diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/ReferenceTestProtocolSchedules.java b/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/ReferenceTestProtocolSchedules.java
index 0a137c4ea82..2f3c2c2c347 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/ReferenceTestProtocolSchedules.java
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/referencetests/ReferenceTestProtocolSchedules.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public static ReferenceTestProtocolSchedules create(final StubGenesisConfigOptio
     builder.put("ArrowGlacier", createSchedule(genesisStub.clone().arrowGlacierBlock(0)));
     builder.put("GrayGlacier", createSchedule(genesisStub.clone().grayGlacierBlock(0)));
     builder.put("Merge", createSchedule(genesisStub.clone().mergeNetSplitBlock(0)));
+    builder.put("Paris", createSchedule(genesisStub.clone().mergeNetSplitBlock(0)));
     builder.put("Shanghai", createSchedule(genesisStub.clone().shanghaiTime(0)));
     builder.put(
         "ShanghaiToCancunAtTime15k",
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
index fea3d8671da..69b3a300205 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/BlockchainReferenceTestTools.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class BlockchainReferenceTestTools {
             "test.ethereum.blockchain.eips",
             "FrontierToHomesteadAt5,HomesteadToEIP150At5,HomesteadToDaoAt5,EIP158ToByzantiumAt5,"
                 + "Frontier,Homestead,EIP150,EIP158,Byzantium,Constantinople,ConstantinopleFix,Istanbul,Berlin,"
-                + "London,Merge,Shanghai,Cancun,Prague,Osaka,Bogota");
+                + "London,Merge,Paris,Shanghai,Cancun,Prague,Osaka,Bogota");
     NETWORKS_TO_RUN = Arrays.asList(networks.split(","));
   }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class BlockchainReferenceTestTools {
     // Inconclusive fork choice rule, since in merge CL should be choosing forks and setting the
     // chain head.
     // Perfectly valid test pre-merge.
-    params.ignore("UncleFromSideChain_(Merge|Shanghai|Cancun|Prague|Osaka|Bogota)");
+    params.ignore("UncleFromSideChain_(Merge|Paris|Shanghai|Cancun|Prague|Osaka|Bogota)");
 
     // EOF tests are written against an older version of the spec
     params.ignore("/stEOF/");
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/GeneralStateReferenceTestTools.java b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/GeneralStateReferenceTestTools.java
index 5314ff5cc81..7d1915b9106 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/GeneralStateReferenceTestTools.java
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/vm/GeneralStateReferenceTestTools.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private static ProtocolSpec protocolSpec(final String name) {
         System.getProperty(
             "test.ethereum.state.eips",
             "Frontier,Homestead,EIP150,EIP158,Byzantium,Constantinople,ConstantinopleFix,Istanbul,Berlin,"
-                + "London,Merge,Shanghai,Cancun,Prague,Osaka,Bogota");
+                + "London,Merge,Paris,Shanghai,Cancun,Prague,Osaka,Bogota");
     EIPS_TO_RUN = Arrays.asList(eips.split(","));
   }