diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 0da8c40..22c0473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   RUST_BACKTRACE: full
-  MSRV: 1.80.0
+  MSRV: 1.84.0
 
 jobs:
   tests:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88a4562..e721c05 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = ["Aurora Labs <hello@aurora.dev>"]
 # An update of the MSRV requires updating:
 # - `rust-toolchain` files in `near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/**`
 # - the toolchain installed in CI via the `toolchain` parameter of `actions-rs/toolchain@v1`
-rust-version = "1.80.0"
+rust-version = "1.84.0"
 description = "Ergonomic plugin system to extend NEAR contracts."
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 quote = "1.0.9"
 syn = { version = "1.0.69", features = ["full"] }
 proc-macro-crate = "0.1.5"
+cargo-near-build = "0.4.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/Cargo.toml b/near-plugins-derive/Cargo.toml
index 599a427..716d1d2 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ near-sdk = { workspace = true, features = ["unit-testing"] }
 tokio.workspace = true
 near-workspaces.workspace = true
 toml.workspace = true
+cargo-near-build.workspace = true
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/common/repo.rs b/near-plugins-derive/tests/common/repo.rs
index 2f52b94..9a569b8 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/common/repo.rs
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/common/repo.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Output;
-
-async fn read_toolchain(project_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
-    let content = tokio::fs::read_to_string(project_path.join("rust-toolchain")).await?;
-    let value: toml::Value = toml::from_str(&content)?;
-    let result = value
-        .as_table()
-        .and_then(|t| t.get("toolchain"))
-        .and_then(|v| v.as_table())
-        .and_then(|t| t.get("channel"))
-        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
-        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::Error::msg("Failed to parse rust-toolchain toml"))?
-        .to_string();
-    Ok(result)
-}
+use std::{path::Path, str::FromStr};
 
 pub fn require_success(output: Output) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     if output.status.success() {
@@ -23,45 +9,18 @@ pub fn require_success(output: Output) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     }
 }
 
-async fn add_wasm_target(project_path: &Path, toolchain: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let output = tokio::process::Command::new("rustup")
-        .env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN", toolchain)
-        .current_dir(project_path)
-        .args(["target", "add", "wasm32-unknown-unknown"])
-        .output()
-        .await?;
-    require_success(output)?;
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 pub async fn compile_project(project_path: &Path, package_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let toolchain = read_toolchain(project_path).await?;
-    add_wasm_target(project_path, &toolchain).await?;
-    let output = tokio::process::Command::new("cargo")
-        .env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN", &toolchain)
-        .current_dir(project_path)
-        .args([
-            "build",
-            "--target",
-            "wasm32-unknown-unknown",
-            "--release",
-            "--no-default-features",
-            "-p",
-            package_name,
-        ])
-        .output()
-        .await?;
+    let path = project_path.join("Cargo.toml");
+    let artifact = cargo_near_build::build(cargo_near_build::BuildOpts {
+        manifest_path: Some(
+            cargo_near_build::camino::Utf8PathBuf::from_str(path.to_str().unwrap())
+                .expect("camino PathBuf from str"),
+        ),
+        no_abi: true, // TODO remove this flag when we fix ABI generation
+        no_locked: true,
+        ..Default::default()
+    })
+    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("building contract {package_name} from {project_path:?}"));
 
-    require_success(output)?;
-    let binary_path = project_path.join(
-        [
-            "target",
-            "wasm32-unknown-unknown",
-            "release",
-            format!("{}.wasm", package_name).as_str(),
-        ]
-        .iter()
-        .collect::<PathBuf>(),
-    );
-    Ok(tokio::fs::read(binary_path).await?)
+    Ok(tokio::fs::read(&artifact.path).await?)
 }
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/access_controllable/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/access_controllable/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/access_controllable/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/access_controllable/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/ownable/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/ownable/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/ownable/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/ownable/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/pausable/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/pausable/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/pausable/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/pausable/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/src/lib.rs b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/src/lib.rs
index b233a8f..f678bec 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/src/lib.rs
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use near_plugins::{access_control, AccessControlRole, AccessControllable, Upgradable};
-use near_sdk::borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};
+use near_sdk::borsh::BorshDeserialize;
 use near_sdk::env;
 use near_sdk::serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use near_sdk::{near, AccountId, Duration, PanicOnDefault};
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_2/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_2/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_2/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_2/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]
diff --git a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_state_migration/rust-toolchain b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_state_migration/rust-toolchain
index 14f0527..d6d7b98 100644
--- a/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_state_migration/rust-toolchain
+++ b/near-plugins-derive/tests/contracts/upgradable_state_migration/rust-toolchain
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.80.0"
+channel = "1.84.0"
 components = ["clippy", "rustfmt"]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ]