diff --git a/miner/worker.go b/miner/worker.go
index 44cea4be982a..6329110be12f 100644
--- a/miner/worker.go
+++ b/miner/worker.go
@@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ func (w *worker) commit(uncles []*types.Header, interval func(), update bool, st
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		// truncate ExecutionResults&TxStorageTraces, because we declare their lengths with a dummy tx before;
+		// however, we need to clean it up for an empty block
+		traces.ExecutionResults = traces.ExecutionResults[:0]
+		traces.TxStorageTraces = traces.TxStorageTraces[:0]
 		accRows, err := w.circuitCapacityChecker.ApplyBlock(traces)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index ed265911d69a..da335508aed3 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 4         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 14        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 15        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )