diff --git a/packages/cactus-cmd-socketio-server/src/test/typescript/unit/cmd-socketio-blp-plugin.test.ts b/packages/cactus-cmd-socketio-server/src/test/typescript/unit/cmd-socketio-blp-plugin.test.ts
index fd600748c8..57b19ef255 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-cmd-socketio-server/src/test/typescript/unit/cmd-socketio-blp-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-cmd-socketio-server/src/test/typescript/unit/cmd-socketio-blp-plugin.test.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const mockAppConfig = {
     },
   ],
   logLevel: sutLogLevel,
-  applicationHostInfo: { hostName: "0.0.0.0", hostPort: 0 },
+  applicationHostInfo: { hostName: "127.0.0.1", hostPort: 0 },
   socketOptions: {
     rejectUnauthorized: false,
     reconnection: false,
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-azure-kv/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-keychain-azure-kv.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-azure-kv/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-keychain-azure-kv.test.ts
index 00af8f8cdc..7a4dd74e43 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-azure-kv/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-keychain-azure-kv.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-keychain-azure-kv/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-keychain-azure-kv.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test("get,set,has,delete alters state as expected for AzureCredentialType.InMemo
   expressApp.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "250mb" }));
   const server = http.createServer(expressApp);
   const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-    hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+    hostname: "127.0.0.1",
     port: 0,
     server,
   };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/benchmark/setup/geth-benchmark-env.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/benchmark/setup/geth-benchmark-env.ts
index 2583387cdb..5ab53eb866 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/benchmark/setup/geth-benchmark-env.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/benchmark/setup/geth-benchmark-env.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export async function setupBenchmarkEnvironment(
     path: Constants.SocketIoConnectionPathV1,
   });
   const addressInfo = (await Servers.listen({
-    hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+    hostname: "127.0.0.1",
     port: 0,
     server: httpServer,
   })) as AddressInfo;
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-json-object-v1.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-json-object-v1.test.ts
index c396b603a9..726d91f28a 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-json-object-v1.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-json-object-v1.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe("Ethereum contract deploy and invoke using keychain tests", () => {
     await ledger.start();
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-keychain-v1.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-keychain-v1.test.ts
index 2c0e470017..40488ae634 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-keychain-v1.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-contract-deploy-and-invoke-using-keychain-v1.test.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe("Ethereum contract deploy and invoke using keychain tests", () => {
     await ledger.start();
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-invoke-web3-method-v1.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-invoke-web3-method-v1.test.ts
index 0d5e1e47f5..d2b8968f00 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-invoke-web3-method-v1.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-invoke-web3-method-v1.test.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe("invokeRawWeb3EthMethod Tests", () => {
     });
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-transact-and-gas-fees.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-transact-and-gas-fees.test.ts
index e2ba4d7f04..668274459c 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-transact-and-gas-fees.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/geth-transact-and-gas-fees.test.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe("Running ethereum transactions with different gas configurations", () =
     await ledger.start();
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/deploy-contract/v2.3.0-deploy-contract-from-json.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/deploy-contract/v2.3.0-deploy-contract-from-json.test.ts
index 868b2a7afc..3c39f23598 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/deploy-contract/v2.3.0-deploy-contract-from-json.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-ledger-connector-quorum/deploy-contract/v2.3.0-deploy-contract-from-json.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe(testCase, () => {
     await ledger.start();
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-sawtooth/src/test/typescript/integration/sawtooth-monitoring-endpoints.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-sawtooth/src/test/typescript/integration/sawtooth-monitoring-endpoints.test.ts
index da7acc1024..19a117b277 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-sawtooth/src/test/typescript/integration/sawtooth-monitoring-endpoints.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-sawtooth/src/test/typescript/integration/sawtooth-monitoring-endpoints.test.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ describe("Sawtooth monitoring endpoints tests", () => {
 
     log.info("Setup ApiServer...");
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-persistence-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/persistence-ethereum-functional.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-persistence-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/persistence-ethereum-functional.test.ts
index 911ad6ef03..1be694048c 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-persistence-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/persistence-ethereum-functional.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-persistence-ethereum/src/test/typescript/integration/persistence-ethereum-functional.test.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ describe("Ethereum persistence plugin tests", () => {
     defaultAccountAddress = account.address;
 
     const addressInfo = (await Servers.listen({
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server: connectorServer,
     })) as AddressInfo;
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint-invalid-id.test.ts b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint-invalid-id.test.ts
index 3351277bb9..ce0f1f4132 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint-invalid-id.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint-invalid-id.test.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe(testCase, () => {
     await besuTestLedger.start();
 
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint.test.ts b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint.test.ts
index b8aac2544e..8d1faf6fe7 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/src/test/typescript/integration/plugin-htlc-eth-besu-erc20/withdraw-endpoint.test.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe(testCase, () => {
     expressApp.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "250mb" }));
     server = http.createServer(expressApp);
     const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
-      hostname: "0.0.0.0",
+      hostname: "127.0.0.1",
       port: 0,
       server,
     };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/package.json b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/package.json
index 19caf8577b..4a8f592f16 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/package.json
@@ -42,22 +42,27 @@
     "dist/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "stress-test": "node --expose-gc --no-opt dist/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.js",
-    "stress-test-inspect": "node --expose-gc --inspect-brk --no-opt dist/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.js"
+    "stress-test": "node --expose-gc --no-opt dist/lib/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.js",
+    "stress-test-inspect": "node --expose-gc --inspect-brk --no-opt dist/lib/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@hyperledger/cactus-api-client": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
-    "@hyperledger/cactus-cmd-api-server": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@hyperledger/cactus-common": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
-    "@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-go-ethereum-socketio": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@hyperledger/cactus-core": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@hyperledger/cactus-core-api": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "@hyperledger/cactus-test-geth-ledger": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@hyperledger/cactus-test-tooling": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
     "@hyperledger/cactus-verifier-client": "2.0.0-alpha.2",
+    "body-parser": "1.20.2",
+    "express": "4.18.2",
     "log4js": "6.4.1",
-    "web3": "1.7.3",
-    "web3-core": "1.7.3"
+    "socket.io": "4.5.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "14.18.54"
+    "@types/body-parser": "1.19.4",
+    "@types/express": "4.17.19",
+    "@types/node": "14.18.54",
+    "web3-eth-accounts": "4.0.3"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10",
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/src/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.ts b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/src/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.ts
index 78019f39be..cd4a575809 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/src/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/src/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * Stress test to detect possible memory leaks in cactus-verifier-client.
- * Repeated requests are sent to go-ethereum validator (packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-go-ethereum-socketio).
+ * Repeated requests are sent to ethereum validator (packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum).
  * Run command:
  *  node --expose-gc --no-opt dist/main/typescript/verifier-with-go-eth-stress-check.js
  */
@@ -10,34 +10,34 @@ const testLogLevel: LogLevelDesc = "info";
 const sutLogLevel: LogLevelDesc = "info";
 
 // Ledger settings
-const imageName = "openethereum/openethereum";
-const imageVersion = "v3.3.5";
-
-// ApiClient settings
-const syncReqTimeout = 1000 * 10; // 10 seconds
+const containerImageName = "ghcr.io/hyperledger/cacti-geth-all-in-one";
+const containerImageVersion = "2023-07-27-2a8c48ed6";
 
+import { PluginRegistry } from "@hyperledger/cactus-core";
 import {
   LogLevelDesc,
   LoggerProvider,
   Logger,
+  IListenOptions,
+  Servers,
 } from "@hyperledger/cactus-common";
-
-import {
-  OpenEthereumTestLedger,
-  pruneDockerAllIfGithubAction,
-} from "@hyperledger/cactus-test-tooling";
-
-import { SelfSignedPkiGenerator } from "@hyperledger/cactus-cmd-api-server";
-import { SocketIOApiClient } from "@hyperledger/cactus-api-client";
+import { Constants } from "@hyperledger/cactus-core-api";
+import { GethTestLedger } from "@hyperledger/cactus-test-geth-ledger";
 import {
-  Verifier,
-  VerifierFactory,
-  VerifierFactoryConfig,
-} from "@hyperledger/cactus-verifier-client";
-
-import { Server as HttpsServer } from "https";
-import { Account } from "web3-core";
-import { appendFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+  EthereumApiClient,
+  PluginLedgerConnectorEthereum,
+} from "@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-ethereum";
+import { pruneDockerAllIfGithubAction } from "@hyperledger/cactus-test-tooling";
+import { Verifier, VerifierFactory } from "@hyperledger/cactus-verifier-client";
+
+import http from "http";
+import express from "express";
+import bodyParser from "body-parser";
+import { v4 as uuidV4 } from "uuid";
+import { Server as SocketIoServer } from "socket.io";
+import type { Web3Account } from "web3-eth-accounts";
+import { appendFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { AddressInfo } from "node:net";
 
 // Logger setup
 const log: Logger = LoggerProvider.getOrCreate({
@@ -45,14 +45,26 @@ const log: Logger = LoggerProvider.getOrCreate({
   level: testLogLevel,
 });
 
-let ledger: OpenEthereumTestLedger;
-let connectorCertValue: string;
-let connectorPrivKeyValue: string;
-let connectorServer: HttpsServer;
-let verifier: Verifier<SocketIOApiClient>;
-let constTestAcc: Account;
+let ledger: GethTestLedger;
+let connector: PluginLedgerConnectorEthereum;
+let verifier: Verifier<EthereumApiClient>;
+let constTestAcc: Web3Account;
 const constTestAccBalance = 5 * 1000000;
 
+const expressApp = express();
+expressApp.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: "250mb" }));
+const server = http.createServer(expressApp);
+const wsApi = new SocketIoServer(server, {
+  path: Constants.SocketIoConnectionPathV1,
+});
+// Add custom replacer to handle bigint responses correctly
+expressApp.set("json replacer", (_key: string, value: bigint | unknown) => {
+  if (typeof value === "bigint") {
+    return value.toString();
+  }
+  return value;
+});
+
 /**
  * Check current memory usage, log it to the screen and write it to a file for future analysis.
  */
@@ -84,84 +96,51 @@ async function setupEnvironment(): Promise<void> {
   log.info("Prune Docker...");
   await pruneDockerAllIfGithubAction({ logLevel: testLogLevel });
 
-  log.info(`Start Ledger ${imageName}:${imageVersion}...`);
-  ledger = new OpenEthereumTestLedger({
-    imageName,
-    imageVersion,
-    emitContainerLogs: true,
-    logLevel: sutLogLevel,
+  log.info(`Start Ledger ${containerImageName}:${containerImageVersion}...`);
+  ledger = new GethTestLedger({
+    containerImageName,
+    containerImageVersion,
   });
   await ledger.start();
   const ledgerRpcUrl = await ledger.getRpcApiWebSocketHost();
   log.info(`Ledger started, RPC: ${ledgerRpcUrl}`);
 
-  // Create Test Account
-  constTestAcc = await ledger.createEthTestAccount(constTestAccBalance);
-
-  // Generate connector private key and certificate
-  const pkiGenerator = new SelfSignedPkiGenerator();
-  const pki = pkiGenerator.create("localhost");
-  connectorPrivKeyValue = pki.privateKeyPem;
-  connectorCertValue = pki.certificatePem;
-  const jwtAlgo = "RS512";
-
-  const connectorConfig: any = {
-    sslParam: {
-      port: 0, // random port
-      keyValue: connectorPrivKeyValue,
-      certValue: connectorCertValue,
-      jwtAlgo: jwtAlgo,
-    },
-    logLevel: sutLogLevel,
-    ledgerUrl: ledgerRpcUrl,
+  const listenOptions: IListenOptions = {
+    hostname: "127.0.0.1",
+    port: 0,
+    server,
   };
-  const configJson = JSON.stringify(connectorConfig);
-  log.debug("Connector Config:", configJson);
-
-  log.info("Export connector config before loading the module...");
-  process.env["NODE_CONFIG"] = configJson;
+  const addressInfo = (await Servers.listen(listenOptions)) as AddressInfo;
+  const { address, port } = addressInfo;
+  const apiHost = `http://${address}:${port}`;
+  connector = new PluginLedgerConnectorEthereum({
+    instanceId: uuidV4(),
+    rpcApiWsHost: ledgerRpcUrl,
+    logLevel: testLogLevel,
+    pluginRegistry: new PluginRegistry({ plugins: [] }),
+  });
+  await connector.getOrCreateWebServices();
+  await connector.registerWebServices(expressApp, wsApi);
 
-  const conenctorModule = await import(
-    "@hyperledger/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-go-ethereum-socketio"
-  );
-  // Run the connector
-  connectorServer = await conenctorModule.startGoEthereumSocketIOConnector();
-  const connectorAddress = connectorServer.address();
-  if (!connectorAddress || typeof connectorAddress === "string") {
-    throw new Error("Unexpected go-ethereum connector AddressInfo type");
-  }
-  log.info(
-    "Go-Ethereum-SocketIO Connector started on:",
-    `${connectorAddress.address}:${connectorAddress.port}`,
-  );
+  // Create Test Account
+  constTestAcc = await ledger.createEthTestAccount(constTestAccBalance);
 
   // Create Verifier
-  const ledgerPluginInfo: VerifierFactoryConfig = [
-    {
-      validatorID: "go-eth-socketio-test",
-      validatorType: "legacy-socketio",
-      validatorURL: `https://localhost:${connectorAddress.port}`,
-      validatorKeyValue: connectorCertValue,
-      logLevel: sutLogLevel,
-      maxCounterRequestID: 1000,
-      syncFunctionTimeoutMillisecond: syncReqTimeout,
-      socketOptions: {
-        rejectUnauthorized: false,
-        reconnection: false,
-        timeout: syncReqTimeout * 2,
+  const ethereumValidatorId = "eth_openapi_connector";
+  const verifierFactory = new VerifierFactory(
+    [
+      {
+        validatorID: ethereumValidatorId,
+        validatorType: "ETH_1X",
+        basePath: apiHost,
+        logLevel: sutLogLevel,
       },
-      ledgerInfo: {
-        ledgerAbstract: "Go-Ethereum Ledger",
-      },
-      apiInfo: [],
-    },
-  ];
-  const verifierFactory = new VerifierFactory(ledgerPluginInfo);
-  verifier = verifierFactory.getVerifier(
-    "go-eth-socketio-test",
-    "legacy-socketio",
+    ],
+    sutLogLevel,
   );
 
+  verifier = verifierFactory.getVerifier(ethereumValidatorId, "ETH_1X");
+
   // Clear the stress log file
   writeFileSync(STRESS_LOG_FILENAME, "");
 }
@@ -170,31 +149,27 @@ async function setupEnvironment(): Promise<void> {
  * Cleanup the ledger and cactus connector
  */
 async function cleanupEnvironment(): Promise<void> {
-  log.info("FINISHING THE TESTS");
-
-  if (verifier) {
-    log.info("Close Verifier ApiClient connection...");
-    verifier.ledgerApi.close();
+  if (server) {
+    log.info("Shutdown the connector server...");
+    await Servers.shutdown(server);
   }
 
-  // Report after verifier close
-  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
-  checkMemory();
-
-  if (connectorServer) {
-    log.info("Stop the ethereum connector...");
-    await new Promise<void>((resolve) =>
-      connectorServer.close(() => resolve()),
-    );
+  if (connector) {
+    log.info("Shutdown the connector...");
+    await connector.shutdown();
   }
 
   if (ledger) {
-    log.info("Stop the ethereum ledger...");
+    log.info("Stop and destroy the test ledger...");
     await ledger.stop();
     await ledger.destroy();
   }
 
-  log.info("Prune Docker...");
+  // Report after connector close
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 2000));
+  checkMemory();
+
+  log.info("Prune docker...");
   await pruneDockerAllIfGithubAction({ logLevel: testLogLevel });
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +178,7 @@ async function cleanupEnvironment(): Promise<void> {
  */
 async function executeTest(): Promise<void> {
   // getNumericBalance input
-  const getBalanceMethod = { type: "function", command: "getNumericBalance" };
+  const getBalanceMethod = { type: "web3Eth", command: "getBalance" };
   const getBalanceArgs = {
     args: [constTestAcc.address],
   };
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/tsconfig.json b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/tsconfig.json
index 19994372ba..ee534b3a6d 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-verifier-client/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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