diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d7db4ca5d8..21467098cc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8737,7 +8737,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "scroll-proving-sdk"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/scroll-tech/scroll-proving-sdk.git?rev=05648db#05648db3a6bcc19bfe58ff493176714d6a0553db"
+source = "git+https://github.com/scroll-tech/scroll-proving-sdk.git?rev=22ad34e#22ad34ebdeb3d9a0ccb2993bb46d8d2522c1e667"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/crates/prover-bin/Cargo.toml b/crates/prover-bin/Cargo.toml
index 32c77e8142..234780aaaf 100644
--- a/crates/prover-bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/prover-bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 scroll-zkvm-types.workspace = true
 scroll-zkvm-prover.workspace = true
 libzkp = { path = "../libzkp"}
-scroll-proving-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/scroll-tech/scroll-proving-sdk.git", rev = "05648db" }
+scroll-proving-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/scroll-tech/scroll-proving-sdk.git", rev = "22ad34e" }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace =true
diff --git a/crates/prover-bin/src/prover.rs b/crates/prover-bin/src/prover.rs
index be7f5fb6ad..4dba5c82c4 100644
--- a/crates/prover-bin/src/prover.rs
+++ b/crates/prover-bin/src/prover.rs
@@ -201,12 +201,20 @@ impl ProvingService for LocalProver {
                         error: Some(format!("proving task failed: {}", e)),
                         ..Default::default()
                     },
-                    Err(e) => QueryTaskResponse {
-                        task_id: req.task_id,
-                        status: TaskStatus::Failed,
-                        error: Some(format!("proving task panicked: {}", e)),
-                        ..Default::default()
-                    },
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        if e.is_panic() {
+                            // simply re-throw panic for any panicking in proving prrocess,
+                            // cause worker loop and the whole prover exit
+                            std::panic::resume_unwind(e.into_panic());
+                        }
+
+                        QueryTaskResponse {
+                            task_id: req.task_id,
+                            status: TaskStatus::Failed,
+                            error: Some(format!("proving task panicked: {}", e)),
+                            ..Default::default()
+                        }
+                    }
                 };
             } else {
                 return QueryTaskResponse {
diff --git a/crates/prover-bin/src/zk_circuits_handler/universal.rs b/crates/prover-bin/src/zk_circuits_handler/universal.rs
index 6c79be22d5..6aed8e1352 100644
--- a/crates/prover-bin/src/zk_circuits_handler/universal.rs
+++ b/crates/prover-bin/src/zk_circuits_handler/universal.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ impl UniversalHandler {
     pub fn new(workspace_path: impl AsRef<Path>, is_openvm_v13: bool) -> Result<Self> {
         let path_app_exe = workspace_path.as_ref().join("app.vmexe");
         let path_app_config = workspace_path.as_ref().join("openvm.toml");
-        let segment_len = Some((1 << 21) - 100);
+        let segment_len = Some((1 << 22) - 100);
         let config = ProverConfig {
             path_app_config,
             path_app_exe,