diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9ca9f5382..517c78f6fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
     "ethereumjs-blockchain": "~3.2.1",
-    "ethereumjs-testing": "git+https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-testing.git#v1.1.1",
+    "ethereumjs-testing": "git+https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-testing.git#v1.2.1",
     "ethereumjs-tx": "1.3.3",
     "level": "^1.4.0",
     "leveldown": "^1.4.6",
diff --git a/tests/tester.js b/tests/tester.js
index ae0368112d..8c80d24ecb 100755
--- a/tests/tester.js
+++ b/tests/tester.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ const skipBroken = [
   'TransactionCollisionToEmptyButCode', // temporary till fixed (2017-09-21)
   'TransactionCollisionToEmptyButNonce', // temporary till fixed (2017-09-21)
   'RevertDepthCreateAddressCollision', // test case is wrong
-  'randomStatetest642' // BROKEN, rustbn.js error
+  'randomStatetest642', // BROKEN, rustbn.js error
+  'ecmul_0-3_5616_28000_96' // temporary till fixed (2018-09-20)
 ]
 // tests skipped due to system specifics / design considerations
 const skipPermanent = [