diff --git a/deps/kevm_release b/deps/kevm_release
index 17237ed68..3683b00b3 100644
--- a/deps/kevm_release
+++ b/deps/kevm_release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.763
+1.0.764
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 731c2a6e5..aa8135939 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -435,16 +435,16 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1734420381,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Kd0WG5vWW5Lj6263/uVP4AWvRRSf39zeWK9TGW/B3Lo=",
+        "lastModified": 1734436934,
+        "narHash": "sha256-NHLy0zJQ2qVuV0tWnbv5hbqSuWhqp89zxYWSa5rJlks=",
         "owner": "runtimeverification",
         "repo": "evm-semantics",
-        "rev": "022eda8085a78c0cb063f382a24885616a21ecf2",
+        "rev": "a53872bf553c29259b025aeb14d027da16b4fc43",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "runtimeverification",
-        "ref": "v1.0.763",
+        "ref": "v1.0.764",
         "repo": "evm-semantics",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 9ef948fd6..62b34e09c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   description = "Kontrol";
 
   inputs = {
-    kevm.url = "github:runtimeverification/evm-semantics/v1.0.763";
+    kevm.url = "github:runtimeverification/evm-semantics/v1.0.764";
     nixpkgs.follows = "kevm/nixpkgs";
     k-framework.follows = "kevm/k-framework";
     flake-utils.follows = "kevm/flake-utils";
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a0acf3318..a6fb22eb3 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ colors = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kevm-pyk"
-version = "1.0.763"
+version = "1.0.764"
 description = ""
 optional = false
 python-versions = "^3.10"
@@ -722,8 +722,8 @@ tomlkit = "^0.11.6"
 [package.source]
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/evm-semantics.git"
-reference = "v1.0.763"
-resolved_reference = "022eda8085a78c0cb063f382a24885616a21ecf2"
+reference = "v1.0.764"
+resolved_reference = "a53872bf553c29259b025aeb14d027da16b4fc43"
 subdirectory = "kevm-pyk"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1517,4 +1517,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "30d57aefe9fc1fe2f9e1361483e627f3cc50aac3c73951db44356f70e3740782"
+content-hash = "2ff9fc14ea4cf20e1febfe4a2eb6636f6ee68fd5c1eefb637fa5aac830978c82"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6000de643..8138d5ac4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ authors = [
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.10"
-kevm-pyk = { git = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/evm-semantics.git", tag = "v1.0.763", subdirectory = "kevm-pyk" }
+kevm-pyk = { git = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/evm-semantics.git", tag = "v1.0.764", subdirectory = "kevm-pyk" }
 eth-utils = "^4.1.1"
 pycryptodome = "^3.20.0"
 pyevmasm = "^0.2.3"
diff --git a/src/kontrol/prove.py b/src/kontrol/prove.py
index 56ff8f9c2..a9169b5a1 100644
--- a/src/kontrol/prove.py
+++ b/src/kontrol/prove.py
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ def create_kcfg_explore() -> KCFGExplore:
                 maintenance_rate=options.maintenance_rate,
                 assume_defined=options.assume_defined,
                 extra_module=extra_lemmas_module,
+                optimize_kcfg=options.optimize_kcfg,
             )
 
             if progress is not None and task is not None: