diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/testnet_compatibility.test.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/testnet_compatibility.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d76251c85bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/testnet_compatibility.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import type { InitialAccountData } from '@aztec/accounts/testing';
+import { Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
+import { getSponsoredFPCAddress } from '@aztec/cli/cli-utils';
+import { getVKTreeRoot } from '@aztec/noir-protocol-circuits-types/vk-tree';
+import { protocolContractTreeRoot } from '@aztec/protocol-contracts';
+import { getGenesisValues } from '@aztec/world-state/testing';
+
+/**
+ * This test suit makes sure that the code in the monorepo is still compatible with the latest version of testnet
+ * Only update these values after a governance update that changes the protocol is enacted
+ */
+describe('Testnet compatibility', () => {
+  it('has expected VK tree root', () => {
+    expect(getVKTreeRoot()).toEqual(
+      Fr.fromHexString('0x2339da454741e2360c4e27c6f68767215a5b6ce150527d32d6b6c95aa92ec8c9'),
+    );
+  });
+  it('has expected Protocol Contracts tree root', () => {
+    expect(protocolContractTreeRoot).toEqual(
+      Fr.fromHexString('0x2efd3fd6b542f09e9f76c84337f46370f67729ce54c815d35866b4cb2a267203'),
+    );
+  });
+  it('has expected Genesis tree roots', async () => {
+    const initialAccounts: InitialAccountData[] = [];
+    const sponsoredFPCAddress = await getSponsoredFPCAddress();
+    const initialFundedAccounts = initialAccounts.map(a => a.address).concat(sponsoredFPCAddress);
+    const { genesisArchiveRoot } = await getGenesisValues(initialFundedAccounts);
+
+    expect(genesisArchiveRoot).toEqual(
+      Fr.fromHexString('0x1f9a1f495b0a8f12ebc07e1bea931ea1e2b6f862b6da9d5395ab11c5374ccabb'),
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/upgrade.test.ts b/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/upgrade.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0464aa6efdfb..000000000000
--- a/yarn-project/aztec/src/test/upgrade.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// TODO(#12333): Implement upgrade tests
-// Also, needed to add this file so that `aztec/src/**/*.test.ts` as invoked in `yarn-project/bootstrap.sh` is not empty.
-describe('Upgrade', () => {
-  it('should upgrade', () => {
-    expect(true).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/yarn-project/bootstrap.sh b/yarn-project/bootstrap.sh
index 75047dafcb3d..e87c7a112ad8 100755
--- a/yarn-project/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/bootstrap.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function test_cmds {
   # end-to-end: e2e tests handled separately with end-to-end/bootstrap.sh.
   # kv-store: Uses mocha so will need different treatment.
   # noir-bb-bench: A slow pain. Figure out later.
-  for test in !(end-to-end|kv-store|noir-bb-bench)/src/**/*.test.ts; do
+  for test in !(end-to-end|kv-store|noir-bb-bench|aztec)/src/**/*.test.ts; do
     local prefix=$hash
     local cmd_env=""
 
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ function test_cmds {
   # Uses mocha for browser tests, so we have to treat it differently.
   echo "$hash cd yarn-project/kv-store && yarn test"
   echo "$hash cd yarn-project/ivc-integration && yarn test:browser"
+
+  if [ "$CI" -eq 0 ] || [ "${TARGET_BRANCH:-}" != "next" ]; then
+    echo "$hash yarn-project/scripts/run_test.sh aztec/src/test/testnet_compatibility.test.ts"
+  fi
 }
 
 function test {