diff --git a/spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh b/spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh
index 5255252b6a90..8518694b13d4 100755
--- a/spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh
+++ b/spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh
@@ -18,18 +18,12 @@ set -exu
 # ./upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh \
 #   --aztec-docker-image aztecprotocol/aztec:c5e2b43044862882a68de47cac07b7116e74e51e \
 #   --registry 0x29f815e32efdef19883cf2b92a766b7aebadd326 \
-#   --address 0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266 \
-#   --deposit-amount 200000000000000000000000 \
-#   --mint \
 #   --test-accounts \
 #   --sponsored-fpc
 #
 # where:
 #  - aztec-docker-tag is the tag of the aztec docker image to use.
 #  - registry is the address of the registry contract.
-#  - address is the address that corresponds to whatever mnemonic/private key you are using.
-#  - deposit-amount is optional, and if provided, will deposit the specified amount of governance tokens to the address.
-#  - mint is optional, and if provided, will mint the governance tokens to the address before depositing.
 #  - test-accounts is optional, and if provided, will initialise the genesis state with funded test accounts.
 #  - sponsored-fpc is optional, and if provided, will initialise the genesis state with a funded FPC.
 #
@@ -41,15 +35,10 @@ set -exu
 # ./spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh \
 #   --aztec-bin $AZTEC_BIN \
 #   --registry 0x29f815e32efdef19883cf2b92a766b7aebadd326 \
-#   --address 0xf39fd6e51aad88f6f4ce6ab8827279cfffb92266 \
-#   --deposit-amount 10000000000000000 \
-#   --mint
 #  --test-accounts \
 #  --sponsored-fpc
 
 # First set from environment variables if they exist
-DEPOSIT_AMOUNT=""
-MINT=""
 SALT=$((RANDOM % 1000000))
 # The default path to the aztec binary within the docker image
 AZTEC_BIN="/usr/src/yarn-project/aztec/dest/bin/index.js"
@@ -68,10 +57,6 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       AZTEC_BIN="$2"
       shift 2
       ;;
-    --deposit-amount)
-      DEPOSIT_AMOUNT="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
     --salt)
       SALT="$2"
       shift 2
@@ -80,14 +65,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       REGISTRY="$2"
       shift 2
       ;;
-    --address)
-      MY_ADDR="$2"
+    --l1-chain-id)
+      L1_CHAIN_ID="$2"
       shift 2
       ;;
-    --mint)
-      MINT="--mint"
-      shift 1
-      ;;
     --test-accounts)
       TEST_ACCOUNTS="--test-accounts"
       shift 1
@@ -109,11 +90,6 @@ if [ -z "$REGISTRY" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$MY_ADDR" ]; then
-    echo "Error: --address argument is required"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Only need this in the docker case
 cleanup() {
   # Add error handling and force removal
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
index 154ac35f6f5d..cddcd53536de 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_node.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export async function startNode(
       nodeConfig.l1Contracts.registryAddress,
       nodeConfig.l1RpcUrls,
       nodeConfig.l1ChainId,
+      nodeConfig.rollupVersion,
     );
 
     // TODO(#12272): will clean this up.
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_broker.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_broker.ts
index f2064cbab4d7..dbc994f0d294 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_broker.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_broker.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@ export async function startProverBroker(
     throw new Error('L1 registry address is required to start Aztec Node without --deploy-aztec-contracts option');
   }
 
-  const { addresses } = await getL1Config(config.l1Contracts.registryAddress, config.l1RpcUrls, config.l1ChainId);
+  const { addresses, config: rollupConfig } = await getL1Config(
+    config.l1Contracts.registryAddress,
+    config.l1RpcUrls,
+    config.l1ChainId,
+    config.rollupVersion,
+  );
 
   config.l1Contracts = addresses;
+  config.rollupVersion = rollupConfig.rollupVersion;
 
   const client = initTelemetryClient(getTelemetryClientConfig());
   const broker = await createAndStartProvingBroker(config, client);
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_node.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_node.ts
index 659ce4ab29c9..706af1913488 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_node.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/cmds/start_prover_node.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export async function startProverNode(
       proverConfig.l1Contracts.registryAddress,
       proverConfig.l1RpcUrls,
       proverConfig.l1ChainId,
+      proverConfig.rollupVersion,
     );
     proverConfig.l1Contracts = addresses;
     proverConfig = { ...proverConfig, ...config };
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/get_l1_config.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/get_l1_config.ts
index 80335d810c5b..282415172862 100644
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/get_l1_config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/cli/get_l1_config.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ export async function getL1Config(
   registryAddress: EthAddress,
   l1RpcUrls: string[],
   l1ChainId: number,
+  rollupVersion: number | 'canonical' = 'canonical',
 ): Promise<{ addresses: L1ContractAddresses; config: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getL1ContractsConfig>> }> {
   const publicClient = getPublicClient({ l1RpcUrls, l1ChainId });
-  const addresses = await RegistryContract.collectAddresses(publicClient, registryAddress, 'canonical');
+  const addresses = await RegistryContract.collectAddresses(publicClient, registryAddress, rollupVersion);
 
   const config = await getL1ContractsConfig(publicClient, addresses);
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/deploy_l1_contracts.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
index 0080535a82b9..812a2d47e7d5 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export async function deployL1Contracts(
     log(`Governance Address: ${l1ContractAddresses.governanceAddress.toString()}`);
     log(`SlashFactory Address: ${l1ContractAddresses.slashFactoryAddress?.toString()}`);
     log(`FeeAssetHandler Address: ${l1ContractAddresses.feeAssetHandlerAddress?.toString()}`);
+    log(`StakingAssetHandler Address: ${l1ContractAddresses.stakingAssetHandlerAddress?.toString()}`);
     log(`Initial funded accounts: ${initialFundedAccounts.map(a => a.toString()).join(', ')}`);
     log(`Initial validators: ${initialValidators.map(a => a.toString()).join(', ')}`);
     log(`Genesis block hash: ${genesisBlockHash.toString()}`);
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/index.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/index.ts
index 629f97ef3909..5aa8687ddb87 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/index.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/cmds/l1/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { type Command, Option } from 'commander';
 
 import {
   ETHEREUM_HOSTS,
+  MNEMONIC,
   PRIVATE_KEY,
   l1ChainIdOption,
   makePxeOption,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export function injectCommands(program: Command, log: LogFn, debugLogger: Logger
     .option(
       '-m, --mnemonic <string>',
       'The mnemonic to use in deployment',
-      'test test test test test test test test test test test junk',
+      MNEMONIC ?? 'test test test test test test test test test test test junk',
     )
     .option('-i, --mnemonic-index <number>', 'The index of the mnemonic to use in deployment', arg => parseInt(arg), 0)
     .addOption(l1ChainIdOption)
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/aztec.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/aztec.ts
index a4fa5c46e9e8..46f51aeebd48 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/aztec.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/aztec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { EthAddress, PXE } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
+import { EthAddress, type PXE } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
 import {
   type ContractArtifact,
   type FunctionAbi,
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import {
   getAllFunctionAbis,
   loadContractArtifact,
 } from '@aztec/aztec.js/abi';
-import type { DeployL1ContractsReturnType, L1ContractsConfig, RollupContract } from '@aztec/ethereum';
+import {
+  type DeployL1ContractsReturnType,
+  type L1ContractsConfig,
+  RegistryContract,
+  RollupContract,
+} from '@aztec/ethereum';
 import type { Fr } from '@aztec/foundation/fields';
 import type { LogFn, Logger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 import type { NoirPackageConfig } from '@aztec/foundation/noir';
@@ -107,6 +112,13 @@ export async function deployNewRollupContracts(
   const chain = createEthereumChain(rpcUrls, chainId);
   const clients = createL1Clients(rpcUrls, account, chain.chainInfo, mnemonicIndex);
 
+  if (!initialValidators || initialValidators.length === 0) {
+    const registry = new RegistryContract(clients.publicClient, registryAddress);
+    const rollup = new RollupContract(clients.publicClient, await registry.getCanonicalAddress());
+    initialValidators = (await rollup.getAttesters()).map(str => EthAddress.fromString(str));
+    logger.info('Initializing new rollup with old attesters', { initialValidators });
+  }
+
   const { rollup, slashFactoryAddress } = await deployRollupForUpgrade(
     clients,
     {
diff --git a/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/commands.ts b/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/commands.ts
index ebbe95895539..16c6d69956fd 100644
--- a/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/commands.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/cli/src/utils/commands.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const getLocalhost = () =>
     .catch(() => 'localhost');
 
 export const LOCALHOST = await getLocalhost();
-export const { ETHEREUM_HOSTS = `http://${LOCALHOST}:8545`, PRIVATE_KEY, API_KEY, CLI_VERSION } = process.env;
+export const { ETHEREUM_HOSTS = `http://${LOCALHOST}:8545`, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, API_KEY, CLI_VERSION } = process.env;
 
 export function addOptions(program: Command, options: Option[]) {
   options.forEach(option => program.addOption(option));
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/spartan/upgrade_via_cli.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/spartan/upgrade_via_cli.test.ts
index 064a89d63980..b1f88f342ea9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/spartan/upgrade_via_cli.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/spartan/upgrade_via_cli.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { type PXE, createCompatibleClient } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { GovernanceContract, RegistryContract, createEthereumChain, createL1Clients } from '@aztec/ethereum';
+import { RegistryContract, createEthereumChain, createL1Clients } from '@aztec/ethereum';
 import { createLogger } from '@aztec/foundation/log';
 
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
@@ -55,37 +55,14 @@ describe('upgrade via cli', () => {
       const info = await pxe.getNodeInfo();
 
       const chain = createEthereumChain([ETHEREUM_HOSTS], info.l1ChainId);
-      const { walletClient: l1WalletClient, publicClient: l1PublicClient } = createL1Clients(
-        [ETHEREUM_HOSTS],
-        MNEMONIC,
-        chain.chainInfo,
-      );
-
-      const governance = new GovernanceContract(
-        info.l1ContractAddresses.governanceAddress.toString(),
-        l1PublicClient,
-        l1WalletClient,
-      );
-      const { minimumVotes, proposeConfig } = await governance.getConfiguration();
-
-      const depositAmount = proposeConfig.lockAmount + minimumVotes;
+      const { publicClient: l1PublicClient } = createL1Clients([ETHEREUM_HOSTS], MNEMONIC, chain.chainInfo);
 
       const registry = new RegistryContract(l1PublicClient, info.l1ContractAddresses.registryAddress.toString());
       const oldNumberOfVersions = await registry.getNumberOfVersions();
 
       const exitCode = await runProjectScript(
         'spartan/scripts/upgrade_rollup_with_cli.sh',
-        [
-          '--aztec-bin',
-          getAztecBin(),
-          '--registry',
-          info.l1ContractAddresses.registryAddress.toString(),
-          '--address',
-          l1WalletClient.account.address,
-          '--deposit-amount',
-          depositAmount.toString(),
-          '--mint',
-        ],
+        ['--aztec-bin', getAztecBin(), '--registry', info.l1ContractAddresses.registryAddress.toString()],
         debugLogger,
         {
           MNEMONIC,
diff --git a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/contracts/registry.test.ts b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/contracts/registry.test.ts
index a1016aa8f509..96af9d8d54f9 100644
--- a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/contracts/registry.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/contracts/registry.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ describe('Registry', () => {
       genesisBlockHash: Fr.random(),
     });
     // Since the registry cannot "see" the slash factory, we omit it from the addresses for this test
-    deployedAddresses = omit(deployed.l1ContractAddresses, 'slashFactoryAddress', 'feeAssetHandlerAddress');
+    deployedAddresses = omit(
+      deployed.l1ContractAddresses,
+      'slashFactoryAddress',
+      'feeAssetHandlerAddress',
+      'stakingAssetHandlerAddress',
+    );
     registry = new RegistryContract(publicClient, deployedAddresses.registryAddress);
 
     const rollup = new RollupContract(publicClient, deployedAddresses.rollupAddress);
diff --git a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/deploy_l1_contracts.ts b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
index b4f0821916bc..ce84968b26fb 100644
--- a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/deploy_l1_contracts.ts
@@ -860,8 +860,14 @@ export const deployL1Contracts = async (
     txUtilsConfig,
   );
 
-  const { feeAssetAddress, feeAssetHandlerAddress, stakingAssetAddress, registryAddress, rewardDistributorAddress } =
-    await deploySharedContracts(clients, deployer, args, logger);
+  const {
+    feeAssetAddress,
+    feeAssetHandlerAddress,
+    stakingAssetAddress,
+    stakingAssetHandlerAddress,
+    registryAddress,
+    rewardDistributorAddress,
+  } = await deploySharedContracts(clients, deployer, args, logger);
   const { rollup, slashFactoryAddress } = await deployRollup(
     clients,
     deployer,
@@ -913,6 +919,7 @@ export const deployL1Contracts = async (
       ...l1Contracts,
       slashFactoryAddress,
       feeAssetHandlerAddress,
+      stakingAssetHandlerAddress,
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/queries.ts b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/queries.ts
index 0de45ae33605..44b2dc98f138 100644
--- a/yarn-project/ethereum/src/queries.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/ethereum/src/queries.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ import type { ViemPublicClient } from './types.js';
 export async function getL1ContractsConfig(
   publicClient: ViemPublicClient,
   addresses: { governanceAddress: EthAddress; rollupAddress?: EthAddress },
-): Promise<Omit<L1ContractsConfig, 'ethereumSlotDuration'> & { l1StartBlock: bigint; l1GenesisTime: bigint }> {
+): Promise<
+  Omit<L1ContractsConfig, 'ethereumSlotDuration'> & {
+    l1StartBlock: bigint;
+    l1GenesisTime: bigint;
+    rollupVersion: number;
+  }
+> {
   const governance = new GovernanceContract(addresses.governanceAddress.toString(), publicClient, undefined);
   const governanceProposerAddress = await governance.getGovernanceProposerAddress();
   const governanceProposer = new GovernanceProposerContract(publicClient, governanceProposerAddress.toString());
@@ -35,6 +41,7 @@ export async function getL1ContractsConfig(
     slashingRoundSize,
     manaTarget,
     provingCostPerMana,
+    rollupVersion,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     rollup.getL1StartBlock(),
     rollup.getL1GenesisTime(),
@@ -49,6 +56,7 @@ export async function getL1ContractsConfig(
     slasherProposer.getRoundSize(),
     rollup.getManaTarget(),
     rollup.getProvingCostPerMana(),
+    rollup.getVersion(),
   ] as const);
 
   return {
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ export async function getL1ContractsConfig(
     slashingRoundSize: Number(slashingRoundSize),
     manaTarget: manaTarget,
     provingCostPerMana: provingCostPerMana,
+    rollupVersion: Number(rollupVersion),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/config.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/config.ts
index dad53850d0aa..a58ed748aa3a 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/config.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/config.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import {
   getDefaultConfig,
   numberConfigHelper,
 } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
+import { pickConfigMappings } from '@aztec/foundation/config';
 import { type DataStoreConfig, dataConfigMappings } from '@aztec/kv-store/config';
+import { type ChainConfig, chainConfigMappings } from '@aztec/stdlib/config';
 import { ProvingRequestType } from '@aztec/stdlib/proofs';
 
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -33,7 +35,8 @@ export const ProverBrokerConfig = z.object({
 
 export type ProverBrokerConfig = z.infer<typeof ProverBrokerConfig> &
   Pick<DataStoreConfig, 'dataStoreMapSizeKB' | 'dataDirectory'> &
-  L1ReaderConfig;
+  L1ReaderConfig &
+  Pick<ChainConfig, 'rollupVersion'>;
 
 export const proverBrokerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<ProverBrokerConfig> = {
   proverBrokerJobTimeoutMs: {
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ export const proverBrokerConfigMappings: ConfigMappingsType<ProverBrokerConfig>
   },
   ...dataConfigMappings,
   ...l1ReaderConfigMappings,
+  ...pickConfigMappings(chainConfigMappings, ['rollupVersion']),
 };
 
 export const defaultProverBrokerConfig: ProverBrokerConfig = getDefaultConfig(proverBrokerConfigMappings);
diff --git a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/proving_broker_database/broker_persisted_database.test.ts b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/proving_broker_database/broker_persisted_database.test.ts
index ceab680e98b1..012ec8bb99f7 100644
--- a/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/proving_broker_database/broker_persisted_database.test.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/prover-client/src/proving_broker/proving_broker_database/broker_persisted_database.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('ProvingBrokerPersistedDatabase', () => {
       l1RpcUrls: [],
       l1ChainId: 42,
       viemPollingIntervalMS: 100,
+      rollupVersion: 42,
     };
     db = await KVBrokerDatabase.new(config);
   });
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ describe('ProvingBrokerPersistedDatabase', () => {
         l1RpcUrls: [],
         l1ChainId: 42,
         viemPollingIntervalMS: 100,
+        rollupVersion: 42,
       };
       db = await KVBrokerDatabase.new(config);
       commitSpy = jest.spyOn(db, 'commitWrites');