diff --git a/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md b/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
index c565a40ddb81f9e1f66cab20a0f11f2c53b201df..f4512cf93526b23848c8f89afc68f83af47c3105 100644
--- a/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
+++ b/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 - `eth_getLogs` now returns an empty array instead of an error when `fromBlock` is greater than `toBlock`.
 - Improve reliability of `debug_traceTransaction` when dealing with non
   standard revert reasons. (!16415)
+- Fixes the encoding of state overrides for `eth_call` to correctly parse
+  `stateDiff`. Keeps the support for `state_diff` for now. (!16581)
 
 ### Internal
 
diff --git a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/encodings/ethereum_types.ml b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/encodings/ethereum_types.ml
index 492b6dcf99cf32965e7ebfb973a71275d65d5e23..03909ef77481f1b9b3f113f169f9d15be4551865 100644
--- a/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/encodings/ethereum_types.ml
+++ b/etherlink/bin_node/lib_dev/encodings/ethereum_types.ml
@@ -1106,20 +1106,34 @@ let state_encoding =
 
 let state_account_override_encoding =
   let open Data_encoding in
-  conv
+  let state_diff_encoding =
+    StorageMap.associative_array_encoding hex_encoding
+  in
+  conv_with_guard
     (fun {balance; nonce; code; state; state_diff} ->
-      (balance, nonce, code, state, state_diff))
-    (fun (balance, nonce, code, state, state_diff) ->
+      (balance, nonce, code, state, Some state_diff, None))
+    (fun (balance, nonce, code, state, state_diff, state_diff') ->
+      let open Result_syntax in
+      let+ state_diff =
+        match (state_diff, state_diff') with
+        | Some state_diff, None | None, Some state_diff -> Ok state_diff
+        | None, None -> Ok StorageMap.empty
+        | Some _, Some _ -> Error "Cannot provide both state_diff and stateDiff"
+      in
       {balance; nonce; code; state; state_diff})
-    (obj5
+    (obj6
        (opt "balance" quantity_encoding)
        (opt "nonce" quantity_encoding)
        (opt "code" hex_encoding)
        (dft "state" state_encoding None)
-       (dft
+       (opt "stateDiff" state_diff_encoding)
+       (opt
+          ~description:
+            "DEPRECATED. The expected name for this field is stateDiff. We \
+             keep supporting state_diff for now for avoiding potential \
+             breaking changes."
           "state_diff"
-          (StorageMap.associative_array_encoding hex_encoding)
-          StorageMap.empty))
+          state_diff_encoding))
 
 let state_override_empty = AddressMap.empty
 
diff --git a/etherlink/tezt/tests/eth_call.ml b/etherlink/tezt/tests/eth_call.ml
index 77e0833170b0934dd687ca616acc289709fab01d..e28792207705f480f10a93db2cec620e16b6ceed 100644
--- a/etherlink/tezt/tests/eth_call.ml
+++ b/etherlink/tezt/tests/eth_call.ml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ let test_call_state_override_state_diff =
         );
       ]
   in
-  let override = [`O [(contract, `O [("state_diff", state_diff)])]] in
+  let override = [`O [(contract, `O [("stateDiff", state_diff)])]] in
   let* call_result = make_call ~override "getCount()" in
   check_value
     call_result
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ let test_call_state_override_state_diff =
         );
       ]
   in
-  let override = [`O [(contract, `O [("state_diff", invalid)])]] in
+  let override = [`O [(contract, `O [("stateDiff", invalid)])]] in
   let* call_result = make_call ~override "getCount()" in
   Check.(
     (Evm_node.extract_error_message call_result