diff --git a/contracts/feature-tests/composability/proxy-test-first/src/proxy-test-first.rs b/contracts/feature-tests/composability/proxy-test-first/src/proxy-test-first.rs
index 7d18e22e3b..26cc9eb679 100644
--- a/contracts/feature-tests/composability/proxy-test-first/src/proxy-test-first.rs
+++ b/contracts/feature-tests/composability/proxy-test-first/src/proxy-test-first.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub trait ProxyTestFirst {
             .to(other_contract)
             .raw_upgrade()
             .argument(&456)
-            .egld(payment.clone_value())
+            .egld(payment)
             .upgrade_contract(&code, CodeMetadata::UPGRADEABLE);
     }
 
diff --git a/contracts/modules/src/esdt.rs b/contracts/modules/src/esdt.rs
index fa02cfd263..f39e5fe650 100644
--- a/contracts/modules/src/esdt.rs
+++ b/contracts/modules/src/esdt.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub trait EsdtModule {
                 let egld_returned = self.call_value().egld_value();
                 self.tx()
                     .to(&initial_caller)
-                    .egld(&*egld_returned)
+                    .egld(egld_returned)
                     .transfer_if_not_empty();
             },
         }
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/annotated.rs b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/annotated.rs
index afaecf184e..d6b75fc610 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/annotated.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/annotated.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::types::{heap::Address, BigUint, ManagedAddress, ManagedBuffer};
+use crate::{
+    proxy_imports::ManagedRef,
+    types::{heap::Address, BigUint, ManagedAddress, ManagedBuffer},
+};
 
 use super::TxEnv;
 
@@ -175,6 +178,30 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a, Env> AnnotatedValue<Env, BigUint<Env::Api>> for ManagedRef<'a, Env::Api, BigUint<Env::Api>>
+where
+    Env: TxEnv,
+{
+    fn annotation(&self, _env: &Env) -> ManagedBuffer<Env::Api> {
+        self.to_display()
+    }
+
+    fn to_value(&self, _env: &Env) -> BigUint<Env::Api> {
+        (*self).clone_value()
+    }
+
+    fn into_value(self, _env: &Env) -> BigUint<Env::Api> {
+        self.clone_value()
+    }
+
+    fn with_value_ref<F, R>(&self, env: &Env, f: F) -> R
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(&BigUint<Env::Api>) -> R,
+    {
+        f(self)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<Env> AnnotatedValue<Env, BigUint<Env::Api>> for u64
 where
     Env: TxEnv,
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_payment/tx_payment_egld_value.rs b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_payment/tx_payment_egld_value.rs
index 8fcaab3ceb..b047e584b2 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_payment/tx_payment_egld_value.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/interaction/tx_payment/tx_payment_egld_value.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use crate::types::{AnnotatedValue, BigUint};
+use crate::{
+    proxy_imports::ManagedRef,
+    types::{AnnotatedValue, BigUint},
+};
 
 use super::TxEnv;
 
@@ -10,4 +13,5 @@ where
 
 impl<Env> TxEgldValue<Env> for BigUint<Env::Api> where Env: TxEnv {}
 impl<Env> TxEgldValue<Env> for &BigUint<Env::Api> where Env: TxEnv {}
+impl<'a, Env> TxEgldValue<Env> for ManagedRef<'a, Env::Api, BigUint<Env::Api>> where Env: TxEnv {}
 impl<Env> TxEgldValue<Env> for u64 where Env: TxEnv {}
diff --git a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_ref.rs b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_ref.rs
index 748c704956..143d79e1d4 100644
--- a/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_ref.rs
+++ b/framework/base/src/types/managed/wrapped/managed_ref.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ where
     M: ManagedTypeApi,
     T: ManagedType<M> + Clone,
 {
+    /// Syntactic sugar for dereferencing and cloning the object.
     pub fn clone_value(&self) -> T {
         self.deref().clone()
     }