diff --git a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-archive.yml b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-archive.yml
index 67a20c7a..9d949543 100644
--- a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-archive.yml
+++ b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-archive.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ x-logging-defaults: &logging-defaults
 
 services:
   cronos-zkevm-mainnet-archive:
-    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_MAINNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v27.5.3-patch}
+    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_MAINNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v28.6.0}
     sysctls:
       # TCP Performance
       net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle: 0       # Disable slow start after idle
diff --git a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-pruned.yml b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-pruned.yml
index 19de97b6..c78546cf 100644
--- a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-pruned.yml
+++ b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-mainnet-external-node-pruned.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ x-logging-defaults: &logging-defaults
 
 services:
   cronos-zkevm-mainnet:
-    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_MAINNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v27.5.3-patch}
+    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_MAINNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v28.6.0}
     sysctls:
       # TCP Performance
       net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle: 0       # Disable slow start after idle
diff --git a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-archive.yml b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-archive.yml
index 656b27c0..e8205fa9 100644
--- a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-archive.yml
+++ b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-archive.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ x-logging-defaults: &logging-defaults
 
 services:
   cronos-zkevm-testnet-archive:
-    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_TESTNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v27.5.3-patch}
+    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_TESTNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v28.6.0}
     sysctls:
       # TCP Performance
       net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle: 0       # Disable slow start after idle
diff --git a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-pruned.yml b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-pruned.yml
index 80d1a0eb..1f91d52f 100644
--- a/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-pruned.yml
+++ b/cronos-zkevm/external-node/cronos-zkevm-testnet-external-node-pruned.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ x-logging-defaults: &logging-defaults
 
 services:
   cronos-zkevm-testnet:
-    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_TESTNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v27.5.3-patch}
+    image: ${CRONOS_ZKEVM_EXTERNAL_NODE_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/cronos-labs/external-node}:${CRONOS_ZKEVM_TESTNET_EXTERNAL_NODE_VERSION:-v28.6.0}
     sysctls:
       # TCP Performance
       net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle: 0       # Disable slow start after idle