diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/api/deployment.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/api/deployment.ts
index f0dd21091cb..e6e2ad24521 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/api/deployment.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/api/deployment.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export { registerContractClass } from '../deployment/register_class.js';
 export { broadcastPrivateFunction, broadcastUnconstrainedFunction } from '../deployment/broadcast_function.js';
+export { deployInstance } from '../deployment/deploy_instance.js';
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/deploy_instance.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/deploy_instance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21f49fe07c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/deploy_instance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { ContractInstanceWithAddress } from '@aztec/types/contracts';
+
+import { ContractFunctionInteraction } from '../contract/contract_function_interaction.js';
+import { Wallet } from '../wallet/index.js';
+import { getDeployerContract } from './protocol_contracts.js';
+
+/**
+ * Sets up a call to the canonical deployer contract to publicly deploy a contract instance.
+ * @param wallet - The wallet to use for the deployment.
+ * @param instance - The instance to deploy.
+ * @param opts - Additional options.
+ */
+export function deployInstance(
+  wallet: Wallet,
+  instance: ContractInstanceWithAddress,
+  opts: { /** Set to true to *not* mix in the deployer into the address. */ universalDeploy?: boolean } = {},
+): ContractFunctionInteraction {
+  const deployer = getDeployerContract(wallet);
+  const { salt, contractClassId, portalContractAddress, publicKeysHash } = instance;
+  return deployer.methods.deploy(
+    salt,
+    contractClassId,
+    instance.initializationHash,
+    portalContractAddress,
+    publicKeysHash,
+    !!opts.universalDeploy,
+  );
+}
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/protocol_contracts.ts b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/protocol_contracts.ts
index b14c64509f5..c7d59c59d63 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/protocol_contracts.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec.js/src/deployment/protocol_contracts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { getCanonicalClassRegisterer } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts/class-registerer';
+import { getCanonicalInstanceDeployer } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts/instance-deployer';
 
 import { UnsafeContract } from '../contract/unsafe_contract.js';
 import { Wallet } from '../wallet/index.js';
@@ -8,3 +9,9 @@ export function getRegistererContract(wallet: Wallet) {
   const { artifact, instance } = getCanonicalClassRegisterer();
   return new UnsafeContract(instance, artifact, wallet);
 }
+
+/** Returns a Contract wrapper for the instance deployer. */
+export function getDeployerContract(wallet: Wallet) {
+  const { artifact, instance } = getCanonicalInstanceDeployer();
+  return new UnsafeContract(instance, artifact, wallet);
+}
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
index e493dece908..6dfc3d9e208 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_deploy_contract.test.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ import {
 import {
   broadcastPrivateFunction,
   broadcastUnconstrainedFunction,
+  deployInstance,
   registerContractClass,
 } from '@aztec/aztec.js/deployment';
-import { ContractClassIdPreimage, Point, PublicKey, computePublicKeysHash } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
+import { ContractClassIdPreimage, Point, PublicKey } from '@aztec/circuits.js';
 import { siloNullifier } from '@aztec/circuits.js/abis';
 import { FunctionSelector, FunctionType } from '@aztec/foundation/abi';
 import { ContractInstanceDeployerContract, StatefulTestContract } from '@aztec/noir-contracts';
@@ -307,16 +308,12 @@ describe('e2e_deploy_contract', () => {
         const salt = Fr.random();
         const portalAddress = EthAddress.random();
         publicKey = Point.random();
-        const publicKeysHash = computePublicKeysHash(publicKey);
 
         instance = getContractInstanceFromDeployParams(artifact, initArgs, salt, publicKey, portalAddress);
-        logger(
-          `Deploying contract instance at ${instance.address.toString()} with class id ${instance.contractClassId.toString()}`,
-        );
-        const tx = await deployer.methods
-          .deploy(salt, contractClass.id, instance.initializationHash, portalAddress, publicKeysHash, false)
-          .send()
-          .wait();
+        const { address, contractClassId } = instance;
+        logger(`Deploying contract instance at ${address.toString()} class id ${contractClassId.toString()}`);
+
+        const tx = await deployInstance(wallet, instance).send().wait();
         deployTxHash = tx.txHash;
       });
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/README.md b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/README.md
index 7a863ea8a26..a8d9392ed5d 100644
--- a/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/README.md
+++ b/yarn-project/protocol-contracts/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Protocol Contracts
 
-Canonical Noir contracts used to power the Aztec Network protocol. 
+Noir contract artifacts used to power the Aztec Network protocol, along with their canonical deployment information.
 
 Includes:
 - Contract class registerer