diff --git a/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/BlockchainTestsRunner.ts b/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/BlockchainTestsRunner.ts
index 92e20239fd..a33b167960 100644
--- a/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/BlockchainTestsRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/BlockchainTestsRunner.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { EthashConsensus, createBlockchain } from '@ethereumjs/blockchain'
 import { ConsensusAlgorithm } from '@ethereumjs/common'
 import { Ethash } from '@ethereumjs/ethash'
 import { RLP } from '@ethereumjs/rlp'
-import { DefaultStateManager } from '@ethereumjs/statemanager'
+import { Caches, DefaultStateManager } from '@ethereumjs/statemanager'
 import { Trie } from '@ethereumjs/trie'
 import { createTxFromSerializedData } from '@ethereumjs/tx'
 import {
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export async function runBlockchainTest(options: any, testData: any, t: tape.Tes
   let cacheDB = new MapDB()
   let state = new Trie({ useKeyHashing: true, common })
   let stateManager = new DefaultStateManager({
+    caches: new Caches(),
     trie: state,
     common,
   })
diff --git a/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/GeneralStateTestsRunner.ts b/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/GeneralStateTestsRunner.ts
index 992cc6c11c..fe715a1cbd 100644
--- a/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/GeneralStateTestsRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/vm/test/tester/runners/GeneralStateTestsRunner.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Block } from '@ethereumjs/block'
 import { createBlockchain } from '@ethereumjs/blockchain'
 import { type InterpreterStep } from '@ethereumjs/evm'
-import { DefaultStateManager } from '@ethereumjs/statemanager'
+import { Caches, DefaultStateManager } from '@ethereumjs/statemanager'
 import { Trie } from '@ethereumjs/trie'
 import {
   Account,
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ async function runTestCase(options: any, testData: any, t: tape.Test) {
   const blockchain = await createBlockchain({ genesisBlock, common })
   const state = new Trie({ useKeyHashing: true, common })
   const stateManager = new DefaultStateManager({
+    caches: new Caches(),
     trie: state,
     common,
   })