diff --git a/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.spec.ts b/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.spec.ts
index 2c2cb620f5f..2cb2c30a37f 100644
--- a/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/page-accounts/src/Accounts/index.spec.ts
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ describe('Accounts page', () => {
       mockApiHooks.setDelegations([{ asDelegating: { target: bob as unknown as AccountId } as unknown as VotingDelegating, isDelegating: true } as Voting]);
       mockApiHooks.setProxies([[[{ delegate: alice as unknown as AccountId, proxyType: { isAny: true, isGovernance: true, isNonTransfer: true, isStaking: true, toNumber: () => 1 } } as unknown as ProxyDefinition], new BN(1)]]);
     });
+
     describe('when genesis hash is not set', () => {
       beforeEach(async () => {
         accountsPage.renderAccountsWithDefaultAddresses(
diff --git a/packages/page-accounts/src/modals/MultisigApprove.tsx b/packages/page-accounts/src/modals/MultisigApprove.tsx
index 06ef79702d8..3a40a1aee2c 100644
--- a/packages/page-accounts/src/modals/MultisigApprove.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-accounts/src/modals/MultisigApprove.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function MultisigApprove ({ className = '', onClose, ongoing, threshold, who }:
   const { allAccounts } = useAccounts();
   const [callHex, setCallHex] = useState<string>('');
   const [{ callData, callError, callInfo }, setCallData] = useState<CallData>(EMPTY_CALL);
-  const { encodedCallLength, v1Weight } = useWeight(callData);
+  const { encodedCallLength, weight } = useWeight(callData);
   const [hash, setHash] = useState<string | null>(() => ongoing[0][0].toHex());
   const [{ isMultiCall, multisig }, setMultisig] = useState<MultiInfo>(() => ({ isMultiCall: false, multisig: null }));
   const [isCallOverride, setCallOverride] = useState(true);
@@ -139,20 +139,22 @@ function MultisigApprove ({ className = '', onClose, ongoing, threshold, who }:
           ? isMultiCall && isCallOverride
             ? callData
               ? multiMod.asMulti.meta.args.length === 6
-                ? multiMod.asMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, callData.toHex(), false, v1Weight)
+                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+                ? multiMod.asMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, callData.toHex(), false, weight as any)
                 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
                 // @ts-ignore (We are doing toHex here since we have a Vec<u8> input)
                 : multiMod.asMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, callData)
               : null
             : multiMod.approveAsMulti.meta.args.length === 5
-              ? multiMod.approveAsMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, hash, v1Weight)
+              // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+              ? multiMod.approveAsMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, hash, weight as any)
               // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
               // @ts-ignore
               : multiMod.approveAsMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, hash)
           : multiMod.cancelAsMulti(threshold, others, multisig.when, hash)
         : null
     );
-  }, [api, callData, hash, isCallOverride, isMultiCall, others, multisig, threshold, type, v1Weight]);
+  }, [api, callData, hash, isCallOverride, isMultiCall, others, multisig, threshold, type, weight]);
 
   const isAye = type === 'aye';
 
diff --git a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Close.tsx b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Close.tsx
index a48645851c2..bc7f94d93b3 100644
--- a/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Close.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-council/src/Motions/Close.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function Close ({ hasFailed, hash, idNumber, proposal }: Props): React.ReactElem
   const { api } = useApi();
   const [isOpen, toggleOpen] = useToggle();
   const [accountId, setAccountId] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const { encodedCallLength, v1Weight } = useWeight(proposal);
+  const { encodedCallLength, weight } = useWeight(proposal);
   const modLocation = useCollectiveInstance('council');
 
   // protect against older versions
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function Close ({ hasFailed, hash, idNumber, proposal }: Props): React.ReactElem
                 api.tx[modLocation].close.meta.args.length === 4
                   ? hasFailed
                     ? [hash, idNumber, 0, 0]
-                    : [hash, idNumber, v1Weight, encodedCallLength]
+                    : [hash, idNumber, weight, encodedCallLength]
                   : [hash, idNumber]
               }
               tx={api.tx[modLocation].closeOperational || api.tx[modLocation].close}
diff --git a/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/ByHash.tsx b/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/ByHash.tsx
index 8844d3fbca0..bd7e30d06b5 100644
--- a/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/ByHash.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/ByHash.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ function BlockByHash ({ className = '', error, value }: Props): React.ReactEleme
     [api, runtimeVersion]
   );
 
+  const systemEvents = useMemo(
+    () => events && events.filter(({ record: { phase } }) => !phase.isApplyExtrinsic),
+    [events]
+  );
+
   useEffect((): void => {
     value && Promise
       .all([
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ function BlockByHash ({ className = '', error, value }: Props): React.ReactEleme
               <Events
                 error={evtError}
                 eventClassName='explorer--BlockByHash-block'
-                events={events && events.filter(({ record: { phase } }) => !phase.isApplyExtrinsic)}
+                events={systemEvents}
                 label={t<string>('system events')}
               />
             </Columar.Column>
diff --git a/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/Summary.tsx b/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/Summary.tsx
index f4560e41e13..ab86cf9e61c 100644
--- a/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/Summary.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-explorer/src/BlockInfo/Summary.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ function extractEventDetails (events?: KeyedEvent[] | null): [BN?, BN?, BN?] {
         ? transfers.iadd(data[2] as Balance)
         : transfers,
       section === 'system' && ['ExtrinsicFailed', 'ExtrinsicSuccess'].includes(method)
-        ? weight.iadd(convertWeight(((method === 'ExtrinsicSuccess' ? data[0] : data[1]) as DispatchInfo).weight).v1Weight)
+        ? weight.iadd(
+          convertWeight(
+            ((method === 'ExtrinsicSuccess' ? data[0] : data[1]) as DispatchInfo).weight
+          ).v1Weight
+        )
         : weight
     ], [new BN(0), new BN(0), new BN(0)])
     : [];
diff --git a/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Close.tsx b/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Close.tsx
index 9f5df83c1bd..bcb8dc2ad6b 100644
--- a/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Close.tsx
+++ b/packages/page-tech-comm/src/Proposals/Close.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function Close ({ hasFailed, hash, idNumber, proposal, type }: Props): React.Rea
   const { api } = useApi();
   const [isOpen, toggleOpen] = useToggle();
   const [accountId, setAccountId] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const { encodedCallLength, v1Weight } = useWeight(proposal);
+  const { encodedCallLength, weight } = useWeight(proposal);
   const modLocation = useCollectiveInstance(type);
 
   if (!modLocation) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function Close ({ hasFailed, hash, idNumber, proposal, type }: Props): React.Rea
                 api.tx[modLocation].close.meta.args.length === 4
                   ? hasFailed
                     ? [hash, idNumber, 0, 0]
-                    : [hash, idNumber, v1Weight, encodedCallLength]
+                    : [hash, idNumber, weight, encodedCallLength]
                   : [hash, idNumber]
               }
               tx={api.tx[modLocation].closeOperational || api.tx[modLocation].close}
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
index 7c79022b86e..43cc43d054c 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useTxBatch.ts
@@ -50,11 +50,8 @@ function useTxBatchImpl (txs?: SubmittableExtrinsic<'promise'>[] | null | false,
     txs && txs.length && allAccounts[0] && api.call.transactionPaymentApi &&
       nextTick(async (): Promise<void> => {
         try {
-          const weight = convertWeight(
-            (
-              await txs[0].paymentInfo(allAccounts[0])
-            ).weight
-          );
+          const paymentInfo = await txs[0].paymentInfo(allAccounts[0]);
+          const weight = convertWeight(paymentInfo.weight);
           const maxBlock = convertWeight(
             api.consts.system.blockWeights
               ? api.consts.system.blockWeights.maxBlock
@@ -65,8 +62,7 @@ function useTxBatchImpl (txs?: SubmittableExtrinsic<'promise'>[] | null | false,
             weight.v1Weight.isZero()
               ? prev
               : Math.floor(
-                maxBlock
-                  .v1Weight
+                maxBlock.v1Weight
                   .muln(64) // 65% of the block weight on a single extrinsic (64 for safety)
                   .div(weight.v1Weight)
                   .toNumber() / 100
diff --git a/packages/react-hooks/src/useWeight.ts b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWeight.ts
index 47f197a52d4..90ae76c8e34 100644
--- a/packages/react-hooks/src/useWeight.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hooks/src/useWeight.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
-import { BN_ZERO, nextTick } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { BN_ZERO, isFunction, nextTick, objectSpread } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import { createNamedHook } from './createNamedHook';
 import { useApi } from './useApi';
@@ -26,16 +26,19 @@ interface V2WeightConstruct {
 
 interface Result {
   encodedCallLength: number;
+  isWeightV2: boolean;
   v1Weight: BN;
   v2Weight: V2WeightConstruct;
+  weight: BN | V2WeightConstruct;
 }
 
 // a random address that we are using for our queries
 const ZERO_ACCOUNT = '5CAUdnwecHGxxyr5vABevAfZ34Fi4AaraDRMwfDQXQ52PXqg';
-const EMPTY_STATE: Result = {
+const EMPTY_STATE: Partial<Result> = {
   encodedCallLength: 0,
   v1Weight: BN_ZERO,
-  v2Weight: { refTime: BN_ZERO }
+  v2Weight: { refTime: BN_ZERO },
+  weight: BN_ZERO
 };
 
 // return both v1 & v2 weight structures (would depend on actual use)
@@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ export function convertWeight (weight: V1Weight | V2Weight): { v1Weight: BN, v2W
 function useWeightImpl (call?: Call | null): Result {
   const { api } = useApi();
   const mountedRef = useIsMountedRef();
-  const [state, setState] = useState(EMPTY_STATE);
+  const [state, setState] = useState<Result>(() => objectSpread({
+    isWeightV2: !isFunction(api.registry.createType('Weight').toBn)
+  }, EMPTY_STATE));
 
   useEffect((): void => {
     if (call && api.call.transactionPaymentApi) {
@@ -65,13 +70,24 @@ function useWeightImpl (call?: Call | null): Result {
             (await api.tx(call).paymentInfo(ZERO_ACCOUNT)).weight
           );
 
-          mountedRef.current && setState({ encodedCallLength: call.encodedLength, v1Weight, v2Weight });
+          mountedRef.current && setState((prev) =>
+            objectSpread({}, prev, {
+              encodedCallLength: call.encodedLength,
+              v1Weight,
+              v2Weight,
+              weight: prev.isWeightV2
+                ? v2Weight
+                : v1Weight
+            })
+          );
         } catch (error) {
           console.error(error);
         }
       });
     } else {
-      setState(EMPTY_STATE);
+      setState((prev) =>
+        objectSpread({}, prev, EMPTY_STATE)
+      );
     }
   }, [api, call, mountedRef]);
 
diff --git a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
index bc1df7d38ad..1bc7fbbef44 100644
--- a/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-signer/src/TxSigned.tsx
@@ -120,12 +120,13 @@ async function wrapTx (api: ApiPromise, currentItem: QueueTx, { isMultiCall, mul
 
   if (multiRoot) {
     const multiModule = api.tx.multisig ? 'multisig' : 'utility';
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
     const [info, { weight }] = await Promise.all([
       api.query[multiModule].multisigs<Option<Multisig>>(multiRoot, tx.method.hash),
-      tx.paymentInfo(multiRoot)
+      tx.paymentInfo(multiRoot) as Promise<{ weight: any }>
     ]);
 
-    console.log('multisig max weight=', weight.toString());
+    console.log('multisig max weight=', (weight as string).toString());
 
     const { threshold, who } = extractExternal(multiRoot);
     const others = who.filter((w) => w !== signAddress);
@@ -138,11 +139,13 @@ async function wrapTx (api: ApiPromise, currentItem: QueueTx, { isMultiCall, mul
     tx = isMultiCall
       ? api.tx[multiModule].asMulti.meta.args.length === 6
         // We are doing toHex here since we have a Vec<u8> input
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
         ? api.tx[multiModule].asMulti(threshold, others, timepoint, tx.method.toHex(), false, weight)
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
         // @ts-ignore
         : api.tx[multiModule].asMulti(threshold, others, timepoint, tx.method)
       : api.tx[multiModule].approveAsMulti.meta.args.length === 5
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
         ? api.tx[multiModule].approveAsMulti(threshold, others, timepoint, tx.method.hash, weight)
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
         // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/packages/test-support/src/pages/Page.tsx b/packages/test-support/src/pages/Page.tsx
index bea1184f8d0..2efcab596e7 100644
--- a/packages/test-support/src/pages/Page.tsx
+++ b/packages/test-support/src/pages/Page.tsx
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ export abstract class Page {
     });
 
     const noop = () => Promise.resolve(() => { /**/ });
+    const registry = new TypeRegistry();
     const api = {
       consts: {
         babe: {
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ export abstract class Page {
           account: noop
         }
       },
-      genesisHash: new TypeRegistry().createType('Hash', POLKADOT_GENESIS),
+      genesisHash: registry.createType('Hash', POLKADOT_GENESIS),
       query: {
         democracy: {
           votingOf: noop
@@ -165,6 +166,8 @@ export abstract class Page {
       registry: {
         chainDecimals: [12],
         chainTokens: ['Unit'],
+        createType: (...args: Parameters<typeof registry.createType>) =>
+          registry.createType(...args),
         lookup: {
           names: []
         }