diff --git a/.github/workflows/devnet-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/devnet-deploy.yml
index 63bd400da0c0..7735cc29aa75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devnet-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devnet-deploy.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           # wait for port-forwards to establish
           sleep 5
 
-          docker run --rm --network host $AZTEC_DOCKER_IMAGE bootstrap-network \
+          docker run --rm --network host $AZTEC_DOCKER_IMAGE node ./aztec/dest/bin/index.js bootstrap-network \
             --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:$PXE_PORT \
             --l1-rpc-urls http://127.0.0.1:$ETHEREUM_PORT \
             --l1-chain-id "$L1_CHAIN_ID" \
diff --git a/spartan/aztec-network/values/release-devnet.yaml b/spartan/aztec-network/values/release-devnet.yaml
index 994c63bb5174..ff50d06974d0 100644
--- a/spartan/aztec-network/values/release-devnet.yaml
+++ b/spartan/aztec-network/values/release-devnet.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ aztec:
   realProofs: false
   extraAccounts: 9
   extraAccountsStartIndex: 69
+  sponsoredFPC: true
 
 jobs:
   deployL1Verifier:
diff --git a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/index.ts b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/index.ts
index 8eb7c0a3535a..e6800460cac7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/accounts/src/testing/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * @packageDocumentation
  */
-import type { PXE } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
+import { AccountManager, type PXE } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
 import type { AccountWalletWithSecretKey } from '@aztec/aztec.js/wallet';
 
 import {
@@ -47,22 +47,27 @@ export function getInitialTestAccounts(): Promise<InitialAccountData[]> {
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets a collection of account managers for the Aztec accounts that are initially stored in the test environment.
+ * @param pxe - PXE instance.
+ * @returns A set of AccountManager implementations for each of the initial accounts.
+ */
+export function getInitialTestAccountsManagers(pxe: PXE): Promise<AccountManager[]> {
+  return Promise.all(
+    INITIAL_TEST_SECRET_KEYS.map((encryptionKey, i) =>
+      getSchnorrAccount(pxe, encryptionKey!, INITIAL_TEST_SIGNING_KEYS[i]!, INITIAL_TEST_ACCOUNT_SALTS[i]),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets a collection of wallets for the Aztec accounts that are initially stored in the test environment.
  * @param pxe - PXE instance.
  * @returns A set of AccountWallet implementations for each of the initial accounts.
  */
-export function getInitialTestAccountsWallets(pxe: PXE): Promise<AccountWalletWithSecretKey[]> {
+export async function getInitialTestAccountsWallets(pxe: PXE): Promise<AccountWalletWithSecretKey[]> {
   return Promise.all(
-    INITIAL_TEST_SECRET_KEYS.map(async (encryptionKey, i) => {
-      const account = await getSchnorrAccount(
-        pxe,
-        encryptionKey!,
-        INITIAL_TEST_SIGNING_KEYS[i]!,
-        INITIAL_TEST_ACCOUNT_SALTS[i],
-      );
-      return account.getWallet();
-    }),
+    (await Promise.all(await getInitialTestAccountsManagers(pxe))).map(accountManager => accountManager.getWallet()),
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/devnet/bootstrap_network.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/devnet/bootstrap_network.ts
index aff4e47b1b53..8474d6a617ed 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/devnet/bootstrap_network.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/devnet/bootstrap_network.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getDeployedTestAccountsWallets } from '@aztec/accounts/testing';
+import { getInitialTestAccountsManagers } from '@aztec/accounts/testing';
 import {
   AztecAddress,
   BatchCall,
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ export async function bootstrapNetwork(
 ) {
   const pxe = await createCompatibleClient(pxeUrl, debugLog);
 
-  const [wallet] = await getDeployedTestAccountsWallets(pxe);
+  // We assume here that the initial test accounts were prefunded with deploy-l1-contracts, and deployed with setup-l2-contracts
+  // so all we need to do is register them to our pxe.
+  const [accountManager] = await getInitialTestAccountsManagers(pxe);
+  await accountManager.register();
+
+  const wallet = await accountManager.getWallet();
 
   const l1Clients = createL1Clients(
     l1Urls,