diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed3bb6f96e..e9c43c78d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "cpufeatures",
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- "cipher",
- "ctr",
- "ghash",
- "subtle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 ]
 
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0942ffc6dcaadf03badf6e6a2d0228460359d5e34b57ccdc720b7382dfbd5ec5"
+
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+name = "atomic-take"
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-checksum = "c59bdb34bc650a32731b31bd8f0829cc15d24a708ee31559e0bb34f2bc320cba"
+checksum = "a8ab6b55fe97976e46f91ddbed8d147d966475dc29b2032757ba47e02376fbc3"
 
 [[package]]
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- "chacha20",
- "cipher",
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- "zeroize",
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-
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 [[package]]
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- "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle-ng",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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+version = "4.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d9ce6874da5d4415896cd45ffbc4d1cfc0c4f9c079427bd870742c30f2f65a9"
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+ "ed25519",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "hex",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "zeroize",
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+
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  "sp-runtime",
  "sp-runtime-interface",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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  "sp-state-machine",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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+ "allocator-api2",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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  "scale-info",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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  "sp-io",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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+ "wasmi",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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  "sp-io",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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- "universal-hash",
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+ "parity-scale-codec",
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+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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+
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- "snow",
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- "tiny-keccak",
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+ "x25519-dalek",
+ "zeroize",
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- "sha2 0.10.8",
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+ "zeroize",
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@@ -5224,7 +5156,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "sp-runtime",
  "sp-state-machine",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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@@ -5256,7 +5188,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "sp-core",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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  "scale-info",
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- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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- "ed25519-zebra",
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  "sp-externalities",
  "sp-runtime-interface",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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+ "sp-std",
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@@ -5393,7 +5324,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "sp-api",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
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  "scale-info",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -5429,7 +5360,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-keystore",
  "sp-runtime-interface",
  "sp-state-machine",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "sp-tracing",
  "sp-trie",
  "tracing",
@@ -5470,7 +5401,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-info",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5503,7 +5434,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-arithmetic",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-io",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "sp-weights",
 ]
 
@@ -5519,7 +5450,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "primitive-types",
  "sp-externalities",
  "sp-runtime-interface-proc-macro",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "sp-storage",
  "sp-tracing",
  "sp-wasm-interface",
@@ -5551,7 +5482,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5569,19 +5500,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-core",
  "sp-externalities",
  "sp-panic-handler",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "sp-trie",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
  "trie-db",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sp-std"
-version = "8.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53458e3c57df53698b3401ec0934bea8e8cfce034816873c0b0abbd83d7bac0d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sp-std"
 version = "10.0.0"
@@ -5599,7 +5524,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ref-cast",
  "serde",
  "sp-debug-derive",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5612,7 +5537,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "sp-inherents",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -5623,7 +5548,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebabec43485ebdb2fdb5c6f9b388590d4797a3888024d74724ada2f16b2113b8"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
  "tracing-subscriber 0.2.25",
@@ -5646,7 +5571,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "scale-info",
  "schnellru",
  "sp-core",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
  "trie-db",
@@ -5666,7 +5591,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "sp-core-hashing-proc-macro",
  "sp-runtime",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "sp-version-proc-macro",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -5693,7 +5618,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "impl-trait-for-tuples",
  "log",
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
  "wasmtime",
 ]
 
@@ -5710,7 +5635,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-arithmetic",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-debug-derive",
- "sp-std 10.0.0",
+ "sp-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5825,17 +5750,11 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subtle-ng"
-version = "2.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "734676eb262c623cec13c3155096e08d1f8f29adce39ba17948b18dad1e54142"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "588b8ce92699eeb06290f4fb02dad4f7e426c4e6db4d53889c6bcbc808cf24ac"
+checksum = "f7cf683962113b84ce5226bdf6f27d7f92a7e5bb408a5231f6c205407fbb20df"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base58",
@@ -5850,13 +5769,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "primitive-types",
  "scale-bits",
- "scale-decode",
+ "scale-decode 0.10.0",
  "scale-encode",
  "scale-info",
  "scale-value",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sp-core-hashing 9.0.0",
+ "sp-core-hashing 13.0.0",
  "subxt-lightclient",
  "subxt-macro",
  "subxt-metadata",
@@ -5866,9 +5785,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-codegen"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98f5a534c8d475919e9c845d51fc2316da4fcadd04fe17552d932d2106de930e"
+checksum = "12800ad6128b4bfc93d2af89b7d368bff7ea2f6604add35f96f6a8c06c7f9abf"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "heck",
@@ -5886,9 +5805,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-lightclient"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10fd0ac9b091211f962b6ae19e26cd08e0b86efa064dfb7fac69c8f79f122329"
+checksum = "243765099b60d97dc7fc80456ab951758a07ed0decb5c09283783f06ca04fc69"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
@@ -5903,11 +5822,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-macro"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12e8be9ab6fe88b8c13edbe15911e148482cfb905a8b8d5b8d766a64c54be0bd"
+checksum = "d5086ce2a90e723083ff19b77f06805d00e732eac3e19c86f6cd643d4255d334"
 dependencies = [
  "darling 0.20.3",
+ "parity-scale-codec",
  "proc-macro-error",
  "subxt-codegen",
  "syn 2.0.39",
@@ -5915,22 +5835,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-metadata"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6898275765d36a37e5ef564358e0341cf41b5f3a91683d7d8b859381b65ac8a"
+checksum = "19dc60f779bcab44084053e12d4ad5ac18ee217dbe8e26c919e7086fc0228d30"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-info",
- "sp-core-hashing 9.0.0",
+ "sp-core-hashing 13.0.0",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-signer"
-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d82e5abb896d5f5a6581d5b86a5e7f015e318122498d8163211e8f61f83b54d2"
+checksum = "05cc81461f8262b62acf7bfe178a45f22a40336a6ace6a3093bd3e22d7012ba3"
 dependencies = [
  "bip39",
  "hex",
@@ -5938,11 +5858,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "pbkdf2 0.12.2",
  "regex",
- "schnorrkel 0.10.2",
- "secp256k1 0.27.0",
+ "schnorrkel 0.11.4",
+ "secp256k1 0.28.0",
  "secrecy",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "sp-core-hashing 9.0.0",
+ "sp-core-hashing 13.0.0",
  "subxt",
  "thiserror",
  "zeroize",
@@ -6035,26 +5955,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-core"
-version = "1.0.50"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c001ee18b7e5e3f62cbf58c7fe220119e68d902bb7443179c0c8aef30090e999"
-dependencies = [
- "thiserror-core-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "thiserror-core-impl"
-version = "1.0.50"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e4c60d69f36615a077cc7663b9cb8e42275722d23e58a7fa3d2c7f2915d09d04"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
 version = "1.0.50"
@@ -6724,20 +6624,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cxx-build",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmi"
-version = "0.30.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51fb5c61993e71158abf5bb863df2674ca3ec39ed6471c64f07aeaf751d67b4"
-dependencies = [
- "intx",
- "smallvec",
- "spin",
- "wasmi_arena",
- "wasmi_core 0.12.0",
- "wasmparser-nostd",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi"
 version = "0.31.0"
@@ -6747,7 +6633,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "spin",
  "wasmi_arena",
- "wasmi_core 0.13.0",
+ "wasmi_core",
  "wasmparser-nostd",
 ]
 
@@ -6757,18 +6643,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "401c1f35e413fac1846d4843745589d9ec678977ab35a384db8ae7830525d468"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmi_core"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "624e6333e861ef49095d2d678b76ebf30b06bf37effca845be7e5b87c90071b7"
-dependencies = [
- "downcast-rs",
- "libm",
- "num-traits",
- "paste",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmi_core"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -7232,6 +7106,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "x25519-dalek"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb66477291e7e8d2b0ff1bcb900bf29489a9692816d79874bea351e7a8b6de96"
+dependencies = [
+ "curve25519-dalek 4.1.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "serde",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "xxhash-rust"
 version = "0.8.7"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 36ca02deec..e256d09ad3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ quickcheck_macros = { version = "1" }
 quote = { version = "1" }
 rlibc = { version = "1" }
 scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.6.9", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-scale-decode = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
+scale-decode = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 scale-encode = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
 scale-info = { version = "2.6", default-features = false }
 schemars = { version = "0.8" }
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.81" }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10" }
 sha3 = { version = "0.10" }
 static_assertions = { version = "1.1" }
-subxt = { version = "0.32.1" }
-subxt-metadata = { version = "0.32.1" }
-subxt-signer = { version = "0.32.1" }
+subxt = { version = "0.33.0 " }
+subxt-metadata = { version = "0.33.0" }
+subxt-signer = { version = "0.33.0" }
 syn = { version = "2" }
 synstructure = { version = "0.13.0" }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.50" }
diff --git a/crates/e2e/src/xts.rs b/crates/e2e/src/xts.rs
index 3058a05567..568f26aadf 100644
--- a/crates/e2e/src/xts.rs
+++ b/crates/e2e/src/xts.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ use subxt::{
     blocks::ExtrinsicEvents,
     config::ExtrinsicParams,
     ext::scale_encode,
-    tx::Signer,
+    tx::{
+        Signer,
+        TxStatus,
+    },
     utils::MultiAddress,
     OnlineClient,
 };
@@ -250,30 +253,7 @@ where
         )
         .unvalidated();
 
-        let account_id = <Keypair as Signer<C>>::account_id(origin);
-        let account_nonce =
-            self.get_account_nonce(&account_id)
-                .await
-                .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                    panic!("error calling `get_account_nonce`: {err:?}");
-                });
-
-        self.client
-            .tx()
-            .create_signed_with_nonce(&call, origin, account_nonce, Default::default())
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                panic!("error on call `create_signed_with_nonce`: {err:?}");
-            })
-            .submit_and_watch()
-            .await
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                panic!("error on call `submit_and_watch`: {err:?}");
-            })
-            .wait_for_in_block()
-            .await
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                panic!("error on call `wait_for_in_block`: {err:?}");
-            });
+        let _ = self.submit_extrinsic(&call, origin).await;
 
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -329,7 +309,8 @@ where
                     panic!("error calling `get_account_nonce`: {err:?}");
                 });
 
-        self.client
+        let mut tx = self
+            .client
             .tx()
             .create_signed_with_nonce(call, signer, account_nonce, Default::default())
             .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
@@ -346,17 +327,37 @@ where
             })
             .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
                 panic!("error on call `submit_and_watch`: {err:?}");
-            })
-            .wait_for_in_block()
-            .await
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                panic!("error on call `wait_for_in_block`: {err:?}");
-            })
-            .fetch_events()
-            .await
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                panic!("error on call `fetch_events`: {err:?}");
-            })
+            });
+
+        // Below we use the low level API to replicate the `wait_for_in_block` behaviour
+        // which was removed in subxt 0.33.0. See https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/1237.
+        //
+        // We require this because we use `substrate-contracts-node` as our development
+        // node, which does not currently support finality, so we just want to
+        // wait until it is included in a block.
+        while let Some(status) = tx.next().await {
+            match status.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                panic!("error subscribing to tx status: {err:?}");
+            }) {
+                TxStatus::InBestBlock(tx_in_block)
+                | TxStatus::InFinalizedBlock(tx_in_block) => {
+                    return tx_in_block.fetch_events().await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                        panic!("error on call `fetch_events`: {err:?}");
+                    })
+                }
+                TxStatus::Error { message } => {
+                    panic!("TxStatus::Error: {message:?}");
+                }
+                TxStatus::Invalid { message } => {
+                    panic!("TxStatus::Invalid: {message:?}");
+                }
+                TxStatus::Dropped { message } => {
+                    panic!("TxStatus::Dropped: {message:?}");
+                }
+                _ => continue,
+            }
+        }
+        panic!("Error waiting for tx status")
     }
 
     /// Return the hash of the *best* block