diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 981519ed8..d0a881165 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aptos-indexer-test-transactions"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d#63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf#d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf"
 dependencies = [
- "aptos-protos 1.3.1 (git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d)",
+ "aptos-protos 1.3.1 (git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf)",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "aptos-protos"
 version = "1.3.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d#63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git?rev=d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf#d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf"
 dependencies = [
  "pbjson",
  "prost 0.13.4",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index afb74f120..c41cb30f9 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.86"
 aptos-indexer-processor-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-indexer-processor-sdk.git", rev = "b79ed8b5864b2a12a1f9c5fd01579462e029b2ae" }
 aptos-indexer-processor-sdk-server-framework = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-indexer-processor-sdk.git", rev = "b79ed8b5864b2a12a1f9c5fd01579462e029b2ae" }
 aptos-protos = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git", rev = "1d8460a995503574ec4e9699d3442d0150d7f3b9" }
-aptos-indexer-test-transactions = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git", rev = "63eb8945a86521bc0fb0e26b306693e11327c85d" }
+aptos-indexer-test-transactions = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-core.git", rev = "d949a8fb6fe64e5da8f672be52a148f105bbe0cf" }
 aptos-indexer-testing-framework = { git = "https://github.com/aptos-labs/aptos-indexer-processor-sdk.git", rev = "b79ed8b5864b2a12a1f9c5fd01579462e029b2ae" }
 async-trait = "0.1.53"
 backtrace = "0.3.58"
diff --git a/rust/integration-tests/sdk_expected_db_output_files/imported_mainnet_txns/events_processor/validator_txn_missing_events/events.json b/rust/integration-tests/sdk_expected_db_output_files/imported_mainnet_txns/events_processor/validator_txn_missing_events/events.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0637a088a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/integration-tests/sdk_expected_db_output_files/imported_mainnet_txns/events_processor/validator_txn_missing_events/events.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust/integration-tests/src/sdk_tests/events_processor_tests.rs b/rust/integration-tests/src/sdk_tests/events_processor_tests.rs
index 62be9b180..10f4e9bc1 100644
--- a/rust/integration-tests/src/sdk_tests/events_processor_tests.rs
+++ b/rust/integration-tests/src/sdk_tests/events_processor_tests.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ mod tests {
         IMPORTED_DEVNET_TXNS_78753811_COIN_TRANSFER_WITH_V2_EVENTS,
         IMPORTED_DEVNET_TXNS_78753831_TOKEN_V1_MINT_TRANSFER_WITH_V2_EVENTS,
         IMPORTED_DEVNET_TXNS_78753832_TOKEN_V2_MINT_TRANSFER_WITH_V2_EVENTS,
+        IMPORTED_MAINNET_TXNS_554229017_EVENTS_WITH_NO_EVENT_SIZE_INFO,
         IMPORTED_TESTNET_TXNS_1255836496_V2_FA_METADATA_, IMPORTED_TESTNET_TXNS_1_GENESIS,
         IMPORTED_TESTNET_TXNS_278556781_V1_COIN_REGISTER_FA_METADATA,
         IMPORTED_TESTNET_TXNS_2_NEW_BLOCK_EVENT, IMPORTED_TESTNET_TXNS_3_EMPTY_TXN,
@@ -151,6 +152,19 @@ mod tests {
         .await;
     }
 
+    // This is a test for the validator txn with missing events
+    // This happens because we did not fully backfill validator txn events
+    // so GRPC can return a txn with event size info but no events
+    // We expect no events parsed
+    #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+    async fn mainnet_events_processor_validator_txn_missing_events() {
+        process_single_mainnet_event_txn(
+            IMPORTED_MAINNET_TXNS_554229017_EVENTS_WITH_NO_EVENT_SIZE_INFO, // this is misnamed, but it's the validatortxn with missing events
+            Some("validator_txn_missing_events".to_string()),
+        )
+        .await;
+    }
+
     // Example 2: Test for multiple transactions handling
     #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
     async fn testnet_events_processor_db_output_scenario_testing() {
@@ -218,6 +232,10 @@ mod tests {
         process_single_event_txn(txn, test_case_name, "imported_testnet_txns").await
     }
 
+    async fn process_single_mainnet_event_txn(txn: &[u8], test_case_name: Option<String>) {
+        process_single_event_txn(txn, test_case_name, "imported_mainnet_txns").await
+    }
+
     // Helper function to abstract out the single transaction processing
     async fn process_single_event_txn(
         txn: &[u8],