diff --git a/specs/mainnet-1/specs/ethereum.json b/specs/mainnet-1/specs/ethereum.json
index 75cacda3e3..528df38a35 100644
--- a/specs/mainnet-1/specs/ethereum.json
+++ b/specs/mainnet-1/specs/ethereum.json
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@
                             {
                                 "name": "trace",
                                 "parse_directive": {
-                                    "function_template": "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"trace_block\",\"params\":[\"earliest\"],\"id\":1}",
+                                    "function_template": "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"trace_block\",\"params\":[\"latest\"],\"id\":1}",
                                     "function_tag": "VERIFICATION",
                                     "result_parsing": {
                                         "parser_arg": [