diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4091e7e896..e91b292c64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Deprecations
 
 ### Additions and Improvements
+- Upgrade Reference Tests to 13.2 [#6854](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6854)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fix to avoid broadcasting full blob txs, instead of only the tx announcement, to a subset of nodes [#6835](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6835)
diff --git a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
index 8bbda83eb1..70841e62ff 100644
--- a/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/referencetests/build.gradle
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ tasks.register('validateReferenceTestSubmodule') {
   description = "Checks that the reference tests submodule is not accidentally changed"
   doLast {
     def result = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    def expectedHash = '853b1e03b1078d370614002851ba1ee9803d9fcf '
+    def expectedHash = '52ddcbcef0d58ec7de6b768b564725391a30b934'
     def submodulePath = java.nio.file.Path.of("${rootProject.projectDir}", "ethereum/referencetests/src/reference-test/external-resources").toAbsolutePath()
     try {
       exec {