diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index b65df508da..7d910a829f 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -715,7 +715,6 @@ if sui:
         "sui",
         port_forwards = [
             port_forward(9000, 9000, name = "RPC [:9000]", host = webHost),
-            port_forward(5003, name = "Faucet [:5003]", host = webHost),
             port_forward(9184, name = "Prometheus [:9184]", host = webHost),
         ],
         labels = ["sui"],
diff --git a/clients/js/src/consts/contracts.ts b/clients/js/src/consts/contracts.ts
index f98bb0fafb..a0c00c8951 100644
--- a/clients/js/src/consts/contracts.ts
+++ b/clients/js/src/consts/contracts.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ const OVERRIDES = {
   },
   DEVNET: {
     sui: {
-      core: "0x6c0b10e14f6d9e817105765811faf144e591e9b286abde60a796775363bac14c", // wormhole module State object ID
+      core: "0xb49caa756546453e3145574c206a570a43506fbc2c43f0181834555f85dbe57d", // wormhole module State object ID
       token_bridge:
-        "0x7e8558339a0605f2ea79bb4dfd20523dc5ae44af3f5c6f891305cf6fe61044bf", // token_bridge module State object ID
+        "0xad0fd243ad451b773ccff4707842e0eeaa8c51a8071912fe3285247220b3fdd1", // token_bridge module State object ID
     },
     aptos: {
       token_bridge:
diff --git a/devnet/sui-devnet.yaml b/devnet/sui-devnet.yaml
index b518104711..6e362bcb38 100644
--- a/devnet/sui-devnet.yaml
+++ b/devnet/sui-devnet.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ spec:
     - name: prometheus
       port: 9184
       targetPort: prometheus
-    - name: faucet
-      port: 5003
-      targetPort: faucet
   selector:
     app: sui
 ---
@@ -52,9 +49,6 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 9184
               name: prometheus
               protocol: TCP
-            - containerPort: 5003
-              name: faucet
-              protocol: TCP
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: 9000
@@ -63,9 +57,10 @@ spec:
           command: ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
           args:
             [
-              "cd /tmp && ./scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh && ./scripts/airdrop_devnet.sh && worm sui setup-devnet && touch success && sleep infinity",
+              "cd /tmp && ./scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh && worm sui setup-devnet && touch success && sleep infinity",
             ]
           readinessProbe:
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
             periodSeconds: 5
             failureThreshold: 300
             exec:
diff --git a/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/sui-integration.ts b/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/sui-integration.ts
index 5874d405a1..8e4bcf643a 100644
--- a/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/sui-integration.ts
+++ b/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/sui-integration.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import { Payload, VAA, parse, serialiseVAA } from "../../vaa/generic";
 import {
   ETH_NODE_URL,
   ETH_PRIVATE_KEY10,
-  SUI_FAUCET_URL,
   SUI_NODE_URL,
   TEST_ERC20,
   WORMHOLE_RPC_HOSTS,
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ const suiAddress: string = suiKeypair.getPublicKey().toSuiAddress();
 const suiProvider: JsonRpcProvider = new JsonRpcProvider(
   new Connection({
     fullnode: SUI_NODE_URL,
-    faucet: SUI_FAUCET_URL,
   })
 );
 const suiSigner: RawSigner = new RawSigner(suiKeypair, suiProvider);
diff --git a/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/utils/consts.ts b/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/utils/consts.ts
index fdddc59193..543258509a 100644
--- a/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/utils/consts.ts
+++ b/sdk/js/src/token_bridge/__tests__/utils/consts.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,3 @@ export const APTOS_PRIVATE_KEY =
   "537c1f91e56891445b491068f519b705f8c0f1a1e66111816dd5d4aa85b8113d";
 
 export const SUI_NODE_URL = ci ? "http://sui:9000" : "http://localhost:9000";
-export const SUI_FAUCET_URL = ci
-  ? "http://sui:5003/gas"
-  : "http://localhost:5003/gas";
diff --git a/sdk/js/src/utils/consts.ts b/sdk/js/src/utils/consts.ts
index 95fb108ea1..4dedc70a01 100644
--- a/sdk/js/src/utils/consts.ts
+++ b/sdk/js/src/utils/consts.ts
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ const DEVNET = {
       "0x46da3d4c569388af61f951bdd1153f4c875f90c2991f6b2d0a38e2161a40852c",
   },
   sui: {
-    core: "0x6c0b10e14f6d9e817105765811faf144e591e9b286abde60a796775363bac14c", // wormhole module State object ID
+    core: "0xb49caa756546453e3145574c206a570a43506fbc2c43f0181834555f85dbe57d", // wormhole module State object ID
     token_bridge:
-      "0x7e8558339a0605f2ea79bb4dfd20523dc5ae44af3f5c6f891305cf6fe61044bf", // token_bridge module State object ID
+      "0xad0fd243ad451b773ccff4707842e0eeaa8c51a8071912fe3285247220b3fdd1", // token_bridge module State object ID
     nft_bridge: undefined,
   },
   moonbeam: {
diff --git a/sui/Dockerfile b/sui/Dockerfile
index d0ac4bd7b9..016b605916 100644
--- a/sui/Dockerfile
+++ b/sui/Dockerfile
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ FROM cli-gen AS cli-export
 FROM const-gen AS const-export
 FROM ghcr.io/wormhole-foundation/sui:1.19.1-mainnet@sha256:544a1b2aa5701fae25a19aed3c5e8c24e0caf7d1c9f511b6844d339a8f0b2a00 as sui
 
-RUN sui genesis -f
-
-# COPY sui/devnet/client.yaml /root/.sui/sui_config/
-# COPY sui/devnet/sui.keystore /root/.sui/sui_config/
+COPY sui/devnet/genesis_config genesis_config
+RUN sui genesis -f --from-config genesis_config
 
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
diff --git a/sui/README.md b/sui/README.md
index 09f3a4c46a..729a8c406c 100644
--- a/sui/README.md
+++ b/sui/README.md
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ Make sure your Cargo version is at least 1.65.0 and then follow the steps below:
 Install the `Sui` CLI. This tool is used to compile the contracts and run the tests.
 
 ```sh
-cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git --rev 041c5f2bae2fe52079e44b70514333532d69f4e6 sui sui-faucet
+cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git --rev 041c5f2bae2fe52079e44b70514333532d69f4e6 sui
 ```
 
 Some useful Sui CLI commands are
 
 - `sui start` to spin up a local network
 - `rpc-server` to start a server for handling rpc calls
-- `sui-faucet` to start a faucet for requesting funds from active-address
 
 Next, install the [worm](../clients/js/README.md) CLI tool by running
 
@@ -93,13 +92,7 @@ Simply run
 worm start-validator sui
 ```
 
-which will start a local sui validator with an RPC endpoint at `0.0.0.0:9000`
-and the faucet endpoint at `0.0.0.0:5003/gas`. Note that the faucet takes a few
-(~10) seconds to come up, so only proceed when you see the following:
-
-```text
-Faucet is running.  Faucet endpoint: 0.0.0.0:5003/gas
-```
+which will start a local sui validator with an RPC endpoint at `0.0.0.0:9000`.
 
 Once the validator is running, the contracts are ready to deploy. In the
 [scripts](./scripts) directory, run
diff --git a/sui/devnet/genesis_config b/sui/devnet/genesis_config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeb16458fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sui/devnet/genesis_config
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+---
+ssfn_config_info: ~
+validator_config_info: ~
+parameters:
+  chain_start_timestamp_ms: 1709486339140
+  protocol_version: 36
+  allow_insertion_of_extra_objects: true
+  epoch_duration_ms: 86400000
+  stake_subsidy_start_epoch: 0
+  stake_subsidy_initial_distribution_amount: 1000000000000000
+  stake_subsidy_period_length: 10
+  stake_subsidy_decrease_rate: 1000
+accounts:
+  - address: "0x2e425dd30f43ff1d59547322839cfc4b8fbaae54d72075181ebd7388b644fdbe"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+  - address: "0x8a8bb058d6c86aa175566c9e2d19278dd22ed9fecdda8fb486018f93a0629bb5"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+  - address: "0xa0f33ce147ecae789f535c64634851724284dd618a529672702b991a5f7bf816"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+  - address: "0xbd00a48078c0513a5f9a0d1c9352cd5c23a0e0cf3e6a82673cdae857cd00021e"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+  - address: "0xfd5f84cf9285f2b206e03727224b9daffa6092661b840d92434751792010b7de"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+  - address: "0xed867315e3f7c83ae82e6d5858b6a6cc57c291fd84f7509646ebc8162169cf96"
+    gas_amounts:
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
+      - 30000000000000000
diff --git a/sui/scripts/airdrop_devnet.sh b/sui/scripts/airdrop_devnet.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 047646fdb0..0000000000
--- a/sui/scripts/airdrop_devnet.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# This is the address corresponding to the private key in the networks.ts file of the worm cli (for the sui devnet wallet)
-# The faucet doesn't allow us to specify how many tokens we need, so we just run the command 20 times.
-for i in {1..20}
-do
-  sui client faucet --url http://localhost:5003/gas --address 0xed867315e3f7c83ae82e6d5858b6a6cc57c291fd84f7509646ebc8162169cf96
-done
-
-sleep 10
diff --git a/sui/scripts/start_node.sh b/sui/scripts/start_node.sh
index 8db6bcf5cc..2ffce35438 100755
--- a/sui/scripts/start_node.sh
+++ b/sui/scripts/start_node.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 
 set -x
 
-sui start >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-sleep 5
-sui-faucet --write-ahead-log faucet.log
+sui start 2>&1
diff --git a/sui/scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh b/sui/scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh
index 59f767d55e..ff0b00355e 100755
--- a/sui/scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh
+++ b/sui/scripts/wait_for_devnet.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,3 @@ set -e
 
 # Wait for sui to start
 while [[ "$(curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"rpc.discover","id":1 }' -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' 0.0.0.0:9000/)" != "200" ]]; do sleep 1; done
-
-# Wait for sui-faucet to start
-while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' 0.0.0.0:5003/)" != "200" ]]; do sleep 1; done