diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/assets-controllers/CHANGELOG.md
index 7afe00820d8..4fbffa19f1c 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 
 - Correct the polling rate for the DeFiPositionsController from 1 minute to 10 minutes. ([#6242](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/6242))
+- Fix `AccountTrackerController` to force block number update to avoid stale cached native balances ([#6250](https://github.com/MetaMask/core/pull/6250))
 
 ## [73.0.2]
 
diff --git a/packages/assets-controllers/src/AccountTrackerController.ts b/packages/assets-controllers/src/AccountTrackerController.ts
index fdaf30ae9b8..4caf0327912 100644
--- a/packages/assets-controllers/src/AccountTrackerController.ts
+++ b/packages/assets-controllers/src/AccountTrackerController.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   safelyExecuteWithTimeout,
   toChecksumHexAddress,
 } from '@metamask/controller-utils';
-import type { SafeEventEmitterProvider } from '@metamask/eth-json-rpc-provider';
 import EthQuery from '@metamask/eth-query';
 import type {
   NetworkClientId,
@@ -280,11 +279,7 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
    * @param networkClientId - Optional networkClientId to fetch a network client with
    * @returns network client config
    */
-  #getCorrectNetworkClient(networkClientId?: NetworkClientId): {
-    chainId: string;
-    provider: SafeEventEmitterProvider;
-    ethQuery?: EthQuery;
-  } {
+  #getCorrectNetworkClient(networkClientId?: NetworkClientId) {
     const selectedNetworkClientId =
       networkClientId ??
       this.messagingSystem.call('NetworkController:getState')
@@ -292,6 +287,7 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
     const {
       configuration: { chainId },
       provider,
+      blockTracker,
     } = this.messagingSystem.call(
       'NetworkController:getNetworkClientById',
       selectedNetworkClientId,
@@ -301,6 +297,7 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
       chainId,
       provider,
       ethQuery: new EthQuery(provider),
+      blockTracker,
     };
   }
 
@@ -357,7 +354,7 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
 
       // Create an array of promises for each networkClientId
       const updatePromises = networkClientIds.map(async (networkClientId) => {
-        const { chainId, ethQuery, provider } =
+        const { chainId, ethQuery, provider, blockTracker } =
           this.#getCorrectNetworkClient(networkClientId);
         const { accountsByChainId } = this.state;
         const { isMultiAccountBalancesEnabled } = this.messagingSystem.call(
@@ -370,6 +367,13 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
 
         const accountsForChain = { ...accountsByChainId[chainId] };
 
+        // Force fresh block data before multicall
+        // TODO: This is a temporary fix to ensure that the block number is up to date.
+        // We should remove this once we have a better solution for this on the block tracker controller.
+        await safelyExecuteWithTimeout(() =>
+          blockTracker?.checkForLatestBlock?.(),
+        );
+
         const stakedBalancesPromise = this.#includeStakedAssets
           ? this.#getStakedBalanceForChain(accountsToUpdate, networkClientId)
           : Promise.resolve({});
@@ -385,15 +389,22 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
             new Web3Provider(provider),
           );
 
-          const nativeBalances = await contract.balances(accountsToUpdate, [
-            '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
-          ]);
+          const nativeBalances = await safelyExecuteWithTimeout(
+            () =>
+              contract.balances(accountsToUpdate, [
+                '0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000',
+              ]) as Promise<BigNumber[]>,
+            false,
+            3_000, // 3s max call for multicall contract call
+          );
 
-          accountsToUpdate.forEach((address, index) => {
-            accountsForChain[address] = {
-              balance: (nativeBalances[index] as BigNumber).toHexString(),
-            };
-          });
+          if (nativeBalances) {
+            accountsToUpdate.forEach((address, index) => {
+              accountsForChain[address] = {
+                balance: nativeBalances[index].toHexString(),
+              };
+            });
+          }
         } else {
           // Process accounts in batches using reduceInBatchesSerially
           await reduceInBatchesSerially<string, void>({
@@ -421,17 +432,19 @@ export class AccountTrackerController extends StaticIntervalPollingController<Ac
           });
         }
 
-        const stakedBalanceResult = (await stakedBalancesPromise) as Record<
-          string,
-          StakedBalance
-        >;
+        const stakedBalanceResult = await safelyExecuteWithTimeout(
+          async () =>
+            (await stakedBalancesPromise) as Record<string, StakedBalance>,
+        );
 
-        Object.entries(stakedBalanceResult).forEach(([address, balance]) => {
-          accountsForChain[address] = {
-            ...accountsForChain[address],
-            stakedBalance: balance,
-          };
-        });
+        Object.entries(stakedBalanceResult ?? {}).forEach(
+          ([address, balance]) => {
+            accountsForChain[address] = {
+              ...accountsForChain[address],
+              stakedBalance: balance,
+            };
+          },
+        );
 
         // After all batches are processed, return the updated data
         return { chainId, accountsForChain };
diff --git a/tests/fake-block-tracker.ts b/tests/fake-block-tracker.ts
index 55439211f1a..52474b9ae4a 100644
--- a/tests/fake-block-tracker.ts
+++ b/tests/fake-block-tracker.ts
@@ -30,4 +30,8 @@ export class FakeBlockTracker extends PollingBlockTracker {
   override async getLatestBlock() {
     return this.#latestBlockNumber;
   }
+
+  override async checkForLatestBlock(): Promise<string> {
+    return this.#latestBlockNumber;
+  }
 }