diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aaae726725..f534b8aaae 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.10.0
-	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.4
+	github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.5-rc.1
 	github.com/cespare/cp v0.1.0
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230209160836-829675f94811
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3ecf85cdc3..389a8f166b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/apache/arrow/go/arrow v0.0.0-20191024131854-af6fa24be0db/go.mod h1:VTxUBvSJ3s3eHAg65PNgrsn5BtqCRPdmyXh6rAfdxN0=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.4 h1:wGldIq/zn7DTE8TvsBKq6UjyICXb9HY5joNOX73ovEU=
-github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.4/go.mod h1:lQNBWn4f27MWJGH9Jj1zOX1GlJDeHofMG/TBRaqSNSg=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.5-rc.1 h1:hFgEI2y7pYUE9F7P6SsMJDpPV5Qm2faoCHIfswcYu3A=
+github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego v1.10.5-rc.1/go.mod h1:azK88lcF5jwcPSp//RKUh2VncmrZZUrKu998C7no4Ys=
 github.com/aymerick/raymond v2.0.3-0.20180322193309-b565731e1464+incompatible/go.mod h1:osfaiScAUVup+UC9Nfq76eWqDhXlp+4UYaA8uhTBO6g=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
diff --git a/plugin/evm/export_tx.go b/plugin/evm/export_tx.go
index 88f1352ac9..bf0a1b2af4 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/export_tx.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/export_tx.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (utx *UnsignedExportTx) Verify(
 	if !avax.IsSortedTransferableOutputs(utx.ExportedOutputs, Codec) {
 		return errOutputsNotSorted
 	}
-	if rules.IsApricotPhase1 && !utils.IsSortedAndUniqueSortable(utx.Ins) {
+	if rules.IsApricotPhase1 && !utils.IsSortedAndUnique(utx.Ins) {
 		return errInputsNotSortedUnique
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugin/evm/import_tx.go b/plugin/evm/import_tx.go
index 233b94e6ae..8b034182c4 100644
--- a/plugin/evm/import_tx.go
+++ b/plugin/evm/import_tx.go
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ func (utx *UnsignedImportTx) Verify(
 			return errImportNonAVAXInputBanff
 		}
 	}
-	if !utils.IsSortedAndUniqueSortable(utx.ImportedInputs) {
+	if !utils.IsSortedAndUnique(utx.ImportedInputs) {
 		return errInputsNotSortedUnique
 	}
 
 	if rules.IsApricotPhase2 {
-		if !utils.IsSortedAndUniqueSortable(utx.Outs) {
+		if !utils.IsSortedAndUnique(utx.Outs) {
 			return errOutputsNotSortedUnique
 		}
 	} else if rules.IsApricotPhase1 {
diff --git a/scripts/versions.sh b/scripts/versions.sh
index 93e2bd5197..ea31ca7aee 100644
--- a/scripts/versions.sh
+++ b/scripts/versions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Don't export them as they're used in the context of other calls
-avalanche_version=${AVALANCHE_VERSION:-'v1.10.4'}
+avalanche_version=${AVALANCHE_VERSION:-'v1.10.5-rc.1'}