diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/release-upload.yml
index c6fc350f50..83a89972a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-upload.yml
@@ -14,15 +14,41 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Install mxpy
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install rust
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          default: true
+          toolchain: nightly-2023-08-08
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+      - name: Setup the PATH variable
         run: |
-          source .github/workflows/env
-          pip3 install multiversx-sdk-cli
-      - name: Install wasm-opt
+          echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/multiversx-sdk/vmtools:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install prerequisites
         run: |
-          mxpy deps install nodejs
-          mxpy deps install wasm-opt
+          pip3 install multiversx-sdk-cli==v6.0.0
+          mkdir $HOME/multiversx-sdk
+          python3 -m multiversx_sdk_cli.cli deps install vmtools --tag v1.4.60
+          
+          wget -O binaryen.tar.gz https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/releases/download/version_112/binaryen-version_112-x86_64-linux.tar.gz
+          tar -xf binaryen.tar.gz
+          cp binaryen-version_112/bin/wasm-opt $HOME/.local/bin
+
+          sudo apt install -y wabt=1.0.27-1
+
+          which wasm-opt
+          which wasm2wat
+          which run-scenarios
+
+      - name: Install libtinfo5
+        if: inputs.install-libtinfo5
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y libtinfo5
+
       - name: Build project example outputs
         run: |
           ./zip-example-wasm.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-test-current.yml b/.github/workflows/template-test-current.yml
index 60bd259f05..1fef852e96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template-test-current.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-test-current.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Template tool test - current (unreleased) templates
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install rust
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/template-test-released.yml b/.github/workflows/template-test-released.yml
index c20de9b454..d09915cc24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template-test-released.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template-test-released.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Template tool test - released templates
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install rust
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
diff --git a/zip-example-wasm.sh b/zip-example-wasm.sh
index d8a4361950..d0180a5e1a 100755
--- a/zip-example-wasm.sh
+++ b/zip-example-wasm.sh
@@ -4,19 +4,18 @@
 ## Used in generating an output artefact for each elrond-wasm release.
 
 ZIP_OUTPUT="examples-wasm.zip"
+TARGET_DIR=$PWD/target
+cargo install multiversx-sc-meta
 
 # start fresh
 rm -f $ZIP_OUTPUT
 
-set -e
+sc-meta all build --target-dir-wasm $TARGET_DIR --path ./contracts/examples || return 1
+
 SMART_CONTRACT_JSONS=$(find contracts/examples -name "multiversx.json")
 for smart_contract_json in $SMART_CONTRACT_JSONS
 do
     smart_contract_folder=$(dirname $smart_contract_json)
-    echo ""
-    # build example wasm + ABI
-    rm -rf $smart_contract_folder/output
-    (set -x; mxpy --verbose contract build $smart_contract_folder)
 
     # add to zip
     zip -ur --junk-paths $ZIP_OUTPUT $smart_contract_folder/output