diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml
index 457aa46e97c..6595888fbd1 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-kurtosis/action.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ runs:
         tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d) && curl -L https://github.com/0xPolygon/polygon-cli/releases/download/v0.1.48/polycli_v0.1.48_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar -xz -C "$tmp_dir" && mv "$tmp_dir"/* /usr/local/bin/polycli && rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
         sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/polycli
         /usr/local/bin/polycli version
+
+    - name: Install yq
+      run: |
+        sudo curl -L https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.44.2/yq_linux_amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/yq
+        sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
+        /usr/local/bin/yq --version
+        
     - name: Build docker image
       working-directory: ./cdk-erigon
       shell: bash
@@ -39,9 +46,12 @@ runs:
       run: |
         sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
         sed -i '/zkevm.sequencer-non-empty-batch-seal-time:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/zkevm\.sequencer-initial-fork-id/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
         sed -i '/sentry.drop-useless-peers:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
-        sed -i '/zkevm.pool-manager-url/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '/zkevm\.pool-manager-url/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+        sed -i '$a\zkevm.disable-virtual-counters: true' ./templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
         sed -i '/zkevm.l2-datastreamer-timeout:/d' templates/cdk-erigon/config.yml
+
     - name: Create params.yml overrides
       working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
       shell: bash
@@ -49,7 +59,15 @@ runs:
         echo 'args:' > params.yml
         echo '  cdk_erigon_node_image: cdk-erigon:local' >> params.yml
         echo '  el-1-geth-lighthouse: ethpandaops/lighthouse@sha256:4902d9e4a6b6b8d4c136ea54f0e51582a32f356f3dec7194a1adee13ed2d662e' >> params.yml
+        /usr/local/bin/yq -i '.args.data_availability_mode = "${{ matrix.da-mode }}"' params.yml
+        sed -i 's/"londonBlock": [0-9]\+/"londonBlock": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
+        sed -i 's/"normalcyBlock": [0-9]\+/"normalcyBlock": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
+        sed -i 's/"shanghaiTime": [0-9]\+/"shanghaiTime": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
+        sed -i 's/"cancunTime": [0-9]\+/"cancunTime": 0/' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
+        sed -i '/"terminalTotalDifficulty"/d' ./templates/cdk-erigon/chainspec.json
+
     - name: Deploy Kurtosis CDK package
       working-directory: ./kurtosis-cdk
       shell: bash
-      run: kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --args-file params.yml --image-download always .
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+      run: |
+        kurtosis run --enclave cdk-v1 --args-file params.yml --image-download always . '{"args": {"erigon_strict_mode": false, "cdk_erigon_node_image": "cdk-erigon:local"}}'
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