diff --git a/integration-tests/go.mod b/integration-tests/go.mod
index 3c0e79cc4..9478a2c8a 100644
--- a/integration-tests/go.mod
+++ b/integration-tests/go.mod
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.2.2-0.20240829145110-4a45c426fbe8
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-solana v1.1.1-0.20240821170223-a2f5c39f457f
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.34.10
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.35.0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/seth v1.2.1
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240829192404-674eac31cc16
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240829192404-674eac31cc16
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/libocr v0.0.0-20240717100443-f6226e09bee7
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.28.0
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/slack-go/slack v0.12.2 // indirect
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.21 // indirect
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240806144315-04ac101e9c95 // indirect
+	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240828115624-442f1cff195b // indirect
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.4.1-0.20240710121324-3ed288aa9b45 // indirect
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-data-streams v0.0.0-20240820130645-cf4b159fbba2 // indirect
 	github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds v0.0.0-20240710170203-5b41615da827 // indirect
diff --git a/integration-tests/go.sum b/integration-tests/go.sum
index 5c80f7591..c0b796ce2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/go.sum
+++ b/integration-tests/go.sum
@@ -1388,8 +1388,8 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.21 h1:KCR9SA7PhOexaBzFieHoLv1Wo
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chain-selectors v1.0.21/go.mod h1:d4Hi+E1zqjy9HqMkjBE5q1vcG9VGgxf5VxiRHfzi2kE=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v1.0.4 h1:iyW181JjKHLNMnDleI8umfIfVVlwC7+n5izbLSFgjw8=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-automation v1.0.4/go.mod h1:u4NbPZKJ5XiayfKHD/v3z3iflQWqvtdhj13jVZXj/cM=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240806144315-04ac101e9c95 h1:LAgJTg9Yr/uCo2g7Krp88Dco2U45Y6sbJVl8uKoLkys=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240806144315-04ac101e9c95/go.mod h1:/ZWraCBaDDgaIN1prixYcbVvIk/6HeED9+8zbWQ+TMo=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240828115624-442f1cff195b h1:v1RnZVfUoHIm/lwIqRAH4eDRNTu+N+AtQE5Ik4U9hsU=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-ccip v0.0.0-20240828115624-442f1cff195b/go.mod h1:Z9lQ5t20kRk28pzRLnqAJZUVOw8E6/siA3P3MLyKqoM=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.2.2-0.20240829145110-4a45c426fbe8 h1:MOFuL1J4/rRcR0x09qSlOsKIiq4I7YzbZcQ421KqUZA=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-common v0.2.2-0.20240829145110-4a45c426fbe8/go.mod h1:TJSY2ETKiXLRPvGHNO7Dp1tlpFIPSCWwN3iIdrsadIE=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-cosmos v0.4.1-0.20240710121324-3ed288aa9b45 h1:NBQLtqk8zsyY4qTJs+NElI3aDFTcAo83JHvqD04EvB0=
@@ -1400,18 +1400,18 @@ github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds v0.0.0-20240710170203-5b41615da827 h
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-feeds v0.0.0-20240710170203-5b41615da827/go.mod h1:OPX+wC2TWQsyLNpR7daMt2vMpmsNcoBxbZyGTHr6tiA=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-starknet/relayer v0.0.1-beta-test.0.20240709043547-03612098f799 h1:HyLTySm7BR+oNfZqDTkVJ25wnmcTtxBBD31UkFL+kEM=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-starknet/relayer v0.0.1-beta-test.0.20240709043547-03612098f799/go.mod h1:UVFRacRkP7O7TQAzFmR52v5mUlxf+G1ovMlCQAB/cHU=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.34.10 h1:7boGJr/wkX5TF6TBb4wRnP6t1IFL6RD98+fZBJBZyCY=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.34.10/go.mod h1:ekYJbRAxXcs/YgOjHsY9/tlvDvXzv3lxcZK2eFUZduc=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.35.0 h1:5FzS4YOwzjRe59VMM7MmEyjgJCq4/aXR1fzdEJEPiL8=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework v1.35.0/go.mod h1:ekYJbRAxXcs/YgOjHsY9/tlvDvXzv3lxcZK2eFUZduc=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/grafana v0.0.1 h1:1/r1wQZ4TOFpZ13w94r7amdF096Z96RuEnkOmrz1BGE=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/grafana v0.0.1/go.mod h1:DC8sQMyTlI/44UCTL8QWFwb0bYNoXCfjwCv2hMivYZU=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/seth v1.2.1 h1:GRAAvtn2+jhO/8Z3lig10eQXVcV4VuOI4UgCyoPdJBg=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/seth v1.2.1/go.mod h1:afY3QmNgeR/VI1pRbGH8g3YXGy7C2RrFOwUzEFvL3L8=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/wasp v0.4.10 h1:s7e9YPU/ECQ9xCyLc60ApFbf0blMjg9LWi31CAEjaZY=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink-testing-framework/wasp v0.4.10/go.mod h1:E7x2ICsT8vzy0nL6wwBphoQMoNwOMl0L9voQpEl1FoM=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240829192404-674eac31cc16 h1:cRpAbGogqGcjUcI1UMxRJ+NI0D2BYF4bCnJGp5I1+iA=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240829192404-674eac31cc16/go.mod h1:FP0vXPTAIyGFLVN3GU1zwp/eoi+nKZiTVG4Q97qEk0A=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240829192404-674eac31cc16 h1:xtxqhCCRIcOfsu/4Wd0qc2mIpSA7frbLUp1DXzVyAVE=
-github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240829192404-674eac31cc16/go.mod h1:0hlkF9wKyi6Mcybla6kEcFvSRyBT0CmzxeH+AqCBxXo=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0 h1:7Djr0n61hgCywndPLqOCq5QjPzSWC/b4TpuOC4mqXAA=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/integration-tests v0.0.0-20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0/go.mod h1:NjCfyvWFZE+z/enmDyLbKcPVW0ILJ61jTC8ce0lPmVI=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0 h1:Ry0b3GaBLTcXre8RnZztOj1Q6vgTzp5APrdr9cZLCec=
+github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink/v2 v2.14.0-mercury-20240807.0.20240902145730-2d77ff4623d0/go.mod h1:omJ9mZWX3VGD5is3iQSdmSVV1v02r6SnAZ3YND9ci2A=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/grpc-proxy v0.0.0-20230731113816-f1be6620749f h1:hgJif132UCdjo8u43i7iPN1/MFnu49hv7lFGFftCHKU=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/grpc-proxy v0.0.0-20230731113816-f1be6620749f/go.mod h1:MvMXoufZAtqExNexqi4cjrNYE9MefKddKylxjS+//n0=
 github.com/smartcontractkit/libocr v0.0.0-20240717100443-f6226e09bee7 h1:e38V5FYE7DA1JfKXeD5Buo/7lczALuVXlJ8YNTAUxcw=
diff --git a/integration-tests/solclient/ocr2.go b/integration-tests/solclient/ocr2.go
index 108cfe833..3fdbdd473 100644
--- a/integration-tests/solclient/ocr2.go
+++ b/integration-tests/solclient/ocr2.go
@@ -245,20 +245,20 @@ func (m *OCRv2) createProposal(version uint64) error {
 // Configure sets offchain config in multiple transactions
 func (m *OCRv2) Configure(cfg contracts.OffChainAggregatorV2Config) error {
 	_, _, _, _, version, cfgBytes, err := confighelper.ContractSetConfigArgsForTests(
-		cfg.DeltaProgress,
-		cfg.DeltaResend,
-		cfg.DeltaRound,
-		cfg.DeltaGrace,
-		cfg.DeltaStage,
+		cfg.DeltaProgress.Duration(),
+		cfg.DeltaResend.Duration(),
+		cfg.DeltaRound.Duration(),
+		cfg.DeltaGrace.Duration(),
+		cfg.DeltaStage.Duration(),
 		cfg.RMax,
 		cfg.S,
 		cfg.Oracles,
 		cfg.ReportingPluginConfig,
-		cfg.MaxDurationQuery,
-		cfg.MaxDurationObservation,
-		cfg.MaxDurationReport,
-		cfg.MaxDurationShouldAcceptFinalizedReport,
-		cfg.MaxDurationShouldTransmitAcceptedReport,
+		cfg.MaxDurationQuery.Duration(),
+		cfg.MaxDurationObservation.Duration(),
+		cfg.MaxDurationReport.Duration(),
+		cfg.MaxDurationShouldAcceptFinalizedReport.Duration(),
+		cfg.MaxDurationShouldTransmitAcceptedReport.Duration(),
 		cfg.F,
 		cfg.OnchainConfig,
 	)
diff --git a/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go b/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
index fcd79eb7a..a9a22ef4f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
+++ b/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
@@ -587,16 +587,10 @@ func GetConfig(configurationName string, product Product) (TestConfig, error) {
 
 func (c *TestConfig) readNetworkConfiguration() error {
 	// currently we need to read that kind of secrets only for network configuration
-	if c == nil {
+	if c.Network == nil {
 		c.Network = &ctf_config.NetworkConfig{}
 	}
-
 	c.Network.UpperCaseNetworkNames()
-	err := c.Network.Default()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error reading default network config: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }