diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f65f145e..72caca59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   GO_VERSION: "1.21"                  # https://go.dev/dl/
-  STRINGER_VERSION: "0.15.0"          # https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer?tab=versions
+  STRINGER_VERSION: "0.23.0"          # https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer?tab=versions
   # Protoc dependencies.
-  PROTOC_VERSION: "25.3"              # https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases
+  PROTOC_VERSION: "27.1"              # https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases
   PROTOC_GEN_GO_VERSION: "1.31.0"     # https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go?tab=versions
-  PROTOC_GEN_GO_GRPC_VERSION: "1.3.0" # https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc?tab=versions
+  PROTOC_GEN_GO_GRPC_VERSION: "1.4.0" # https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc?tab=versions
   ARCH: "linux-x86_64"
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0497e363..e988b903 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ We run a lot of different blockchain technologies. Different tools often have in
 - [Install](#install)
 - [Features](#features)
 - [Testing](#testing)
-- [Contributing](#contributing)
-- [Reference](#reference)
+- [References](#references)
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ Requirements:
 To install, clone this repo and run:
 
 ```bash
-$ make install
+make install
 ```
 
 By default, the commands will be in `$HOME/go/bin/`, so for ease, we recommend adding that path to your shell's startup file by adding the following line:
@@ -85,28 +84,29 @@ Note: Do not modify this section! It is auto-generated by `cobra` using `make ge
 To test the features of `polycli`, we'll run geth in `dev` mode but you can run any node you want.
 
 ```bash
-$ make geth
-INFO [07-10|10:43:12.499] Starting Geth in ephemeral dev mode...
-...
+make geth
 ```
 
 You can then fund the default load testing account and run some tests.
 
 ```bash
-$ make geth-loadtest
-10:57AM INF Starting Load Test
-10:57AM INF Connecting with RPC endpoint to initialize load test parameters
-...
+make geth-loadtest
 ```
 
 You can view the state of the chain using `polycli`.
 
 ```bash
-$ polycli monitor --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
+polycli monitor --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
 ```
 
 ![polycli monitor](doc/assets/monitor.gif)
 
+Note that if you want to debug the monitor, you can use the following command.
+
+```bash
+polycli monitor --rpc-url http://34.117.145.249:80 -v 700 &> log.txt
+```
+
 You can also interact manually with your node, you can attach a Javascript console to your node using IPC.
 
 First, wait for the IPC endpoint to open.
@@ -123,17 +123,7 @@ INFO [07-10|10:44:29.256] Generated ephemeral JWT secret           secret=0x7511
 Then, attach a console to your node.
 
 ```bash
-$ geth attach /var/folders/7m/3_x4ns7557x52hb6vncqkx8h0000gn/T/geth.ipc
-Welcome to the Geth JavaScript console!
-
-instance: Geth/v1.12.0-stable/darwin-amd64/go1.20.4
-coinbase: 0x760f66cae63cb561ed0ef29d5e005f44215e2ba2
-at block: 8 (Mon Jul 10 2023 10:49:07 GMT+0200 (CEST))
- datadir:
- modules: admin:1.0 clique:1.0 debug:1.0 engine:1.0 eth:1.0 miner:1.0 net:1.0 rpc:1.0 txpool:1.0 web3:1.0
-
-To exit, press ctrl-d or type exit
->
+geth attach /var/folders/7m/3_x4ns7557x52hb6vncqkx8h0000gn/T/geth.ipc
 ```
 
 From there, you can do anything such as funding the default load testing account with some currency.
@@ -149,21 +139,14 @@ true
 You can then generate some load to make sure that blocks with transactions are being created. Note that the chain id of local geth is `1337`.
 
 ```bash
-$ polycli loadtest --verbosity 700 --chain-id 1337 --concurrency 1 --requests 1000 --rate-limit 5 --mode c --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
+polycli loadtest --verbosity 700 --chain-id 1337 --concurrency 1 --requests 1000 --rate-limit 5 --mode c --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
 ```
 
-## Monitor Debug
-`polycli monitor --rpc-url http://34.117.145.249:80 -v 700 &> log.txt`
-
-# Contributing
-
-- If you add a new loadtest mode, don't forget to update the loadtest mode string by running the following command: `cd cmd/loadtest && stringer -type=loadTestMode`. You can install [stringer](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer) with `go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer@latest`.
-
 ## Contact
 
 For more discussions, please head to the [R&D Discord](https://discord.gg/0xPolygonRnD)
 
-# Reference
+## References
 
 Sending some value to the default load testing account.
 
@@ -195,3 +178,5 @@ curl -v -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id": 1, "meth
 websocat ws://34.208.176.205:9944
 {"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id": 1, "method": "chain_subscribeNewHead", "params": []}
 ```
+
+If you add a new loadtest mode, don't forget to update the loadtest mode string by running the following command: `cd cmd/loadtest && stringer -type=loadTestMode`. You can install [stringer](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer) with `go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer@latest`.
diff --git a/proto/gen/pb/block.pb.go b/proto/gen/pb/block.pb.go
index bfeefcc7..397b95b0 100644
--- a/proto/gen/pb/block.pb.go
+++ b/proto/gen/pb/block.pb.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
 // 	protoc-gen-go v1.31.0
-// 	protoc        v4.25.3
+// 	protoc        v5.27.1
 // source: block.proto
 
 package pb
diff --git a/proto/gen/pb/transaction.pb.go b/proto/gen/pb/transaction.pb.go
index 3b96da15..9134c504 100644
--- a/proto/gen/pb/transaction.pb.go
+++ b/proto/gen/pb/transaction.pb.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
 // 	protoc-gen-go v1.31.0
-// 	protoc        v4.25.3
+// 	protoc        v5.27.1
 // source: transaction.proto
 
 package pb