diff --git a/.github/workflows/nym-wallet-publish-windows10.yml b/.github/workflows/nym-wallet-publish-windows10.yml
index 6f22820943..5eab299f9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nym-wallet-publish-windows10.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nym-wallet-publish-windows10.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 name: Publish Nym Wallet (Windows 10)
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [created]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
index 02621beffe..1d2afec2bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-api-tests.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,36 @@
 name: CI for Nym API Tests
-'on':
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     paths:
-      - nym-api/**
+      - "nym-api/**"
+
 defaults:
   run:
     working-directory: nym-api/tests
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: nym-api tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Use correct nvm version
-        run: nvm use v18.1.0
+      
+      - name: Install npm
+        run: npm install
+        
+      - name: Node v18
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.1.0
+
       - name: Install yarn
         run: yarn install
+
       - name: Run yarn
         run: yarn
+
       - name: Run tests
-        run: 'yarn test:qa'
+        run: yarn test:qa
         working-directory: nym-api/tests
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7235f28297..a5ae3d2f08 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1601,6 +1601,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ff 0.11.1",
  "group 0.11.0",
  "lazy_static",
+ "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-pemstore",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
@@ -3519,7 +3520,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bs58",
  "cosmwasm-std",
- "dkg",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/Cargo.toml b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/Cargo.toml
index 946f0cce90..59042f9a48 100644
--- a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = "0.4.0"
 cosmwasm-std = "1.0.0"
-dkg = { path = "../../../common/dkg", optional = true }
 schemars = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/src/dealings.rs b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/src/dealings.rs
index f28ca85ba2..cfc22e8727 100644
--- a/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/src/dealings.rs
+++ b/common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common/src/dealings.rs
@@ -69,19 +69,3 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ContractSafeBytes {
         Ok(ContractSafeBytes(bytes))
     }
 }
-
-#[cfg(feature = "dkg")]
-impl<'a> From<&'a Dealing> for ContractSafeBytes {
-    fn from(dealing: &'a Dealing) -> Self {
-        ContractSafeBytes(dealing.to_bytes())
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "dkg")]
-impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a ContractSafeBytes> for Dealing {
-    type Error = DkgError;
-
-    fn try_from(value: &'a ContractSafeBytes) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Dealing::try_from_bytes(&value.0)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
index b962a26f29..0600adf87d 100644
--- a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-crypto"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Crypto library for the nym mixnet"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 aes = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5", features =  ["bech32-preview"]}
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
 
 # internal
-nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../nymsphinx/types" }
+nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../nymsphinx/types", version = "0.1.0" }
 nym-pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore", version = "0.1.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/common/dkg/Cargo.toml b/common/dkg/Cargo.toml
index 33ec03447a..525001f42e 100644
--- a/common/dkg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/dkg/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ bitvec = "1.0.0"
 # unfortunately until https://github.com/zkcrypto/bls12_381/issues/10 is resolved, we have to rely on the fork
 # as we need to be able to serialize Gt so that we could create the lookup table for baby-step-giant-step algorithm
 bls12_381 = { git = "https://github.com/jstuczyn/bls12_381", branch ="gt-serialisation", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "pairings", "experimental", "zeroize"] }
-
+nym-contracts-common = { path = "../cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common", optional = true }
 bs58 = "0.4"
 
+
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false}
 rand_chacha = "0.3"
@@ -41,3 +42,7 @@ criterion = "0.3"
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmarks"
 harness = false
+
+[features]
+default = []
+cw-types = ["nym-contracts-common"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/dkg/src/dealing.rs b/common/dkg/src/dealing.rs
index d92a9ba6b4..ff31c5736e 100644
--- a/common/dkg/src/dealing.rs
+++ b/common/dkg/src/dealing.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,24 @@ impl Dealing {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cw-types")]
+impl<'a> From<&'a Dealing> for nym_contracts_common::dealings::ContractSafeBytes {
+    fn from(dealing: &'a Dealing) -> Self {
+        nym_contracts_common::dealings::ContractSafeBytes(dealing.to_bytes())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cw-types")]
+impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a nym_contracts_common::dealings::ContractSafeBytes> for Dealing {
+    type Error = DkgError;
+
+    fn try_from(
+        value: &'a nym_contracts_common::dealings::ContractSafeBytes,
+    ) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Dealing::try_from_bytes(&value.0)
+    }
+}
+
 // this assumes all dealings have been verified
 pub fn try_recover_verification_keys(
     dealings: &[Dealing],
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
index bb738f75d6..d5d10ea633 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Top-level crate for sphinx packets as used by the Nym mixnet"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
index 50d41e7bd9..3db7d909db 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-acknowledgements"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packet ack messages"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
index 6b2aae04d4..f9c646e04b 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-addressing"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Nym mixnet addressing"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../crypto", features = ["asymmetric"] } # all addresses are expressed in terms on their crypto keys
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
index c9068d859d..40a6d19308 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-anonymous-replies"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Anonymous sphinx packet replies using singly-use-reply-blocks (SURB)"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
index 2e26f1626f..94bec5886b 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-chunking"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packet chunking of underlying data packets"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
index 1e32ff500e..f1558d3676 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-cover"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packets used as cover traffic"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/forwarding/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/forwarding/Cargo.toml
index bd1a6a830b..e4931b7d8b 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/forwarding/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/forwarding/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-forwarding"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packet forwarding as Nym mix packets"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../addressing" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/framing/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/framing/Cargo.toml
index 90a8e94e5a..b510926555 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/framing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/framing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-framing"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packet framing for the Nym mixnet"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1.0"
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/params/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/params/Cargo.toml
index 319a55513d..6037bdb333 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/params/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/params/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-params"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Sphinx packet parameters for the Nym mixnet"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "1.0.37"
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
index 9eaa417b42..53e399ebcf 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-sphinx-types"
 version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Re-export sphinx packet types"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
-homepage = { workspace = true }
-documentation = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 sphinx-packet = { version = "0.1.0" }
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index a1ae9478b5..f64d624708 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ credentials = { path = "../common/credentials" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../common/crypto" }
 cw3 = { version = "0.13.4" }
 cw4 = { version = "0.13.4" }
-dkg = { path = "../common/dkg" }
+dkg = { path = "../common/dkg", features = ["cw-types"] }
 gateway-client = { path = "../common/client-libs/gateway-client" }
 nym-inclusion-probability = { path = "../common/inclusion-probability" }
 nym-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract" }
 nym-vesting-contract-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/vesting-contract" }
-nym-contracts-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common", features = ["dkg"] }
+nym-contracts-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common" }
 multisig-contract-common = { path = "../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/multisig-contract" }
 nymcoconut = { path = "../common/nymcoconut" }
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../common/nymsphinx" }