diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 43eb513de..1fb08192e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoincore-rpc"
 version = "0.17.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoincore-rpc?rev=7bd815f1e1ae721404719ee8e6867064b7c68494#7bd815f1e1ae721404719ee8e6867064b7c68494"
+source = "git+https://github.com/interlay/rust-bitcoincore-rpc?rev=671a78f638179c8951c9932061fd2bb348313a2c#671a78f638179c8951c9932061fd2bb348313a2c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin-private",
  "bitcoincore-rpc-json",
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoincore-rpc-json"
 version = "0.17.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoincore-rpc?rev=7bd815f1e1ae721404719ee8e6867064b7c68494#7bd815f1e1ae721404719ee8e6867064b7c68494"
+source = "git+https://github.com/interlay/rust-bitcoincore-rpc?rev=671a78f638179c8951c9932061fd2bb348313a2c#671a78f638179c8951c9932061fd2bb348313a2c"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin 0.30.1",
  "bitcoin-private",
diff --git a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
index e4a0195ea..253422993 100644
--- a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ light-client = []
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1.0"
-bitcoincore-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoincore-rpc", rev = "7bd815f1e1ae721404719ee8e6867064b7c68494" }
+bitcoincore-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/interlay/rust-bitcoincore-rpc", rev = "671a78f638179c8951c9932061fd2bb348313a2c" }
 hex = "0.4.2"
 async-trait = "0.1.40"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
index fe5148c30..e2c7719d1 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_MAX_TX_COUNT: usize = 100_000_000;
 /// the bitcoin core version.
 /// See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/833add0f48b0fad84d7b8cf9373a349e7aef20b4/src/rpc/net.cpp#L627
 /// and https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/833add0f48b0fad84d7b8cf9373a349e7aef20b4/src/clientversion.h#L33-L37
-pub const BITCOIN_CORE_VERSION_23: usize = 230_000;
+pub const BITCOIN_CORE_VERSION_26: usize = 260_000;
 const NOT_IN_MEMPOOL_ERROR_CODE: i32 = BitcoinRpcError::RpcInvalidAddressOrKey as i32;
 
 // Time to sleep before retry on startup.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ async fn connect(rpc: &Client, connection_timeout: Duration) -> Result<Network,
                     info!("Connected to {}", chain);
                     info!("Bitcoin version {}", version);
 
-                    if version >= BITCOIN_CORE_VERSION_23 {
+                    if version >= BITCOIN_CORE_VERSION_26 {
                         return Err(Error::IncompatibleVersion(version))
                     }
 
@@ -1052,7 +1052,9 @@ impl BitcoinCoreApi for BitcoinCore {
             } else {
                 info!("Creating wallet {wallet_name}...");
                 // wallet does not exist, create
-                let result = self.rpc.create_wallet(wallet_name, None, None, None, None)?;
+                let result = self
+                    .rpc
+                    .create_wallet(wallet_name, None, None, None, None, Some(false))?;
                 if let Some(warning) = result.warning {
                     if !warning.is_empty() {
                         warn!("Received warning while creating wallet {wallet_name}: {warning}");