diff --git a/shared/services/config/besu-params.go b/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
index 275cc6907..2328e7a2a 100644
--- a/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
+++ b/shared/services/config/besu-params.go
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 
 // Constants
 const (
-	besuTagTest          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.0"
-	besuTagProd          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.0"
+	besuTagTest          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.1"
+	besuTagProd          string = "hyperledger/besu:26.8.1"
 	besuEventLogInterval int    = 1000
 	besuMaxPeers         uint16 = 25
 	besuStopSignal       string = "SIGTERM"
diff --git a/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh b/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
index e2de1bdca..fd4b6fd47 100755
--- a/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
+++ b/shared/services/rocketpool/assets/install/scripts/start-ec.sh
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ if [ "$CLIENT" = "besu" ]; then
         CMD="$PERF_PREFIX /opt/besu/bin/besu \
             $BESU_NETWORK \
             --data-path=/ethclient/besu \
+            --discovery-mode=BOTH \
             --rpc-http-enabled \
             --rpc-http-host=0.0.0.0 \
             --rpc-http-port=${EC_HTTP_PORT:-8545} \
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ if [ "$CLIENT" = "besu" ]; then
         fi
 
         if [ "$ENABLE_IPV6" = "true" ]; then
-            CMD="$CMD --discovery-mode=V5 --p2p-ipv6-outbound-enabled --p2p-interface-ipv6=::"
+            CMD="$CMD --p2p-ipv6-outbound-enabled --p2p-interface-ipv6=::"
             if [ ! -z "$EC_P2P_PORT" ]; then
                 CMD="$CMD --p2p-port-ipv6=$EC_P2P_PORT"
             fi