diff --git a/core/tx_pool.go b/core/tx_pool.go
index 22ca123244d2..37fd6a7c1c93 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool.go
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ type TxPool struct {
 	queueTxEventCh  chan *types.Transaction
 	reorgDoneCh     chan chan struct{}
 	reorgShutdownCh chan struct{}  // requests shutdown of scheduleReorgLoop
+	reorgPauseCh    chan bool      // requests to pause scheduleReorgLoop
 	wg              sync.WaitGroup // tracks loop, scheduleReorgLoop
 	initDoneCh      chan struct{}  // is closed once the pool is initialized (for tests)
 
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ func NewTxPool(config TxPoolConfig, chainconfig *params.ChainConfig, chain block
 		queueTxEventCh:  make(chan *types.Transaction),
 		reorgDoneCh:     make(chan chan struct{}),
 		reorgShutdownCh: make(chan struct{}),
+		reorgPauseCh:    make(chan bool),
 		initDoneCh:      make(chan struct{}),
 		gasPrice:        new(big.Int).SetUint64(config.PriceLimit),
 	}
@@ -1160,13 +1162,14 @@ func (pool *TxPool) scheduleReorgLoop() {
 		curDone       chan struct{} // non-nil while runReorg is active
 		nextDone      = make(chan struct{})
 		launchNextRun bool
+		reorgsPaused  bool
 		reset         *txpoolResetRequest
 		dirtyAccounts *accountSet
 		queuedEvents  = make(map[common.Address]*txSortedMap)
 	)
 	for {
 		// Launch next background reorg if needed
-		if curDone == nil && launchNextRun {
+		if curDone == nil && launchNextRun && !reorgsPaused {
 			// Run the background reorg and announcements
 			go pool.runReorg(nextDone, reset, dirtyAccounts, queuedEvents)
 
@@ -1218,6 +1221,7 @@ func (pool *TxPool) scheduleReorgLoop() {
 			}
 			close(nextDone)
 			return
+		case reorgsPaused = <-pool.reorgPauseCh:
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1677,6 +1681,24 @@ func (pool *TxPool) demoteUnexecutables() {
 	}
 }
 
+// PauseReorgs stops any new reorg jobs to be started but doesn't interrupt any existing ones that are in flight
+// Keep in mind this function might block, although it is not expected to block for any significant amount of time
+func (pool *TxPool) PauseReorgs() {
+	select {
+	case pool.reorgPauseCh <- true:
+	case <-pool.reorgShutdownCh:
+	}
+}
+
+// ResumeReorgs allows new reorg jobs to be started.
+// Keep in mind this function might block, although it is not expected to block for any significant amount of time
+func (pool *TxPool) ResumeReorgs() {
+	select {
+	case pool.reorgPauseCh <- false:
+	case <-pool.reorgShutdownCh:
+	}
+}
+
 // addressByHeartbeat is an account address tagged with its last activity timestamp.
 type addressByHeartbeat struct {
 	address   common.Address
diff --git a/miner/scroll_worker.go b/miner/scroll_worker.go
index 9b1be0c9c973..a747e523ef50 100644
--- a/miner/scroll_worker.go
+++ b/miner/scroll_worker.go
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ func (w *worker) startNewPipeline(timestamp int64) {
 	}
 	collectL2Timer.UpdateSince(tidyPendingStart)
 
+	// Allow txpool to be reorged as we build current block
+	w.eth.TxPool().ResumeReorgs()
+
 	var nextL1MsgIndex uint64
 	if dbIndex := rawdb.ReadFirstQueueIndexNotInL2Block(w.chain.Database(), parent.Hash()); dbIndex != nil {
 		nextL1MsgIndex = *dbIndex
@@ -719,6 +722,10 @@ func (w *worker) commit(res *pipeline.Result) error {
 		"accRows", res.Rows,
 	)
 
+	// A new block event will trigger a reorg in the txpool, pause reorgs to defer this until we fetch txns for next block.
+	// We may end up trying to process txns that we already included in the previous block, but they will all fail the nonce check
+	w.eth.TxPool().PauseReorgs()
+
 	rawdb.WriteBlockRowConsumption(w.eth.ChainDb(), blockHash, res.Rows)
 	// Commit block and state to database.
 	_, err = w.chain.WriteBlockWithState(block, res.FinalBlock.Receipts, res.FinalBlock.CoalescedLogs, res.FinalBlock.State, true)
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 1bce01730853..8779b0e64665 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 5         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 17        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 18        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )