diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings-ts.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings-ts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62469fd7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings-ts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+name: bindings typescript
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, release/**]
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: test generated libraries
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    services:
+      rpc:
+        image: stellar/quickstart:soroban-dev@sha256:0ad51035cf7caba2fd99c7c1fad0945df6932be7d5c893e1520ccdef7d6a6ffe
+        ports:
+          - 8000:8000
+        env:
+          ENABLE_LOGS: true
+          NETWORK: local
+          ENABLE_SOROBAN_RPC: true
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "curl --no-progress-meter --fail-with-body -X POST \"http://localhost:8000/soroban/rpc\" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":8675309,\"method\":\"getNetwork\"}' && curl --no-progress-meter \"http://localhost:8000/friendbot\" | grep '\"invalid_field\": \"addr\"'"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 50
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/.cargo/bin/
+          ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+          ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+          ~/.cargo/git/db/
+          target/
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+    - run: rustup update
+    - run: cargo build
+    - run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+    - run: make build-test-wasms
+    - run: npm ci && npm run test
+      working-directory: cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/src/project_template/package.json b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/src/project_template/package.json
index 3c6b89642a..efb4aa5ccd 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/src/project_template/package.json
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/src/project_template/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@
     },
     "typings": "dist/types/index.d.ts",
     "devDependencies": {
-        "typescript": "5.1.6"
+        "typescript": "5.3.3"
     }
 }
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/initialize.sh b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/initialize.sh
index 9a2a83b63b..621be2bc3f 100755
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/initialize.sh
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/initialize.sh
@@ -16,22 +16,28 @@ echo "  Passphrase: \"$SOROBAN_NETWORK_PASSPHRASE\""
 NETWORK_STATUS=$(curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8000/soroban/rpc" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 8675309, "method": "getHealth" }' | sed 's/.*"status":"\(.*\)".*/\1/') || { echo "Make sure you're running local RPC network on localhost:8000" && exit 1; }
 echo "  Status:     $NETWORK_STATUS"
 
+if [[ "$NETWORK_STATUS" != "healthy" ]]; then
+  echo "Network is not healthy (not running?), exiting"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 # Print command before executing, from https://stackoverflow.com/a/23342259/249801
 # Discussion: https://github.com/stellar/soroban-tools/pull/1034#pullrequestreview-1690667116
 exe() { echo"${@/eval/}" ; "$@" ; }
 
 function fund_all() {
-  exe eval "./soroban config identity fund"
-  exe eval "./soroban config identity generate alice"
-  exe eval "./soroban config identity fund alice"
-  exe eval "./soroban config identity generate bob"
-  exe eval "./soroban config identity fund bob"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys generate root"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys fund root"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys generate alice"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys fund alice"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys generate bob"
+  exe eval "./soroban keys fund bob"
 }
 function upload() {
-  exe eval "(./soroban contract $1 --wasm $2 --ignore-checks) > $3"
+  exe eval "(./soroban contract $1 --source root --wasm $2 --ignore-checks) > $3"
 }
 function deploy() {
-  exe eval "(./soroban contract deploy --wasm-hash $(cat $1) --ignore-checks) > $2"
+  exe eval "(./soroban contract deploy --source root --wasm-hash $(cat $1) --ignore-checks) > $2"
 }
 function deploy_all() {
   upload deploy ../../../../target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/test-wasms/test_custom_types.wasm contract-id-custom-types.txt
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ function deploy_all() {
   deploy contract-token-hash.txt contract-id-token-b.txt
 }
 function initialize() {
-   exe eval "./soroban contract invoke --id $(cat $1) -- initialize --admin $(./soroban config identity address) --decimal 0 --name 'Token $2' --symbol '$2'"
+   exe eval "./soroban contract invoke --source root --id $(cat $1) -- initialize --admin $(./soroban keys address root) --decimal 0 --name 'Token $2' --symbol '$2'"
 }
 function initialize_all() {
   initialize contract-id-token-a.txt A
@@ -59,14 +65,13 @@ function bind_all() {
 }
 
 function mint() {
-  exe eval "./soroban contract invoke --id $(cat $1) -- mint --amount 2000000 --to $(./soroban config identity address $2)"
+  exe eval "./soroban contract invoke --source root --id $(cat $1) -- mint --amount 2000000 --to $(./soroban keys address $2)"
 }
 function mint_all() {
   mint contract-id-token-a.txt alice
   mint contract-id-token-b.txt bob
 }
 
-curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/soroban/rpc" || { echo "Make sure you're running standalone RPC network on localhost:8000" && exit 1; }
 fund_all
 deploy_all
 initialize_all
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package-lock.json b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package-lock.json
index 1ed2de71f0..03c4965187 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package-lock.json
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package-lock.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
         "eslint": "^8.53.0",
         "stellar-sdk": "11.1.0",
-        "typescript": "^5.1.6"
+        "typescript": "^5.3.3"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package.json b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package.json
index 37633c7d49..ee458c703a 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package.json
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-spec-typescript/ts-tests/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
     "eslint": "^8.53.0",
     "stellar-sdk": "11.1.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.1.6"
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
   },
   "ava": {
     "typescript": {