diff --git a/__tests__/defaultProvider.test.ts b/__tests__/defaultProvider.test.ts
index 1779f7b48..a947c7cb9 100644
--- a/__tests__/defaultProvider.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/defaultProvider.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ describe('defaultProvider', () => {
       return expect(block).toHaveProperty('block_number');
     });
 
+    test('getCode() -> { bytecode }', async () => {
+      const code = await testProvider.getCode(exampleContractAddress);
+      return expect(Array.isArray(code.bytecode)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
     describe('getStorageAt', () => {
       test('with "key" type of number', () => {
         return expect(testProvider.getStorageAt(exampleContractAddress, 0)).resolves.not.toThrow();
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cf7bf0f43..59228f4a6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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-      "dev": true,
-      "requires": {
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-        "tape": "~2.3.2"
-      }
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     "whatwg-url": {
       "version": "10.0.0",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4588e85e..a209d4a68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "@types/minimalistic-assert": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/pako": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/url-join": "^4.0.1",
-    "@types/whatwg-fetch": "^0.0.33",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.28.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.28.0",
     "eslint": "^8.17.0",
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.7.0",
     "prettier-plugin-import-sort": "^0.0.7",
     "typedoc": "^0.22.17",
-    "typescript": "^4.7.3",
-    "whatwg-fetch": "^3.6.2"
+    "typescript": "^4.7.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@ethersproject/bytes": "^5.6.1",
diff --git a/src/provider/default.ts b/src/provider/default.ts
index 30ffb19c3..78284a3b3 100644
--- a/src/provider/default.ts
+++ b/src/provider/default.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   DeployContractResponse,
   EstimateFeeResponse,
   GetBlockResponse,
+  GetCodeResponse,
   GetTransactionReceiptResponse,
   GetTransactionResponse,
   Invocation,
@@ -103,6 +104,13 @@ export class Provider implements ProviderInterface {
     return this.provider.declareContract(payload);
   }
 
+  public async getCode(
+    contractAddress: string,
+    blockIdentifier?: BlockIdentifier
+  ): Promise<GetCodeResponse> {
+    return this.provider.getCode(contractAddress, blockIdentifier);
+  }
+
   public async waitForTransaction(txHash: BigNumberish, retryInterval?: number): Promise<void> {
     return this.provider.waitForTransaction(txHash, retryInterval);
   }
diff --git a/src/provider/interface.ts b/src/provider/interface.ts
index d6fafb19f..b87b501d1 100644
--- a/src/provider/interface.ts
+++ b/src/provider/interface.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {
   DeployContractResponse,
   EstimateFeeResponse,
   GetBlockResponse,
+  GetCodeResponse,
   GetTransactionReceiptResponse,
   GetTransactionResponse,
   Invocation,
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ export abstract class ProviderInterface {
    */
   public abstract getBlock(blockIdentifier: BlockIdentifier): Promise<GetBlockResponse>;
 
+  public abstract getCode(
+    contractAddress: string,
+    blockIdentifier?: BlockIdentifier
+  ): Promise<GetCodeResponse>;
+
   /**
    * Gets the contract class of the deployed contract.
    *
diff --git a/src/provider/rpc.ts b/src/provider/rpc.ts
index fc9c585cb..fea185158 100644
--- a/src/provider/rpc.ts
+++ b/src/provider/rpc.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ export class RpcProvider implements ProviderInterface {
     return this.responseParser.parseCallContractResponse(result);
   }
 
+  public async getCode(
+    contractAddress: string,
+    _blockIdentifier?: BlockIdentifier
+  ): Promise<RPC.GetCodeResponse> {
+    const result = await this.fetchEndpoint('starknet_getCode', [contractAddress]);
+
+    return this.responseParser.parseGetCodeResponse(result);
+  }
+
   public async waitForTransaction(txHash: BigNumberish, retryInterval: number = 8000) {
     let onchain = false;
     let retries = 100;
diff --git a/src/provider/sequencer.ts b/src/provider/sequencer.ts
index 224075a0e..ff00a84ce 100644
--- a/src/provider/sequencer.ts
+++ b/src/provider/sequencer.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,15 @@ export class SequencerProvider implements ProviderInterface {
     ).then(this.responseParser.parseFeeEstimateResponse);
   }
 
+  public async getCode(
+    contractAddress: string,
+    blockIdentifier: BlockIdentifier = 'pending'
+  ): Promise<Sequencer.GetCodeResponse> {
+    return this.fetchEndpoint('get_code', { contractAddress, blockIdentifier }).then(
+      this.responseParser.parseGetCodeResponse
+    );
+  }
+
   public async waitForTransaction(txHash: BigNumberish, retryInterval: number = 8000) {
     let onchain = false;
 
diff --git a/src/types/api/sequencer.ts b/src/types/api/sequencer.ts
index f8f1390eb..4bf867f38 100644
--- a/src/types/api/sequencer.ts
+++ b/src/types/api/sequencer.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ export type ExecutionResources = {
   n_memory_holes: number;
 };
 
-export type GetCodeResponse = {
-  bytecode: string[];
-  abi: Abi;
-};
-
 export type GetTransactionTraceResponse = {
   function_invocation: {
     caller_address: string;
@@ -116,6 +111,11 @@ export namespace Sequencer {
     class_hash?: string;
   };
 
+  export type GetCodeResponse = {
+    bytecode: string[];
+    abi: Abi;
+  };
+
   export interface InvokeFunctionTransactionResponse extends InvokeFunctionTransaction {
     transaction_hash: string;
   }
diff --git a/src/types/provider.ts b/src/types/provider.ts
index 5fa88a68c..f6bfb1bd5 100644
--- a/src/types/provider.ts
+++ b/src/types/provider.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export interface GetBlockResponse {
   starknet_version?: string;
 }
 
+export interface GetCodeResponse {
+  bytecode: string[];
+  // abi: string; // is not consistent between rpc and sequencer (is it?), therefore not included in the provider interface
+}
+
 export type GetTransactionResponse = InvokeTransactionResponse & DeclareTransactionResponse;
 
 export interface CommonTransactionResponse {
diff --git a/src/utils/responseParser/rpc.ts b/src/utils/responseParser/rpc.ts
index 9654f4815..d18938e7c 100644
--- a/src/utils/responseParser/rpc.ts
+++ b/src/utils/responseParser/rpc.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ export class RPCResponseParser extends ResponseParser {
     };
   }
 
+  public parseGetCodeResponse(res: RPC.GetCodeResponse): RPC.GetCodeResponse {
+    return res;
+  }
+
   public parseFeeEstimateResponse(res: RPC.EstimateFeeResponse): EstimateFeeResponse {
     return {
       overall_fee: toBN(res.overall_fee),
diff --git a/src/utils/responseParser/sequencer.ts b/src/utils/responseParser/sequencer.ts
index 74f3baebe..c796712e0 100644
--- a/src/utils/responseParser/sequencer.ts
+++ b/src/utils/responseParser/sequencer.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export class SequencerAPIResponseParser extends ResponseParser {
     };
   }
 
+  public parseGetCodeResponse(res: Sequencer.GetCodeResponse): Sequencer.GetCodeResponse {
+    return res;
+  }
+
   public parseFeeEstimateResponse(res: Sequencer.EstimateFeeResponse): EstimateFeeResponse {
     if ('overall_fee' in res) {
       let gasInfo = {};