diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-etherscan.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-etherscan.ts
index 745f5f652..899d8abdf 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-etherscan.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-etherscan.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ export class EtherscanProvider extends AbstractProvider {
             if ((<any>transaction)[key] == null) { continue; }
             let value = (<any>transaction)[key];
             if (key === "type" && value === 0) { continue; }
+            if (key === "blockTag" && value === "latest") { continue; }
 
             // Quantity-types require no leading zero, unless 0
             if ((<any>{ type: true, gasLimit: true, gasPrice: true, maxFeePerGs: true, maxPriorityFeePerGas: true, nonce: true, value: true })[key]) {