diff --git a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
index b43529eddbcc..d866dc51dfb6 100644
--- a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
+++ b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
@@ -576,10 +576,13 @@ type pebbleIterator struct {
 // of database content with a particular key prefix, starting at a particular
 // initial key (or after, if it does not exist).
 func (d *Database) NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) ethdb.Iterator {
-	iter := d.db.NewIter(&pebble.IterOptions{
+	iter, err := d.db.NewIter(&pebble.IterOptions{
 		LowerBound: append(prefix, start...),
 		UpperBound: upperBound(prefix),
 	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	iter.First()
 	return &pebbleIterator{iter: iter, moved: true}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ef4ea6ee7408..fcad24bcc224 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/cespare/cp v0.1.0
 	github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.14.0
-	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230209160836-829675f94811
+	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230819001538-1798fbf5956c
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.10.0
 	github.com/crate-crypto/go-kzg-4844 v0.2.0
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20230118201751-21c54148d20b // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 // indirect
 	github.com/consensys/bavard v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/crate-crypto/go-ipa v0.0.0-20220523130400-f11357ae11c7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e02153096313..d338dde5e675 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -58,17 +58,19 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.14.0 h1:gFqGlGl/5f9UGXAaKapCGUfaTCgRKKnzu2VvzMZlOFA=
 github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go v0.14.0/go.mod h1:EnwdgGMaFOruiPZRFSgn+TsQ3hQ7C/YWzIGLeu5c304=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
-github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v1.0.2 h1:H9MtNqVoVhvd9nCBwOyDjUEdZCREqbIdCJD93PBm/jA=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v1.0.2/go.mod h1:a9RdTaap04u637JoCzcUoIcDmvwSUtcUFtT/C3kJlTU=
+github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v1.0.3-0.20230413201302-be42291fc80f h1:otljaYPt5hWxV3MUfO5dFPFiOXg9CyG5/kCfayTqsJ4=
 github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.9.1 h1:yFVvsI0VxmRShfawbt/laCIDy/mtTqqnvoNgiy5bEV8=
 github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.9.1/go.mod h1:2sxOtL2WIc096WSZqZ5h8fa17rdDq9HZOZLBCor4mBk=
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20211118104740-dabe8e521a4f/go.mod h1:Vz9DsVWQQhf3vs21MhPMZpMGSht7O/2vFW2xusFUVOs=
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20230118201751-21c54148d20b h1:r6VH0faHjZeQy818SGhaone5OnYfxFR/+AzdY3sf5aE=
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20230118201751-21c54148d20b/go.mod h1:Vz9DsVWQQhf3vs21MhPMZpMGSht7O/2vFW2xusFUVOs=
-github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230209160836-829675f94811 h1:ytcWPaNPhNoGMWEhDvS3zToKcDpRsLuRolQJBVGdozk=
-github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230209160836-829675f94811/go.mod h1:Nb5lgvnQ2+oGlE/EyZy4+2/CxRh9KfvCXnag1vtpxVM=
+github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230819001538-1798fbf5956c h1:aDetJlMe4qJxWAwu+/bzTs2/b1EW9ecVyawpRD7N/tE=
+github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20230819001538-1798fbf5956c/go.mod h1:EDjiaAXc0FXiRmxDzcu1wIEJ093ohHMUWxrI6iku0XA=
 github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.3 h1:AKZds10rFSIj7qADf0g46UixK8NNLwWTNdCIGS5wfSQ=
 github.com/cockroachdb/redact v1.1.3/go.mod h1:BVNblN9mBWFyMyqK1k3AAiSxhvhfK2oOZZ2lK+dpvRg=
+github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06 h1:zuQyyAKVxetITBuuhv3BI9cMrmStnpT18zmgmTxunpo=
+github.com/cockroachdb/tokenbucket v0.0.0-20230807174530-cc333fc44b06/go.mod h1:7nc4anLGjupUW/PeY5qiNYsdNXj7zopG+eqsS7To5IQ=
 github.com/codegangsta/inject v0.0.0-20150114235600-33e0aa1cb7c0/go.mod h1:4Zcjuz89kmFXt9morQgcfYZAYZ5n8WHjt81YYWIwtTM=
 github.com/consensys/bavard v0.1.13 h1:oLhMLOFGTLdlda/kma4VOJazblc7IM5y5QPd2A/YjhQ=
 github.com/consensys/bavard v0.1.13/go.mod h1:9ItSMtA/dXMAiL7BG6bqW2m3NdSEObYWoH223nGHukI=