diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/runAndDeploy.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/runAndDeploy.test.ts
index d8e6a14506..24388def61 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/runAndDeploy.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/runAndDeploy.test.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ module.exports = {
       .clickFunction('retrieve - call')
       .waitForElementContainsText('[data-id="treeViewLi0"]', 'uint256: 10')
       .clickLaunchIcon('filePanel')
-      .openFile('.states/vm-shanghai/state.json')
+      .openFile('.states/vm-cancun/state.json')
       .getEditorValue((content) => {
         browser
           .assert.ok(content.includes('"latestBlockNumber": "0x2"'), 'State is saved')
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ module.exports = {
       .click('*[data-id="Deploy - transact (not payable)"]')
       .pause(5000)
       .clickLaunchIcon('filePanel')
-      .openFile('.states/vm-shanghai/state.json')
+      .openFile('.states/vm-cancun/state.json')
       .getEditorValue((content) => {
         browser
           .assert.ok(content.includes('"latestBlockNumber": "0x2"'), 'State is unchanged')
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/solidityUnittests.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/solidityUnittests.test.ts
index dfe567603e..3c195c99cd 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/solidityUnittests.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/solidityUnittests.test.ts
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ module.exports = {
       .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
       .setSolidityCompilerVersion('builtin')
       .click('.remixui_compilerConfigSection')
-      .setValue('#evmVersionSelector', 'shanghai') // Temporary fix
+      .setValue('#evmVersionSelector', 'cancun') // Temporary fix
       .clickLaunchIcon('filePanel')
       .click('*[data-id="treeViewLitreeViewItemcontracts"]')
       .openFile('contracts/3_Ballot.sol')
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
index 6079a44238..b54b8d371b 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/src/blockchain/execution-context.js
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ web3.eth.setConfig(config)
 export class ExecutionContext {
   constructor () {
     this.event = new EventManager()
-    this.executionContext = 'vm-shanghai'
+    this.executionContext = 'vm-cancun'
     this.lastBlock = null
     this.blockGasLimitDefault = 4300000
     this.blockGasLimit = this.blockGasLimitDefault
-    this.currentFork = 'shanghai'
+    this.currentFork = 'cancun'
     this.mainNetGenesisHash = '0xd4e56740f876aef8c010b86a40d5f56745a118d0906a34e69aec8c0db1cb8fa3'
     this.customNetWorks = {}
     this.blocks = {}
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class ExecutionContext {
   }
 
   init (config) {
-    this.executionContext = 'vm-shanghai'
+    this.executionContext = 'vm-cancun'
     this.event.trigger('contextChanged', [this.executionContext])
   }
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class ExecutionContext {
 
   removeProvider (name) {
     if (name && this.customNetWorks[name]) {
-      if (this.executionContext === name) this.setContext('vm-paris', null, null, null)
+      if (this.executionContext === name) this.setContext('vm-cancun', null, null, null)
       delete this.customNetWorks[name]
       this.event.trigger('removeProvider', [name])
     }