diff --git a/build/checksums.txt b/build/checksums.txt
index a15cf09b46..c752fb8ccd 100644
--- a/build/checksums.txt
+++ b/build/checksums.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # This file contains sha256 checksums of optional build dependencies.
 
-# version:spec-tests 1.0.2
+# version:spec-tests 1.0.5
 # https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases
-# https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/v1.0.2/
-24bac679f3a2d8240d8e08e7f6a70b70c2dabf673317d924cf1d1887b9fe1f81  fixtures.tar.gz
+# https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/v1.0.5/
+d4fd06a0e5f94beb970f3c68374b38ef9de82d4be77517d326bcf739c3cbf3a2  fixtures_develop.tar.gz
 
 # version:golang 1.21.3
 # https://go.dev/dl/
diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index 869ca07d11..1ff3fb5bf8 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ func downloadSpecTestFixtures(csdb *build.ChecksumDB, cachedir string) string {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	ext := ".tar.gz"
-	base := "fixtures" // TODO(MariusVanDerWijden) rename once the version becomes part of the filename
+	base := "fixtures_develop" // TODO(MariusVanDerWijden) rename once the version becomes part of the filename
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/ethereum/execution-spec-tests/releases/download/v%s/%s%s", executionSpecTestsVersion, base, ext)
 	archivePath := filepath.Join(cachedir, base+ext)
 	if err := csdb.DownloadFile(url, archivePath); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go b/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
index 6612680dc4..42be6726b5 100644
--- a/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
+++ b/cmd/evm/blockrunner.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/rawdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
@@ -60,9 +61,16 @@ func blockTestCmd(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(src, &tests); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	for i, test := range tests {
+	// run them in order
+	var keys []string
+	for key := range tests {
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	for _, name := range keys {
+		test := tests[name]
 		if err := test.Run(false, rawdb.HashScheme, tracer); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("test %v: %w", i, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("test %v: %w", name, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/tests/block_test.go b/tests/block_test.go
index 645b4b702d..5764ae33e4 100644
--- a/tests/block_test.go
+++ b/tests/block_test.go
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ func TestExecutionSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	bt := new(testMatcher)
 
-	// cancun tests are not complete yet
-	bt.skipLoad(`^cancun/`)
-	bt.skipLoad(`-fork=Cancun`)
-
 	bt.walk(t, executionSpecDir, func(t *testing.T, name string, test *BlockTest) {
 		execBlockTest(t, bt, test)
 	})
@@ -75,14 +71,18 @@ func TestExecutionSpec(t *testing.T) {
 func execBlockTest(t *testing.T, bt *testMatcher, test *BlockTest) {
 	if err := bt.checkFailure(t, test.Run(false, rawdb.HashScheme, nil)); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("test in hash mode without snapshotter failed: %v", err)
+		return
 	}
 	if err := bt.checkFailure(t, test.Run(true, rawdb.HashScheme, nil)); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("test in hash mode with snapshotter failed: %v", err)
+		return
 	}
 	if err := bt.checkFailure(t, test.Run(false, rawdb.PathScheme, nil)); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("test in path mode without snapshotter failed: %v", err)
+		return
 	}
 	if err := bt.checkFailure(t, test.Run(true, rawdb.PathScheme, nil)); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("test in path mode with snapshotter failed: %v", err)
+		return
 	}
 }