diff --git a/axiom-eth/Cargo.toml b/axiom-eth/Cargo.toml
index a99864e7..ccbb5622 100644
--- a/axiom-eth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axiom-eth/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "axiom-eth"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 authors = ["Intrinsic Technologies"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/axiom-eth/src/utils/component/circuit/comp_circuit_impl.rs b/axiom-eth/src/utils/component/circuit/comp_circuit_impl.rs
index f5f487f0..0f185f98 100644
--- a/axiom-eth/src/utils/component/circuit/comp_circuit_impl.rs
+++ b/axiom-eth/src/utils/component/circuit/comp_circuit_impl.rs
@@ -360,16 +360,22 @@ impl<F: Field, C: CoreBuilder<F>, P: PromiseBuilder<F>> Circuit<F>
         {
             let mut core_builder = self.core_builder.borrow_mut();
             let mut promise_builder = self.promise_builder.borrow_mut();
-            let rlc_builder = self.rlc_builder.borrow_mut();
+            let mut rlc_builder = self.rlc_builder.borrow_mut();
 
             let mut phase0_layouter = layouter.namespace(|| "raw synthesize phase0");
             core_builder.borrow_mut().raw_synthesize_phase0(&config.0, &mut phase0_layouter);
             promise_builder.raw_synthesize_phase0(&config.1, &mut phase0_layouter);
             rlc_builder.raw_synthesize_phase0(&config.2, phase0_layouter);
-        }
-        #[cfg(feature = "halo2-axiom")]
-        {
-            layouter.next_phase();
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "halo2-axiom")]
+            {
+                if rlc_builder.witness_gen_only() {
+                    // To save memory, clear virtual columns in phase0 because they should never be used again
+                    rlc_builder.base.pool(0).threads.clear();
+                }
+                drop(rlc_builder);
+                layouter.next_phase();
+            }
         }
         self.rlc_builder
             .borrow_mut()
diff --git a/axiom-query/Cargo.toml b/axiom-query/Cargo.toml
index f25a3d30..5f72dbca 100644
--- a/axiom-query/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axiom-query/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "axiom-query"
-version = "2.0.16"
+version = "2.0.17"
 authors = ["Intrinsic Technologies"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rand = "0.8"
 rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["getrandom"] }
 
 # halo2, features turned on by axiom-eth
-axiom-eth = { version = "=0.4.2", path = "../axiom-eth", default-features = false, features = ["providers", "aggregation", "evm"] }
+axiom-eth = { version = "0.4.3", path = "../axiom-eth", default-features = false, features = ["providers", "aggregation", "evm"] }
 axiom-codec = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../axiom-codec", default-features = false }
 
 # crypto