diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2664071..0c8f46d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.26.5-alpine AS builder
+FROM golang:1.27rc2-alpine AS builder
 RUN apk add make
 ARG BUILD_VERSION
 ENV BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION}
diff --git a/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction.go b/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction.go
index cfdb69f..040cbef 100644
--- a/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction.go
+++ b/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction.go
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ func (c *tezosConnector) estimateAndAssignTxCost(ctx context.Context, op *codec.
 			verb = "forced"
 		}
 		limits := v.Limits()
+		if i >= len(costs) {
+			log.L(ctx).Debugf("OP#%03d: %s fee(%s)=%d gas_limit(%s)=%d storage_limit(%s)=%d (no simulation cost data)",
+				i, v.Kind(), verb, limits.Fee, verb, limits.GasLimit, verb, limits.StorageLimit,
+			)
+			continue
+		}
 		log.L(ctx).Debugf("OP#%03d: %s gas_used(sim)=%d storage_used(sim)=%d storage_burn(sim)=%d alloc_burn(sim)=%d fee(%s)=%d gas_limit(%s)=%d storage_limit(%s)=%d ",
 			i, v.Kind(), costs[i].GasUsed, costs[i].StorageUsed, costs[i].StorageBurn, costs[i].AllocationBurn,
 			verb, limits.Fee, verb, limits.GasLimit, verb, limits.StorageLimit,
@@ -98,8 +104,7 @@ func (c *tezosConnector) prepareInputParams(ctx context.Context, req *ffcapi.Tra
 
 	for i, p := range req.Params {
 		if p != nil {
-			err := tezosParams.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(*p))
-			if err != nil {
+			if err := unmarshalParameters([]byte(*p), &tezosParams); err != nil {
 				return tezosParams, i18n.NewError(ctx, msgs.MsgUnmarshalParamFail, i, err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -108,6 +113,42 @@ func (c *tezosConnector) prepareInputParams(ctx context.Context, req *ffcapi.Tra
 	return tezosParams, nil
 }
 
+// unmarshalParameters parses micheline.Parameters from JSON, replicating the
+// logic of (*micheline.Parameters).UnmarshalJSON but avoiding infinite
+// recursion under Go 1.27+. In Go 1.27, encoding/json/v2 resolves the method
+// set of a pointer-alias's underlying type, so the original
+//
+//	type alias *Parameters; json.Unmarshal(data, alias(p))
+//
+// pattern inside (*Parameters).UnmarshalJSON calls itself recursively until
+// the stack overflows. Using a plain struct alias breaks the method-set chain.
+func unmarshalParameters(data []byte, p *micheline.Parameters) error {
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if data[0] == '[' {
+		// non-entrypoint calling convention: value only
+		return json.Unmarshal(data, &p.Value)
+	}
+	// entrypoint calling convention: {"entrypoint": "...", "value": {...}}
+	type paramsAlias struct {
+		Entrypoint string         `json:"entrypoint"`
+		Value      micheline.Prim `json:"value"`
+	}
+	var alias paramsAlias
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &alias); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	p.Entrypoint = alias.Entrypoint
+	p.Value = alias.Value
+	if p.Value.IsValid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// legacy calling convention: bare prim value without entrypoint wrapper
+	p.Entrypoint = "default"
+	return json.Unmarshal(data, &p.Value)
+}
+
 func (c *tezosConnector) buildOp(ctx context.Context, params micheline.Parameters, fromString, toString string, nonce *fftypes.FFBigInt) (*codec.Op, error) {
 	op := codec.NewOp()
 
diff --git a/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction_test.go b/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction_test.go
index 043094b..a0b82c2 100644
--- a/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction_test.go
+++ b/internal/tezos/prepare_transaction_test.go
@@ -421,6 +421,43 @@ func TestTransactionPrepareWithRevealEmptyServerError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, resp)
 }
 
+func Test_estimateAndAssignTxCostFewerSimResultsThanOpContents(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, c, mRPC, done := newTestConnector(t)
+	defer done()
+
+	// Simulate returns only one result, but the op has two contents entries.
+	// The bounds check should prevent an index-out-of-bounds panic for the second entry.
+	mRPC.On("Simulate", ctx, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).
+		Return(&rpc.Receipt{
+			Op: &rpc.Operation{
+				Contents: []rpc.TypedOperation{
+					rpc.Transaction{
+						Manager: rpc.Manager{
+							Generic: rpc.Generic{
+								Metadata: rpc.OperationMetadata{
+									Result: rpc.OperationResult{
+										Status: tezos.OpStatusApplied,
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}, nil)
+
+	op := codec.NewOp()
+	txArgs := contract.TxArgs{}
+	op.WithContents(txArgs.Encode())
+	op.WithContents(txArgs.Encode()) // second entry has no corresponding simulation cost
+
+	opts := &rpc.DefaultOptions
+	opts.IgnoreLimits = true
+
+	_, err := c.estimateAndAssignTxCost(ctx, op, opts)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func Test_getNetworkParamsByName(t *testing.T) {
 	params := getNetworkParamsByName("ghostnet")
 	assert.Equal(t, params, tezos.GhostnetParams)