diff --git a/shared/services/config/besu-params.go b/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
index 44729e450..edd67c6d0 100644
--- a/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
+++ b/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 // Constants
 const (
-	besuTagTest          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.7.1"
-	besuTagProd          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.7.1"
+	besuTagTest          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.0"
+	besuTagProd          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.0"
 	besuEventLogInterval int    = 1000
 	besuMaxPeers         uint16 = 25
 	besuStopSignal       string = "SIGTERM"
diff --git a/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh b/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
index ba0bffd7e..b03bb644b 100755
--- a/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
+++ b/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ if [ "$CLIENT" = "besu" ]; then
         fi
 
         if [ "$EC_PRUNING_MODE" = "fullNode" ]; then
-            CMD="$CMD --snapsync-synchronizer-pre-checkpoint-headers-only-enabled=false --snapsync-server-enabled"
+            CMD="$CMD --snapsync-server-enabled"
         fi
 
         if [ "$EC_PRUNING_MODE" = "historyExpiry" ]; then