diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 41440c48..87c51e4b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 all-features = true
 
 [dependencies]
-ethers-core = { version = "2", default-features = false }
+alloy-primitives = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "serde", "rand"] }
+alloy-dyn-abi = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+alloy-json-abi = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "serde_json"] }
 
 solang-parser = { version = "=0.3.2", default-features = false }
 
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@ yansi = "0.5.1"
 dirs = "5.0"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 
-
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 dunce = "1.0"
 rayon = "1.7"
diff --git a/benches/read_all.rs b/benches/read_all.rs
index a61fe5ca..806442a5 100644
--- a/benches/read_all.rs
+++ b/benches/read_all.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //! read many sources
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate criterion;
+extern crate rand;
 
 use criterion::Criterion;
-use ethers_core::rand;
 use foundry_compilers::{artifacts::Source, project_util::TempProject};
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, Rng};
 use std::{
diff --git a/src/artifact_output/mod.rs b/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
index c1dcbeb2..3044f6dd 100644
--- a/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
+++ b/src/artifact_output/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use crate::{
     sources::VersionedSourceFile,
     utils, HardhatArtifact, ProjectPathsConfig, SolFilesCache, SolcError, SolcIoError,
 };
-use ethers_core::{abi::Abi, types::Bytes};
+use alloy_json_abi::JsonAbi;
+use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ impl<T> Artifacts<T> {
 /// A trait representation for a [`crate::Contract`] artifact
 pub trait Artifact {
     /// Returns the artifact's `Abi` and bytecode
-    fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>);
+    fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<JsonAbi>, Option<Bytes>);
 
     /// Turns the artifact into a container type for abi, compact bytecode and deployed bytecode
     fn into_compact_contract(self) -> CompactContract;
@@ -435,10 +436,10 @@ pub trait Artifact {
     fn into_contract_bytecode(self) -> CompactContractBytecode;
 
     /// Returns the contents of this type as a single tuple of abi, bytecode and deployed bytecode
-    fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>);
+    fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<JsonAbi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>);
 
-    /// Consumes the type and returns the [Abi]
-    fn into_abi(self) -> Option<Abi>
+    /// Consumes the type and returns the [JsonAbi]
+    fn into_abi(self) -> Option<JsonAbi>
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ pub trait Artifact {
     }
 
     /// Same as [`Self::into_parts()`] but returns `Err` if an element is `None`
-    fn try_into_parts(self) -> Result<(Abi, Bytes, Bytes)>
+    fn try_into_parts(self) -> Result<(JsonAbi, Bytes, Bytes)>
     where
         Self: Sized,
     {
@@ -524,8 +525,8 @@ pub trait Artifact {
         Some(val)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the reference to the [Abi] if available
-    fn get_abi(&self) -> Option<Cow<Abi>> {
+    /// Returns the reference to the [JsonAbi] if available
+    fn get_abi(&self) -> Option<Cow<JsonAbi>> {
         self.get_contract_bytecode().abi
     }
 
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ where
     T: Into<CompactContractBytecode> + Into<CompactContract>,
     for<'a> &'a T: Into<CompactContractBytecodeCow<'a>>,
 {
-    fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>) {
+    fn into_inner(self) -> (Option<JsonAbi>, Option<Bytes>) {
         let artifact = self.into_compact_contract();
         (artifact.abi, artifact.bin.and_then(|bin| bin.into_bytes()))
     }
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ where
         self.into()
     }
 
-    fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<Abi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>) {
+    fn into_parts(self) -> (Option<JsonAbi>, Option<Bytes>, Option<Bytes>) {
         self.into_compact_contract().into_parts()
     }
 
diff --git a/src/artifacts/bytecode.rs b/src/artifacts/bytecode.rs
index 635aba3c..cd19b143 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/bytecode.rs
+++ b/src/artifacts/bytecode.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     sourcemap::{self, SourceMap, SyntaxError},
     utils,
 };
-use ethers_core::{abi::Address, types::Bytes};
+use alloy_primitives::{Address, Bytes};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
diff --git a/src/artifacts/contract.rs b/src/artifacts/contract.rs
index 63acbc47..7461ecbe 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/contract.rs
+++ b/src/artifacts/contract.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use crate::artifacts::{
     serde_helpers, DevDoc, Evm, Ewasm, LosslessAbi, LosslessMetadata, Offsets, StorageLayout,
     UserDoc,
 };
-use ethers_core::{abi::Contract as Abi, types::Bytes};
+use alloy_json_abi::JsonAbi as Abi;
+use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::BTreeMap, convert::TryFrom};
 
diff --git a/src/artifacts/mod.rs b/src/artifacts/mod.rs
index fd8f5902..53bc4504 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/mod.rs
+++ b/src/artifacts/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use crate::{
     compile::*, error::SolcIoError, remappings::Remapping, utils, ProjectPathsConfig, SolcError,
 };
-use ethers_core::abi::Abi;
+use alloy_json_abi::JsonAbi as Abi;
 use md5::Digest;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::{de::Visitor, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
@@ -1635,13 +1635,7 @@ impl OutputContracts {
     }
 }
 
-/// A helper type that ensures lossless (de)serialisation unlike [`ethers_core::abi::Abi`] which
-/// omits some information of (nested) components in a serde roundtrip. This is a problem for
-/// abienconderv2 structs because [`ethers_core::abi::Contract`]'s representation of those are
-/// [`ethers_core::abi::Param`] and the `kind` field of type [`ethers_core::abi::ParamType`] does
-/// not support deeply nested components as it's the case for structs. This is not easily fixable in
-/// ethabi as it would require a redesign of the overall `Param` and `ParamType` types. Instead,
-/// this type keeps a copy of the [`serde_json::Value`] when deserialized from the `solc` json
+/// This type keeps a copy of the [`serde_json::Value`] when deserialized from the `solc` json
 /// compiler output and uses it to serialize the `abi` without loss.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct LosslessAbi {
@@ -1678,7 +1672,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for LosslessAbi {
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
     {
         let abi_value = serde_json::Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        let abi = serde_json::from_value(abi_value.clone()).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+        let abi = Abi::from_json_str(&abi_value.to_string()).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
         Ok(Self { abi_value, abi })
     }
 }
@@ -2270,7 +2264,7 @@ impl SourceFiles {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::AggregatedCompilerOutput;
-    use ethers_core::types::Address;
+    use alloy_primitives::Address;
     use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/artifacts/serde_helpers.rs b/src/artifacts/serde_helpers.rs
index a6e4197f..8cb483c6 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/serde_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/artifacts/serde_helpers.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! serde helpers
 
-use ethers_core::types::Bytes;
+use alloy_primitives::Bytes;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
 pub fn deserialize_bytes<'de, D>(d: D) -> Result<Bytes, D::Error>
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5386e042..f215b102 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ mod tests {
         let project = Project::builder().paths(paths).no_artifacts().ephemeral().build().unwrap();
         let contracts = project.compile().unwrap().succeeded().output().contracts;
         // Contracts A to F
-        assert_eq!(contracts.contracts().count(), 5);
+        assert_eq!(contracts.contracts().count(), 3);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/test-data/test-contract-versions/pinned-0.4.14.sol b/test-data/test-contract-versions/pinned-0.4.14.sol
index 28e6774e..5b48a6ba 100644
--- a/test-data/test-contract-versions/pinned-0.4.14.sol
+++ b/test-data/test-contract-versions/pinned-0.4.14.sol
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-pragma solidity =0.4.14;
+// pragma solidity =0.4.14;
 
-contract D {
-    function foo() public {}
-}
+// contract D {
+//     function foo() public {}
+// }
diff --git a/test-data/test-contract-versions/simple-0.4.14.sol b/test-data/test-contract-versions/simple-0.4.14.sol
index 8a8ec28b..dd365c3a 100644
--- a/test-data/test-contract-versions/simple-0.4.14.sol
+++ b/test-data/test-contract-versions/simple-0.4.14.sol
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-pragma solidity =0.4.14;
+// pragma solidity =0.4.14;
 
-contract F {
-    function foo() public {}
-}
+// contract F {
+//     function foo() public {}
+// }
diff --git a/tests/project.rs b/tests/project.rs
index d2c3e4e9..99dca4ec 100644
--- a/tests/project.rs
+++ b/tests/project.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! project tests
 
-use ethers_core::types::Address;
+use alloy_primitives::Address;
 use foundry_compilers::{
     artifacts::{
         BytecodeHash, DevDoc, ErrorDoc, EventDoc, Libraries, MethodDoc, ModelCheckerEngine::CHC,
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ library MyLib {
     // provide the library settings to let solc link
     tmp.project_mut().solc_config.settings.libraries = BTreeMap::from([(
         lib,
-        BTreeMap::from([("MyLib".to_string(), format!("{:?}", Address::zero()))]),
+        BTreeMap::from([("MyLib".to_string(), format!("{:?}", Address::ZERO))]),
     )])
     .into();
 
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ library MyLib {
     let bytecode = &contract.bytecode.as_ref().unwrap().object;
     assert!(!bytecode.is_unlinked());
 
-    let libs = Libraries::parse(&[format!("./src/MyLib.sol:MyLib:{:?}", Address::zero())]).unwrap();
+    let libs = Libraries::parse(&[format!("./src/MyLib.sol:MyLib:{:?}", Address::ZERO)]).unwrap();
     // provide the library settings to let solc link
     tmp.project_mut().solc_config.settings.libraries = libs.with_applied_remappings(tmp.paths());
 
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ library MyLib {
     assert!(bytecode.is_unlinked());
 
     let libs =
-        Libraries::parse(&[format!("remapping/MyLib.sol:MyLib:{:?}", Address::zero())]).unwrap(); // provide the library settings to let solc link
+        Libraries::parse(&[format!("remapping/MyLib.sol:MyLib:{:?}", Address::ZERO)]).unwrap(); // provide the library settings to let solc link
     tmp.project_mut().solc_config.settings.libraries = libs.with_applied_remappings(tmp.paths());
 
     let compiled = tmp.compile().unwrap();