diff --git a/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata.nim b/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata.nim
index f6edfc5e4..3c2f116ab 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata.nim
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@ elif const_preset == "mainnet":
       vendorDir & "/holesky/custom_config_data",
       some holesky,
       downloadGenesisFrom = some DownloadInfo(
-        url: "https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/releases/download/v23.9.0/holesky-genesis.ssz.sz",
-        digest: Eth2Digest.fromHex "0x76631cd0b9ddc5b2c766b496e23f16759ce1181446a4efb40e5540cd15b78a07"))
+        url: "https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/releases/download/v23.9.1/holesky-genesis.ssz.sz",
+        digest: Eth2Digest.fromHex "0x0ea3f6f9515823b59c863454675fefcd1d8b4f2dbe454db166206a41fda060a0"))
 
     sepoliaMetadata = loadCompileTimeNetworkMetadata(
       vendorDir & "/sepolia/bepolia",
diff --git a/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata_downloads.nim b/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata_downloads.nim
index e0a6c69dc..36680223e 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata_downloads.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/networking/network_metadata_downloads.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import
   std/uri,
   stew/io2, chronos, chronos/apps/http/httpclient, snappy,
-  ../spec/digest
+  ../spec/[digest, forks], ../spec/datatypes/base
 
 import network_metadata
 export network_metadata
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ proc downloadFile(url: Uri): Future[seq[byte]] {.async.} =
       msg: "Unexpected status code " & $response[0] & " when fetching " & $url,
       status: response[0])
 
-proc fetchBytes*(metadata: GenesisMetadata,
-                 genesisStateUrlOverride = none(Uri)): Future[seq[byte]] {.async.} =
-  case metadata.kind
+proc fetchGenesisBytes*(
+    metadata: Eth2NetworkMetadata,
+    genesisStateUrlOverride = none(Uri)): Future[seq[byte]] {.async.} =
+  case metadata.genesis.kind
   of NoGenesis:
-    raiseAssert "fetchBytes should be called only when metadata.hasGenesis is true"
+    raiseAssert "fetchGenesisBytes should be called only when metadata.hasGenesis is true"
   of BakedIn:
-    result = @(metadata.bakedBytes)
+    result = @(metadata.genesis.bakedBytes)
   of BakedInUrl:
-    result = await downloadFile(genesisStateUrlOverride.get(parseUri metadata.url))
+    result = await downloadFile(genesisStateUrlOverride.get(parseUri metadata.genesis.url))
     # Under the built-in default URL, we serve a snappy-encoded BeaconState in order
     # to reduce the size of the downloaded file with roughly 50% (this precise ratio
     # depends on the number of validator recors). The user is still free to provide
@@ -54,11 +55,13 @@ proc fetchBytes*(metadata: GenesisMetadata,
     #       HTTP servers.
     if result.isSnappyFramedStream:
       result = decodeFramed(result)
-    if eth2digest(result) != metadata.digest:
-      raise (ref DigestMismatchError)(
-        msg: "The downloaded genesis state cannot be verified (checksum mismatch)")
+    let state = newClone(readSszForkedHashedBeaconState(metadata.cfg, result))
+    withState(state[]):
+      if forkyState.root != metadata.genesis.digest:
+        raise (ref DigestMismatchError)(
+          msg: "The downloaded genesis state cannot be verified (checksum mismatch)")
   of UserSuppliedFile:
-    result = readAllBytes(metadata.path).tryGet()
+    result = readAllBytes(metadata.genesis.path).tryGet()
 
 proc sourceDesc*(metadata: GenesisMetadata): string =
   case metadata.kind
@@ -75,5 +78,5 @@ when isMainModule:
   let holeskyMetadata = getMetadataForNetwork("holesky")
   io2.writeFile(
     "holesky-genesis.ssz",
-    waitFor holeskyMetadata.genesis.fetchBytes()
+    waitFor holeskyMetadata.fetchGenesisBytes()
   ).expect("success")
diff --git a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
index 576575b2d..5a2c029dc 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/nimbus_beacon_node.nim
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ proc init*(T: type BeaconNode,
             if metadata.genesis.kind == BakedInUrl:
               info "Obtaining genesis state",
                     sourceUrl = $config.genesisStateUrl.get(parseUri metadata.genesis.url)
-            await metadata.genesis.fetchBytes(config.genesisStateUrl)
+            await metadata.fetchGenesisBytes(config.genesisStateUrl)
           except CatchableError as err:
             error "Failed to obtain genesis state",
                   source = metadata.genesis.sourceDesc,
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ proc handleStartUpCmd(config: var BeaconNodeConf) {.raises: [CatchableError].} =
             stateId: "finalized")
       genesis =
         if network.hasGenesis:
-          let genesisBytes = try: waitFor network.genesis.fetchBytes()
+          let genesisBytes = try: waitFor network.fetchGenesisBytes()
           except CatchableError as err:
             error "Failed to obtain genesis state",
                   source = network.genesis.sourceDesc,
diff --git a/beacon_chain/nimbus_light_client.nim b/beacon_chain/nimbus_light_client.nim
index 0cfc7fbe8..1609ff7da 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/nimbus_light_client.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/nimbus_light_client.nim
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ programMain:
   template cfg(): auto = metadata.cfg
 
   let
-    genesisBytes = try: waitFor metadata.genesis.fetchBytes()
+    genesisBytes = try: waitFor metadata.fetchGenesisBytes()
                    except CatchableError as err:
                      error "Failed to obtain genesis state",
                             source = metadata.genesis.sourceDesc,
diff --git a/beacon_chain/version.nim b/beacon_chain/version.nim
index a35853931..51e19f224 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/version.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/version.nim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const
 
   versionMajor* = 23
   versionMinor* = 9
-  versionBuild* = 0
+  versionBuild* = 1
 
   versionBlob* = "stateofus" # Single word - ends up in the default graffiti
 
diff --git a/vendor/holesky b/vendor/holesky
index f1ad227a2..ea39b9006 160000
--- a/vendor/holesky
+++ b/vendor/holesky
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f1ad227a2511ea26f5d043fad15d9431fd681941
+Subproject commit ea39b9006210848e13f28d92e12a30548cecd41d