diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c7a26b7872a..533a41d7f9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ DOCKER_TAG ?= erigontech/erigon:latest
 CGO_CFLAGS := $(shell $(GO) env CGO_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null) # don't lose default
 #CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_FORCE_ASSERTIONS=0 # Enable MDBX's asserts by default in 'main' branch and disable in releases
 #CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_DISABLE_VALIDATION=0 # Can disable it on CI by separated PR which will measure perf impact.
-#CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_ENABLE_PROFGC=0 # Disabled by default, but may be useful for performance debugging
-#CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_ENABLE_PGOP_STAT=0 # Disabled by default, but may be useful for performance debugging
+CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_ENABLE_PROFGC=1 # Disabled by default, but may be useful for performance debugging
+CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_ENABLE_PGOP_STAT=1 # Disabled by default, but may be useful for performance debugging
 #CGO_CFLAGS += -DMDBX_ENV_CHECKPID=0 # Erigon doesn't do fork() syscall
 
 
diff --git a/db/kv/kv_interface.go b/db/kv/kv_interface.go
index cdb8e9aa6d2..30fbc730f3d 100644
--- a/db/kv/kv_interface.go
+++ b/db/kv/kv_interface.go
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ type DBGauges struct { // these gauges are shared by all MDBX instances, but nee
 	GcLeafMetric     *metrics.GaugeVec
 	GcOverflowMetric *metrics.GaugeVec
 	GcPagesMetric    *metrics.GaugeVec
+
+	GCMaxRetainedPages *metrics.GaugeVec
+	GCMaxReaderLag     *metrics.GaugeVec
 }
 
 type DBSummaries struct { // the summaries are particular to a DB instance
@@ -635,6 +638,9 @@ func InitMDBXMGauges() *DBGauges {
 		GcLeafMetric:     metrics.GetOrCreateGaugeVec(`db_gc_leaf`, []string{dbLabelName}),
 		GcOverflowMetric: metrics.GetOrCreateGaugeVec(`db_gc_overflow`, []string{dbLabelName}),
 		GcPagesMetric:    metrics.GetOrCreateGaugeVec(`db_gc_pages`, []string{dbLabelName}),
+
+		GCMaxRetainedPages: metrics.GetOrCreateGaugeVec(`db_gc_max_retained_pages`, []string{dbLabelName}),
+		GCMaxReaderLag:     metrics.GetOrCreateGaugeVec(`db_gc_max_reader_lag`, []string{dbLabelName}),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/db/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go b/db/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
index 2ca86fa296f..2d1776ee267 100644
--- a/db/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
+++ b/db/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
@@ -1032,6 +1032,12 @@ func (tx *MdbxTx) Commit() error {
 			tx.db.opts.log.Error("failed to record mdbx summaries", "err", err)
 		}
 
+		kv.MDBXGauges.GCMaxRetainedPages.WithLabelValues(string(dbLabel)).SetUint64(uint64(latency.GCDetails.MaxRetainedPages))
+		kv.MDBXGauges.GCMaxReaderLag.WithLabelValues(string(dbLabel)).SetUint64(uint64(latency.GCDetails.MaxReaderLag))
+		if latency.GCDetails.MaxRetainedPages > 0 || latency.GCDetails.MaxReaderLag > 0 {
+			log.Warn("[dbg] latency.GCDetails", "MaxRetainedPages", latency.GCDetails.MaxRetainedPages, "MaxRetainedPages", latency.GCDetails.MaxRetainedPages)
+		}
+
 		//kv.DbGcWorkPnlMergeTime.Update(latency.GCDetails.WorkPnlMergeTime.Seconds())
 		//kv.DbGcWorkPnlMergeVolume.Set(uint64(latency.GCDetails.WorkPnlMergeVolume))
 		//kv.DbGcWorkPnlMergeCalls.Set(uint64(latency.GCDetails.WorkPnlMergeCalls))
diff --git a/db/kv/mdbx/util.go b/db/kv/mdbx/util.go
index 952bcc0760c..a4a3846b56d 100644
--- a/db/kv/mdbx/util.go
+++ b/db/kv/mdbx/util.go
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
+	"github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go/mdbx"
+
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/common/log/v3"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/db/kv"
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/db/kv/dbcfg"
-	"github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go/mdbx"
 )
 
 func MustOpen(path string) kv.RwDB {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8dfb118415..55bde3c8ac0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ replace github.com/crate-crypto/go-eth-kzg => github.com/Giulio2002/zero-alloc-g
 require (
 	github.com/erigontech/erigon-snapshot v1.3.1-0.20260105114333-2f59a10db72b
 	github.com/erigontech/erigonwatch v0.0.0-20240718131902-b6576bde1116
-	github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.39.12
+	github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.40.1-0.20260207034341-a73a7db11fcd
 	github.com/erigontech/secp256k1 v1.2.0
 	github.com/erigontech/silkworm-go v0.24.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2be973950e2..22ffaf9b9f5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ github.com/erigontech/erigon-snapshot v1.3.1-0.20260105114333-2f59a10db72b h1:xX
 github.com/erigontech/erigon-snapshot v1.3.1-0.20260105114333-2f59a10db72b/go.mod h1:ooHlCl+eEYzebiPu+FP6Q6SpPUeMADn8Jxabv3IKb9M=
 github.com/erigontech/erigonwatch v0.0.0-20240718131902-b6576bde1116 h1:KCFa2uXEfZoBjV4buzjWmCmoqVLXiGCq0ZmQ2OjeRvQ=
 github.com/erigontech/erigonwatch v0.0.0-20240718131902-b6576bde1116/go.mod h1:8vQ+VjvLu2gkPs8EwdPrOTAAo++WuLuBi54N7NuAF0I=
-github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.39.12 h1:WjvPzloxXOYfRamIxt8NOB7i3/M8cSCSfWQHvMNANrE=
-github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.39.12/go.mod h1:tHUS492F5YZvccRqatNdpTDQAaN+Vv4HRARYq89KqeY=
+github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.40.1-0.20260207034341-a73a7db11fcd h1:r0hPSxIH6JmjWKTGv0vHW5EQUvV8n+nRG4cU8OOALmI=
+github.com/erigontech/mdbx-go v0.40.1-0.20260207034341-a73a7db11fcd/go.mod h1:qo3aRGnrYWdrQHnUgj7QwYQc562Hd2CCZZc/v5lLSHw=
 github.com/erigontech/secp256k1 v1.2.0 h1:Q/HCBMdYYT0sh1xPZ9ZYEnU30oNyb/vt715cJhj7n7A=
 github.com/erigontech/secp256k1 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:GokhPepsMB+EYDs7I5JZCprxHW6+yfOcJKaKtoZ+Fls=
 github.com/erigontech/silkworm-go v0.24.0 h1:fFe74CjQM5LI7ouMYjmqfFaqIFzQTpMrt+ls+a5PxpE=