diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4c44e0e..d868dad3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ signet-tx-cache = { path = "crates/tx-cache" }
 signet-zenith = { path = "crates/zenith" }
 
 # ajj
-ajj = { version = "0.3.1" }
+ajj = { version = "0.3.4" }
 
 # trevm
-trevm = { version = "0.23.4", features = ["full_env_cfg"] }
+trevm = { version = "=0.23.4", features = ["full_env_cfg"] }
 
 # Alloy periphery crates
 alloy = { version = "=1.0.5", features = [
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ alloy = { version = "=1.0.5", features = [
     "genesis",
     "arbitrary",
 ] }
+alloy-rpc-types-mev = { version = "=1.0.5" }
 alloy-contract = { version = "=1.0.5", features = ["pubsub"] }
 
 # Reth
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ reth-transaction-pool = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth", tag = "v1
 reth-trie-db = { git = "https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth", tag = "v1.4.3" }
 
 # Foundry periphery
-foundry-blob-explorers = "0.10"
+foundry-blob-explorers = "=0.10"
 
 # Async
 tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["macros"] }
@@ -114,4 +115,4 @@ hex = { package = "const-hex", version = "1.10", default-features = false, featu
 uuid = "1.16.0"
 
 # Test Utils
-alloy-rlp = "0.3.11"
+alloy-rlp = "=0.3.11"
diff --git a/crates/bundle/src/send/bundle.rs b/crates/bundle/src/send/bundle.rs
index 7b9e5419..a6be0ef1 100644
--- a/crates/bundle/src/send/bundle.rs
+++ b/crates/bundle/src/send/bundle.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ mod test {
                 max_timestamp: Some(3),
                 reverting_tx_hashes: vec![B256::repeat_byte(4), B256::repeat_byte(5)],
                 replacement_uuid: Some("uuid".to_owned()),
+                ..Default::default()
             },
             host_fills: Some(SignedFill {
                 permit: Permit2Batch {
diff --git a/crates/rpc/examples/filler.rs b/crates/rpc/examples/filler.rs
index ff36333e..05b4986f 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/examples/filler.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/examples/filler.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ where
                 min_timestamp: None, // sufficiently covered by pinning to next block number
                 max_timestamp: None, // sufficiently covered by pinning to next block number
                 replacement_uuid: None, // optional if implementing strategies that replace or cancel bundles
+                ..Default::default()    // all other options are not used.
             },
         };
 
diff --git a/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs b/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
index 1bda6901..e5ad459b 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/src/eth/endpoints.rs
@@ -527,10 +527,6 @@ where
 {
     let id = block.unwrap_or(BlockId::pending());
 
-    // Stateless gas normalization.
-    let max_gas = ctx.signet().config().rpc_gas_cap;
-    normalize_gas_stateless(&mut request, max_gas);
-
     // this span is verbose yo.
     let span = trace_span!(
         "estimate_gas",
@@ -541,6 +537,12 @@ where
         block_cfg = tracing::field::Empty,
     );
 
+    // Stateless gas normalization.
+    let max_gas = ctx.signet().config().rpc_gas_cap;
+    normalize_gas_stateless(&mut request, max_gas);
+
+    tracing::span::Span::current().record("normalized_gas", format!("{:?}", request.gas));
+
     let task = async move {
         // Get the block cfg from backend, erroring if it fails
         let block_cfg = match ctx.signet().block_cfg(id).await {
@@ -568,6 +570,8 @@ where
 
         let (estimate, _) = response_tri!(trevm.estimate_gas().map_err(EvmErrored::into_error));
 
+        tracing::span::Span::current().record("estimate", format!("{:?}", &estimate));
+
         match estimate {
             trevm::EstimationResult::Success { estimation, .. } => {
                 ResponsePayload::Success(U64::from(estimation))