diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a6d0e8c6b..d0996e46c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/XSAM/otelsql v0.29.0
 	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.1
 	github.com/atombender/go-jsonschema v0.16.1-0.20240916205339-a74cd4e2851c
-	github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23 v23.0.0
+	github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28 v28.0.0
 	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.3.0
 	github.com/dominikbraun/graph v0.23.0
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39420f468..16546ae91 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.4.0 h1:LbFKd2XowZvQ/kajzguUp2DC9UEIQhIq77fZZ
 github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3v93+mbWn/v3xzN+31nwkJfrEpAUwp+BagBSZWx+TP8=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 h1:2PnMjfWD7wBILjqQbt530v576A/cAbQvEW9gGIpYMUs=
 github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
-github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23 v23.0.0 h1:NJvU4S8KEk1GnF6+FvlnzMD/8wXTj/mYJSG6Q4yu3Pw=
-github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23 v23.0.0/go.mod h1:5YIL+Ouiww2zpO7u+iZ1U1G5NvmwQYaXdmCZQGjQM0U=
+github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28 v28.0.0 h1:aBU8cexP2rPZ0Qz488kvn2NXvWZHL2aG1/+n7Iv+xGc=
+github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28 v28.0.0/go.mod h1:4OCU0xAW9ycwtX4nMF4zxwgJBJ5/0eMfJiHB0wAmkV4=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
diff --git a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module.go b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module.go
index e87a73b64..0e2214c30 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/andybalholm/brotli"
-	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23"
+	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	"github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common/pkg/custmsg"
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ func NewModule(modCfg *ModuleConfig, binary []byte, opts ...func(*ModuleConfig))
 	cfg.CacheConfigLoadDefault()
 	cfg.SetCraneliftOptLevel(wasmtime.OptLevelSpeedAndSize)
 
+	// Load testing shows that leaving native unwind info enabled causes a very large slowdown when loading multiple modules.
+	cfg.SetNativeUnwindInfo(false)
+
 	engine := wasmtime.NewEngineWithConfig(cfg)
 	if !modCfg.IsUncompressed {
 		// validate the binary size before decompressing
diff --git a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module_test.go b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module_test.go
index 66390adeb..1112197c9 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/module_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23"
+	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
diff --git a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/wasip1.go b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/wasip1.go
index 016ca2ca3..3343bbf70 100644
--- a/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/wasip1.go
+++ b/pkg/workflows/wasm/host/wasip1.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v23"
+	"github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v28"
 	"github.com/jonboulle/clockwork"
 )