diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 5601f8efdd..9d30403bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
-          go-version: '^1.22.0'
+          go-version: '1.22.7'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v23
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42893e3c78..5eb40dc770 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## UNRELEASED
+
+### Improvements
+
+* [#1592](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/pull/1592) Change the default parallelism of the block-stm to minimum between GOMAXPROCS and NumCPU
+
 *Sep 13, 2024*
 
 ## v1.4.0-rc0
diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index 13b7b36ee4..f4148bffda 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ func New(
 		sdk.SetAddrCacheEnabled(false)
 		workers := cast.ToInt(appOpts.Get(srvflags.EVMBlockSTMWorkers))
 		if workers == 0 {
-			workers = stdruntime.NumCPU()
+			workers = maxParallelism()
 		}
 		preEstimate := cast.ToBool(appOpts.Get(srvflags.EVMBlockSTMPreEstimate))
 		logger.Info("block-stm executor enabled", "workers", workers, "pre-estimate", preEstimate)
@@ -1369,3 +1369,7 @@ func (app *App) Close() error {
 	app.Logger().Info("Application gracefully shutdown", "error", err)
 	return err
 }
+
+func maxParallelism() int {
+	return min(stdruntime.GOMAXPROCS(0), stdruntime.NumCPU())
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 22f5881c57..217c40e228 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/creachadair/atomicfile v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/creachadair/tomledit v0.0.24 // indirect
 	github.com/crypto-org-chain/cronos/memiavl v0.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e // indirect
+	github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240919080136-6c49aef68716 // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
 	github.com/deckarep/golang-set/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2bb00018c1..8de1903d44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/x/tx v0.0.0-20240916022730-3317ca17f0f1 h
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/x/tx v0.0.0-20240916022730-3317ca17f0f1/go.mod h1:RTiTs4hkXG6IvYGknvB8p79YgjYJdcbzLUOGJChsPnY=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240913100216-dbc7eb41488c h1:pJJNL+ZganmfcxzEijVNqwNDhzXsTyMk/Of1/lUvxlM=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/ethermint v0.6.1-0.20240913100216-dbc7eb41488c/go.mod h1:D2lnc8ARuVmgc2/2IWla2Ky1o8/pjmyrnIt+d46Clco=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e h1:FFpE6+Y4o5GxkeGwUcETM6amgohh7msWvWf1MDqueVc=
-github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e/go.mod h1:iwQTX9xMX8NV9k3o2BiWXA0SswpsZrDk5q3gA7nWYiE=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240919080136-6c49aef68716 h1:OvD5Rm0B6LHUJk6z858UgwdP72jU2DuUdXeclRyKpDI=
+github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm v0.0.0-20240919080136-6c49aef68716/go.mod h1:iwQTX9xMX8NV9k3o2BiWXA0SswpsZrDk5q3gA7nWYiE=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20240425065928-ebb09502e7a7 h1:V43F3JFcqG4MUThf9W/DytnPblpR6CcaLBw2Wx6zTgE=
 github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-ethereum v1.10.20-0.20240425065928-ebb09502e7a7/go.mod h1:+a8pUj1tOyJ2RinsNQD4326YS+leSoKGiG/uVVb0x6Y=
 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 h1:ozqKHaLK0W/ii4KVbbvluM91W2H3Sh0BncbUNPS7jLE=
diff --git a/gomod2nix.toml b/gomod2nix.toml
index 3b2744bf5a..c9291a08f6 100644
--- a/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/gomod2nix.toml
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ schema = 3
     version = "v0.0.24"
     hash = "sha256-4vUukHONOjNn0qfQr4esK6TWfPWsIp+rbdz65og84lw="
   [mod."github.com/crypto-org-chain/go-block-stm"]
-    version = "v0.0.0-20240912024944-1cd89976aa5e"
-    hash = "sha256-rY8W4dSciOXT29MCySbH5sw0Fp15IQVgBK9QlMX0JeU="
+    version = "v0.0.0-20240919080136-6c49aef68716"
+    hash = "sha256-krCdJz96mpIgmpmRI64W2+W1ycNg+EdLaqeVtAuaW4A="
   [mod."github.com/danieljoos/wincred"]
     version = "v1.2.0"
     hash = "sha256-LHcvTJCc8++bFndbd8ZgMSTe4L5h2C4rN+cSWHCz54Y="
diff --git a/testground/benchmark/pyproject.toml b/testground/benchmark/pyproject.toml
index 0459065cf8..132cfc07f3 100644
--- a/testground/benchmark/pyproject.toml
+++ b/testground/benchmark/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
-testground-testcase = "benchmark.main:main"
 stateless-testcase = "benchmark.stateless:cli"
 
 [tool.black]