diff --git a/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/artifacts/cmd/mktar/main.go b/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/artifacts/cmd/mktar/main.go
index 75be53e8e48ae..b3b0826e19c8a 100644
--- a/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/artifacts/cmd/mktar/main.go
+++ b/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/artifacts/cmd/mktar/main.go
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 )
@@ -150,6 +152,13 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("walk: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Add COMMIT file if git is available
+	if commit := getGitCommit(absBase); commit != "" {
+		if err := addCommitFile(tw, commit); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to add COMMIT file: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := tw.Flush(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("flush tar: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -216,3 +225,36 @@ func linkTarget(path string, info os.FileInfo) string {
 	}
 	return target
 }
+
+func getGitCommit(baseDir string) string {
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+	cmd.Dir = baseDir
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+}
+
+func addCommitFile(tw *tar.Writer, commit string) error {
+	hdr := &tar.Header{
+		Name:       "COMMIT",
+		Size:       int64(len(commit)),
+		Mode:       0644,
+		ModTime:    time.Now(),
+		AccessTime: time.Now(),
+		ChangeTime: time.Now(),
+		Typeflag:   tar.TypeReg,
+	}
+
+	if err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if _, err := tw.Write([]byte(commit)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("a COMMIT")
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/integration_test/cli/verify_test.go b/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/integration_test/cli/verify_test.go
index 558387d8e5e96..95bf1d0d94300 100644
--- a/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/integration_test/cli/verify_test.go
+++ b/op-deployer/pkg/deployer/integration_test/cli/verify_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestCLIVerify(t *testing.T) {
 			"--artifacts-locator", "embedded",
 		}, nil)
 
-		require.Contains(t, output, "Contract verified successfully")
+		require.Contains(t, output, "Contract already verified")
 		require.Contains(t, output, "superchainConfigProxyAddress")
 	})
 
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ func TestCLIVerify(t *testing.T) {
 
 		require.Contains(t, output, "Starting automatic contract verification")
 		require.Contains(t, output, "Verification Summary")
-		require.Contains(t, output, "verified=5")
+		require.Contains(t, output, "verified=0")
+		require.Contains(t, output, "skipped=5")
 		require.Contains(t, output, "failed=0")
 	})
 
@@ -165,6 +166,19 @@ func setupMockBlockscout(t *testing.T) string {
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
+		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/v2/smart-contracts/") {
+			response := map[string]interface{}{
+				"message":                         "OK",
+				"is_verified":                     true,
+				"is_fully_verified":               true,
+				"is_partially_verified":           false,
+				"is_verified_via_eth_bytecode_db": false,
+				"is_verified_via_sourcify":        false,
+			}
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response)
+			return
+		}
+
 		var action string
 		if r.Method == http.MethodPost {
 			if err := r.ParseForm(); err != nil {
diff --git a/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/ops/publish-artifacts.sh b/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/ops/publish-artifacts.sh
index 26e55ea077567..84901321f429a 100755
--- a/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/ops/publish-artifacts.sh
+++ b/packages/contracts-bedrock/scripts/ops/publish-artifacts.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@ set -euo pipefail
 usage() {
   echo "Usage: $0 [--force|-f]"
   echo ""
-  echo "Publish contract artifacts to GCS with optional zstd compression."
+  echo "Publish contract artifacts to GCS using op-deployer's build process."
   echo ""
   echo "Options:"
   echo "  --force, -f    Force upload even if artifacts already exist"
   echo "  --help, -h     Show this help message"
   echo ""
-  echo "If zstd is available, creates both .tar.gz and .tar.zst files."
-  echo "Otherwise, creates only .tar.gz with a warning about future zstd requirement."
+  echo "Uses 'just build-contracts' and 'just copy-contract-artifacts' from op-deployer."
   exit 0
 }
 
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ echoerr() {
   echo "$@" 1>&2
 }
 
-# Check for help flag
 if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ] || [ "${1:-}" = "-h" ]; then
   usage
 fi
@@ -30,157 +28,68 @@ CONTRACTS_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../.."
 DEPLOY_BUCKET="oplabs-contract-artifacts"
 BUCKET_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/$DEPLOY_BUCKET"
 
-cd "$CONTRACTS_DIR"
+# Resolve paths
+ROOT_DIR=$(cd -- "$CONTRACTS_DIR/../.." &> /dev/null && pwd)
+OP_DEPLOYER_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/op-deployer"
+
+if [ ! -d "$OP_DEPLOYER_DIR" ]; then
+  echoerr "> ERROR: op-deployer not found at $OP_DEPLOYER_DIR"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-# Check for force flag
 FORCE=false
 if [ "${1:-}" = "--force" ] || [ "${1:-}" = "-f" ]; then
   FORCE=true
   echoerr "> Force mode enabled - will overwrite existing artifacts"
 fi
 
-if command -v zstd > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-  HAS_ZSTD=true
-  echoerr "> zstd found, will create both .tar.gz and .tar.zst files"
-else
-  HAS_ZSTD=false
-  echoerr "> zstd not found, will create only .tar.gz files"
-  echoerr "> WARNING: zstd not available. In the future, only zstd will be supported."
-fi
+checksum=$(bash "$CONTRACTS_DIR/scripts/ops/calculate-checksum.sh")
 
-# ensure that artifacts exists and is non-empty
-if [ ! -d "forge-artifacts" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A forge-artifacts)" ]; then
-  echoerr "> No forge-artifacts directory found."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -d "artifacts" ] || [ -z "$(ls -A artifacts)" ]; then
-  echoerr "> No artifacts directory found."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-checksum=$(bash scripts/ops/calculate-checksum.sh)
-
-archive_name_gz="artifacts-v1-$checksum.tar.gz"
 archive_name_zst="artifacts-v1-$checksum.tar.zst"
-
-upload_url_gz="$BUCKET_URL/$archive_name_gz"
 upload_url_zst="$BUCKET_URL/$archive_name_zst"
 
 echoerr "> Checksum: $checksum"
 echoerr "> Checking for existing artifacts..."
 
-if [ "$HAS_ZSTD" = true ]; then
-  exists_zst=$(curl -s -o /dev/null --fail -LI "$upload_url_zst" || echo "fail")
-  if [ "$exists_zst" != "fail" ] && [ "$FORCE" = false ]; then
-    echoerr "> Existing artifacts found (.tar.zst), nothing to do. Use --force to overwrite."
-    exit 0
-  fi
-fi
-
-exists_gz=$(curl -s -o /dev/null --fail -LI "$upload_url_gz" || echo "fail")
-
-if [ "$exists_gz" != "fail" ] && [ "$FORCE" = false ]; then
-  echoerr "> Existing artifacts found (.tar.gz), nothing to do. Use --force to overwrite."
+exists_zst=$(curl -s -o /dev/null --fail -LI "$upload_url_zst" || echo "fail")
+if [ "$exists_zst" != "fail" ] && [ "$FORCE" = false ]; then
+  echoerr "> Existing artifacts found (.tar.zst), nothing to do. Use --force to overwrite."
   exit 0
 fi
 
-echoerr "> Archiving artifacts..."
-
-# use gtar on darwin
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin*" ]]; then
-  tar="gtar"
-else
-  tar="tar"
-fi
-
-rm -f COMMIT
-commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-echo "$commit" > COMMIT
-
-tar_args=("artifacts" "forge-artifacts" "COMMIT")
-if [ -d "cache" ]; then
-  tar_args+=("cache")
-  echoerr "> Including cache directory in archive"
-else
-  echoerr "> Cache directory not found, excluding from archive"
-fi
-
-if [ "$HAS_ZSTD" = true ]; then
-  echoerr "> Compressing artifacts (.tar.gz and .tar.zst)..."
-
-  # Create intermediate tar file first for reliable compression
-  temp_tar="artifacts-v1-$checksum.tar"
-  "$tar" -cf "$temp_tar" "${tar_args[@]}"
-
-  gzip -9 < "$temp_tar" > "$archive_name_gz" &
-  gz_pid=$!
-
-  zstd --ultra -22 -f "$temp_tar" -o "$archive_name_zst" &
-  zst_pid=$!
-
-  wait "$gz_pid"
-  wait "$zst_pid"
-
-  rm "$temp_tar"
+echoerr "> Building contracts and creating artifacts..."
 
-  du -sh "$archive_name_gz" | awk '{$1=$1};1' # trim leading whitespace
-  echoerr "> Created .tar.gz archive"
-  du -sh "$archive_name_zst" | awk '{$1=$1};1' # trim leading whitespace
-  echoerr "> Created .tar.zst archive"
+cd "$OP_DEPLOYER_DIR"
 
-  # Compare file sizes in MB
-  gz_size=$(stat -f%z "$archive_name_gz" 2> /dev/null || stat -c%s "$archive_name_gz" 2> /dev/null || echo "0")
-  zst_size=$(stat -f%z "$archive_name_zst" 2> /dev/null || stat -c%s "$archive_name_zst" 2> /dev/null || echo "0")
+echoerr "> Running 'just build-contracts'..."
+just build-contracts
 
-  if [ "$gz_size" -gt 0 ] && [ "$zst_size" -gt 0 ]; then
-    gz_mb=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $gz_size / 1048576}")
-    zst_mb=$(awk "BEGIN {printf \"%.2f\", $zst_size / 1048576}")
-    savings=$((gz_size - zst_size))
-    savings_percent=$((100 * savings / gz_size))
-    echoerr "> Size comparison: .tar.gz=${gz_mb}MB, .tar.zst=${zst_mb}MB (${savings_percent}% smaller)"
-  fi
-else
-  echoerr "> Compressing artifacts (.tar.gz)..."
+echoerr "> Running 'just copy-contract-artifacts'..."
+just copy-contract-artifacts
 
-  "$tar" -czf "$archive_name_gz" "${tar_args[@]}"
-  du -sh "$archive_name_gz" | awk '{$1=$1};1' # trim leading whitespace
-  echoerr "> Created .tar.gz archive"
+ARTIFACTS_TZST="./pkg/deployer/artifacts/forge-artifacts/artifacts.tzst"
+if [ ! -f "$ARTIFACTS_TZST" ]; then
+  echoerr "> ERROR: Failed to create artifacts.tzst"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
-echoerr "> Done."
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"' EXIT
+
+cp "$ARTIFACTS_TZST" "$TEMP_DIR/$archive_name_zst"
+du -sh "$TEMP_DIR/$archive_name_zst" | awk '{$1=$1};1'
+echoerr "> Created .tar.zst archive"
 
 echoerr "> Uploading artifacts to $BUCKET_URL..."
 
 # Force single-stream upload to improve reliability
 gcloud config set storage/parallel_composite_upload_enabled False
-if [ "$HAS_ZSTD" = true ]; then
-  # Upload with checksum-based names
-  gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$archive_name_gz" "$archive_name_zst" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: $upload_url_gz"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: $upload_url_zst"
-
-  # Also upload as "latest" for PR fallback
-  echoerr "> Uploading as 'latest' for PR fallback..."
-  gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$archive_name_gz" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.gz"
-  gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$archive_name_zst" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.zst"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: https://storage.googleapis.com/$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.gz"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: https://storage.googleapis.com/$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.zst"
-else
-  # Upload with checksum-based name
-  gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$archive_name_gz" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/$archive_name_gz"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: $upload_url_gz"
-
-  # Also upload as "latest" for PR fallback
-  echoerr "> Uploading as 'latest' for PR fallback..."
-  gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$archive_name_gz" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.gz"
-  echoerr "> Uploaded to: https://storage.googleapis.com/$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.gz"
-fi
 
-echoerr "> Done."
+gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "$TEMP_DIR/$archive_name_zst" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/$archive_name_zst"
+echoerr "> Uploaded to: $upload_url_zst"
 
-rm "$archive_name_gz"
-if [ "$HAS_ZSTD" = true ]; then
-  rm "$archive_name_zst"
-fi
-rm COMMIT
+echoerr "> Uploading as 'latest' for PR fallback..."
+gcloud --verbosity="info" storage cp "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/$archive_name_zst" "gs://$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.zst"
+echoerr "> Uploaded to: https://storage.googleapis.com/$DEPLOY_BUCKET/artifacts-v1-latest.tar.zst"
+
+echoerr "> Done."