
--- a/tests/testdata
+++ b/tests/testdata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ee3fa4c86d05f99f2717f83a6ad08008490ddf07
+Subproject commit fa51c5c164f79140730ccb8fe26a46c3d3994338