diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28dfa422..c260111a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This project aims to bring Reth's high-performance Ethereum client capabilities
 - Historical Sync ✅
 - BSC Pectra Support ✅
 - Live Sync ✅
-- Run as validator ❌ (soon)
+- Run as validator ✅
 
 ### Sync Status (as of September 1st, 2025)
 
diff --git a/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.lock b/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.lock
index 1059352c..59bab105 100644
--- a/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.lock
+++ b/bin/reth-bench/Cargo.lock
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8d162beedaa69905488a8da94f5ac3edb4dd4788b732fadb7bd120b2625c1976"
 dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
- "syn 2.0.106",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6499,9 +6499,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.4"
+version = "0.103.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a17884ae0c1b773f1ccd2bd4a8c72f16da897310a98b0e84bf349ad5ead92fc"
+checksum = "df33b2b81ac578cabaf06b89b0631153a3f416b0a886e8a7a1707fb51abbd1ef"
 dependencies = [
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -7593,7 +7593,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "319c70195101a93f56db4c74733e272d720768e13471f400c78406a326b172b0"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]