diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index abdb309..65749dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1478,6 +1478,7 @@ name = "forge-testsuite"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ethers",
+ "ethers-solc",
  "forge",
  "foundry-common",
  "foundry-config",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3345213..2cfcfb9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ foundry-common = { git = "https://github.com/polytope-labs/foundry", rev = "acdf
 foundry-config = { git = "https://github.com/polytope-labs/foundry", rev = "acdfeeb24263903d5ab8135d67c42c8595f54192" }
 foundry-evm = { git = "https://github.com/polytope-labs/foundry", rev = "acdfeeb24263903d5ab8135d67c42c8595f54192" }
 ethers = { git = "https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs", rev = "594627dc1c3b490ba8f513f8f5e23d11448cbcf8", features = ["ethers-solc"] }
+ethers-solc = { git = "https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs", rev = "594627dc1c3b490ba8f513f8f5e23d11448cbcf8", features = ["svm-solc"] }
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index fc4e951..c6b1ac7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 use ethers::{
     abi::{Detokenize, Tokenize},
-    solc::{remappings::Remapping, Project, ProjectPathsConfig},
     types::{Log, U256},
 };
+use ethers_solc::{remappings::Remapping, Project, ProjectPathsConfig, SolcConfig};
 use forge::{
     executor::{
         inspector::CheatsConfig,
@@ -82,7 +82,15 @@ fn runner_with_root(root: PathBuf) -> MultiContractRunner {
             paths.remappings.push(mapping)
         });
 
-    let project = Project::builder().paths(paths).build().unwrap();
+    let mut config = SolcConfig::builder().build();
+    // enable the optimizer manually
+    config.settings.optimizer.enabled = Some(true);
+    let project = Project::builder()
+        .paths(paths)
+        .solc_config(config)
+        .set_auto_detect(true)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
 
     let compiled = project.compile().unwrap();
     if compiled.has_compiler_errors() {