diff --git a/contracts/package.json b/contracts/package.json
index 07f3d0a51..dcd15fa8f 100644
--- a/contracts/package.json
+++ b/contracts/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "ethereum-cryptography": "^0.1.3",
         "mocha": "^9.0.0",
         "prettier": "^2.5.1",
+        "rpc-websockets": "<=7.10.0",
         "secp256k1": "^4.0.2",
         "ts-mocha": "^8.0.0",
         "typescript": "^4.5.4"
diff --git a/contracts/yarn.lock b/contracts/yarn.lock
index 5386cde3e..5857fe650 100644
--- a/contracts/yarn.lock
+++ b/contracts/yarn.lock
@@ -1209,6 +1209,19 @@ ripemd160@^2.0.0, ripemd160@^2.0.1:
     hash-base "^3.0.0"
     inherits "^2.0.1"
 
+rpc-websockets@<=7.10.0:
+  version "7.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rpc-websockets/-/rpc-websockets-7.10.0.tgz#8ffaf6aaab3eb18e603c7549988cf49feeddcd29"
+  integrity sha512-cemZ6RiDtYZpPiBzYijdOrkQQzmBCmug0E9SdRH2gIUNT15ql4mwCYWIp0VnSZq6Qrw/JkGUygp4PrK1y9KfwQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.17.2"
+    eventemitter3 "^4.0.7"
+    uuid "^8.3.2"
+    ws "^8.5.0"
+  optionalDependencies:
+    bufferutil "^4.0.1"
+    utf-8-validate "^5.0.2"
+
 rpc-websockets@^7.5.0:
   version "7.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rpc-websockets/-/rpc-websockets-7.5.0.tgz#bbeb87572e66703ff151e50af1658f98098e2748"
diff --git a/gauntlet/packages/gauntlet-solana/src/commands/middlewares.ts b/gauntlet/packages/gauntlet-solana/src/commands/middlewares.ts
index b23a6d856..b69671cd7 100644
--- a/gauntlet/packages/gauntlet-solana/src/commands/middlewares.ts
+++ b/gauntlet/packages/gauntlet-solana/src/commands/middlewares.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ export const withProvider: Middleware = (c: SolanaCommand, next: Next) => {
   if (wsUrl) {
     assertions.assert(isValidURL(wsUrl), `Invalid WS_URL (${wsUrl}), please add an ws:// or wss:// prefix`)
   }
-  c.provider = new AnchorProvider(new Connection(nodeURL, wsUrl ? { wsEndpoint: wsUrl } : {}), c.wallet, {})
+  c.provider = new AnchorProvider(new Connection(nodeURL, wsUrl ? { wsEndpoint: wsUrl } : {}), c.wallet, {
+    preflightCommitment: 'confirmed', // use confirmed commitment
+    commitment: 'confirmed',
+  })
   return next()
 }