diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 56ac615976..31afabe2e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 ### Additions and Improvements
 
 - An alternate build target for the EVM using GraalVM AOT compilaiton was added.  [#5192](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/5192)
-  - To generate the binary install and use GraalVM 23.3.r17 or higher and run `./gradlew naticeCompile`.  The binary will be located in `ethereum/evmtool/build/native/nativeCompile`
+- To generate the binary install and use GraalVM 23.3.r17 or higher and run `./gradlew naticeCompile`.  The binary will be located in `ethereum/evmtool/build/native/nativeCompile`
+- Upgrade RocksDB version from 7.7.3 to 8.0.0. Besu Team [contributed](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/11099) to this release to make disabling checksum verification work. 
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index d9561d2da5..0c8b059c30 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -5551,6 +5551,14 @@
             <sha256 value="406e4b225d957fe78a1d73459a3a4ada73e3f8b2fc5265a60dbfc3f1901c5d6b" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.rocksdb" name="rocksdbjni" version="8.0.0">
+         <artifact name="rocksdbjni-8.0.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="b78db609447110063f7c0036d236e05b8107513660d2750df43abbb3dbb43c5e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="rocksdbjni-8.0.0.pom">
+            <sha256 value="ccbef06f66ed35a25563355eb25b825357372fa119b3337dabca62e5d2e796e8" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.slf4j" name="slf4j-api" version="1.7.30">
          <artifact name="slf4j-api-1.7.30.jar">
             <sha256 value="cdba07964d1bb40a0761485c6b1e8c2f8fd9eb1d19c53928ac0d7f9510105c57" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index 3def63f94a..43cb623f37 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
     dependency 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.34'
     dependency 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.34'
 
-    dependency 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:7.7.3'
+    dependency 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:8.0.0'
 
     dependency 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.6'
     dependency 'org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:2.0.6'
diff --git a/metrics/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/rocksdb/RocksDBStats.java b/metrics/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/rocksdb/RocksDBStats.java
index 1a00df34ca..01e7aca7a3 100644
--- a/metrics/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/rocksdb/RocksDBStats.java
+++ b/metrics/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/metrics/rocksdb/RocksDBStats.java
@@ -51,12 +51,10 @@ public class RocksDBStats {
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_INDEX_HIT,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_INDEX_ADD,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_INDEX_BYTES_INSERT,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_INDEX_BYTES_EVICT,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_MISS,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_HIT,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_ADD,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_BYTES_INSERT,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_FILTER_BYTES_EVICT,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_DATA_MISS,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_DATA_HIT,
     TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_DATA_ADD,
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@ public class RocksDBStats {
     TickerType.NUMBER_DB_NEXT_FOUND,
     TickerType.NUMBER_DB_PREV_FOUND,
     TickerType.ITER_BYTES_READ,
-    TickerType.NO_FILE_CLOSES,
     TickerType.NO_FILE_OPENS,
     TickerType.NO_FILE_ERRORS,
     // TickerType.STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_MICROS,
@@ -98,26 +95,18 @@ public class RocksDBStats {
     // TickerType.STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_MICROS,
     TickerType.STALL_MICROS,
     TickerType.DB_MUTEX_WAIT_MICROS,
-    TickerType.RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_MILLIS,
-    TickerType.NO_ITERATORS,
     TickerType.NUMBER_MULTIGET_BYTES_READ,
     TickerType.NUMBER_MULTIGET_KEYS_READ,
     TickerType.NUMBER_MULTIGET_CALLS,
-    TickerType.NUMBER_FILTERED_DELETES,
     TickerType.NUMBER_MERGE_FAILURES,
     TickerType.BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_CHECKED,
     TickerType.BLOOM_FILTER_PREFIX_USEFUL,
     TickerType.NUMBER_OF_RESEEKS_IN_ITERATION,
     TickerType.GET_UPDATES_SINCE_CALLS,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_COMPRESSED_MISS,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_COMPRESSED_HIT,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_COMPRESSED_ADD,
-    TickerType.BLOCK_CACHE_COMPRESSED_ADD_FAILURES,
     TickerType.WAL_FILE_SYNCED,
     TickerType.WAL_FILE_BYTES,
     TickerType.WRITE_DONE_BY_SELF,
     TickerType.WRITE_DONE_BY_OTHER,
-    TickerType.WRITE_TIMEDOUT,
     TickerType.WRITE_WITH_WAL,
     TickerType.COMPACT_READ_BYTES,
     TickerType.COMPACT_WRITE_BYTES,
@@ -156,11 +145,6 @@ public class RocksDBStats {
     HistogramType.READ_BLOCK_COMPACTION_MICROS,
     HistogramType.READ_BLOCK_GET_MICROS,
     HistogramType.WRITE_RAW_BLOCK_MICROS,
-    HistogramType.STALL_L0_SLOWDOWN_COUNT,
-    HistogramType.STALL_MEMTABLE_COMPACTION_COUNT,
-    HistogramType.STALL_L0_NUM_FILES_COUNT,
-    HistogramType.HARD_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT,
-    HistogramType.SOFT_RATE_LIMIT_DELAY_COUNT,
     HistogramType.NUM_FILES_IN_SINGLE_COMPACTION,
     HistogramType.DB_SEEK,
     HistogramType.WRITE_STALL,