diff --git a/packages/ic-management/README.md b/packages/ic-management/README.md
index efa5cbe8..7b3a14dd 100644
--- a/packages/ic-management/README.md
+++ b/packages/ic-management/README.md
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Create a new canister
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `createCanister` | `({ settings, senderCanisterVersion, }?: CreateCanisterParams) => Promise<Principal>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L82)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L67)
 
 ##### :gear: updateSettings
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Update canister settings
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `updateSettings` | `({ canisterId, senderCanisterVersion, settings, }: UpdateSettingsParams) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L105)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L90)
 
 ##### :gear: installCode
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Install code to a canister
 | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `installCode` | `({ canisterId, wasmModule, senderCanisterVersion, ...rest }: InstallCodeParams) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L130)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L115)
 
 ##### :gear: uploadChunk
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `params.canisterId`: The canister in which the chunks will be stored.
 - `params.chunk`: A chunk of Wasm module.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L156)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L141)
 
 ##### :gear: clearChunkStore
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `params.canisterId`: The canister in which the chunks are stored.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L176)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L161)
 
 ##### :gear: storedChunks
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Parameters:
 
 - `params.canisterId`: The canister in which the chunks are stored.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L195)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L180)
 
 ##### :gear: installChunkedCode
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `params.storeCanisterId`: Specifies the canister in whose chunk storage the chunks are stored (this parameter defaults to target_canister if not specified).
 - `params.wasmModuleHash`: The Wasm module hash as hex string. Used to check that the SHA-256 hash of wasm_module is equal to the wasm_module_hash parameter and can calls install_code with parameters.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L220)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L205)
 
 ##### :gear: uninstallCode
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Uninstall code from a canister
 | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `uninstallCode` | `({ canisterId, senderCanisterVersion, }: UninstallCodeParams) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L251)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L236)
 
 ##### :gear: startCanister
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Start a canister
 | --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
 | `startCanister` | `(canisterId: Principal) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L269)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L254)
 
 ##### :gear: stopCanister
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Stop a canister
 | -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
 | `stopCanister` | `(canisterId: Principal) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L281)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L266)
 
 ##### :gear: canisterStatus
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Get canister details (memory size, status, etc.)
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `canisterStatus` | `(canisterId: Principal) => Promise<canister_status_result>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L292)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L277)
 
 ##### :gear: deleteCanister
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Deletes a canister
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
 | `deleteCanister` | `(canisterId: Principal) => Promise<void>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L306)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L291)
 
 ##### :gear: provisionalCreateCanisterWithCycles
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Creates a canister. Only available on development instances.
 | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `provisionalCreateCanisterWithCycles` | `({ settings, amount, canisterId, }?: ProvisionalCreateCanisterWithCyclesParams) => Promise<Principal>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L321)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L306)
 
 ##### :gear: fetchCanisterLogs
 
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Given a canister ID as input, this method returns a vector of logs of that canis
 | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `fetchCanisterLogs` | `(canisterId: Principal) => Promise<fetch_canister_logs_result>` |
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L344)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L329)
 
 ##### :gear: takeCanisterSnapshot
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Parameters:
   Can be provided as a `string` or a `Uint8Array`.
   If not provided, a new snapshot will be created.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L370)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L355)
 
 ##### :gear: listCanisterSnapshots
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `params`: - Parameters for the listing operation.
 - `params.canisterId`: - The ID of the canister for which snapshots will be listed.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L399)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L384)
 
 ##### :gear: loadCanisterSnapshot
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `params.snapshotId`: - The ID of the snapshot to load.
 - `params.senderCanisterVersion`: - The optional sender canister version. If provided, its value must be equal to ic0.canister_version.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L425)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L410)
 
 ##### :gear: deleteCanisterSnapshot
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ Parameters:
 - `params.canisterId`: - The ID of the canister for which the snapshot will be deleted.
 - `params.snapshotId`: - The ID of the snapshot to delete.
 
-[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L456)
+[:link: Source](https://github.com/dfinity/ic-js/tree/main/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts#L441)
 
 <!-- TSDOC_END -->
 
diff --git a/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts b/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts
index 8bef5ba0..ce08a013 100644
--- a/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts
+++ b/packages/ic-management/src/ic-management.canister.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import type { CallConfig } from "@dfinity/agent";
 import { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
 import {
   createServices,
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import type {
   FetchCanisterLogsResponse,
 } from "./types/ic-management.responses";
 import { mapSnapshotId } from "./utils/ic-management.utils";
+import { transform } from "./utils/transform.utils";
 
 export class ICManagementCanister {
   private constructor(private readonly service: IcManagementService) {
@@ -41,21 +41,6 @@ export class ICManagementCanister {
   }
 
   public static create(options: ICManagementCanisterOptions) {
-    // Source getManagementCanister in agent-js.
-    // Allow usage of the ICManagementCanister wrapper locally.
-    const transform = (
-      _methodName: string,
-      args: unknown[],
-      _callConfig: CallConfig,
-    ) => {
-      const first = args[0] as { canister_id: string };
-      let effectiveCanisterId = Principal.fromHex("");
-      if (first && typeof first === "object" && first.canister_id) {
-        effectiveCanisterId = Principal.from(first.canister_id as unknown);
-      }
-      return { effectiveCanisterId };
-    };
-
     const { service } = createServices<IcManagementService>({
       options: {
         ...options,
diff --git a/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.spec.ts b/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53ebc703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import type { CallConfig } from "@dfinity/agent";
+import { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
+import { mockCanisterId } from "../ic-management.mock";
+import { transform } from "./transform.utils";
+
+describe("transform", () => {
+  it("should map the effectiveCanisterId when a valid canister_id is provided as principal in the request", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args = [{ canister_id: mockCanisterId }];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    const result = transform(methodName, args, callConfig);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      effectiveCanisterId: mockCanisterId,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should map the effectiveCanisterId when a valid canister_id is provided as string in the request", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args = [{ canister_id: mockCanisterId.toText() }];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    const result = transform(methodName, args, callConfig);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      effectiveCanisterId: mockCanisterId,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should return effectiveCanisterId aaaaa-aa when args is empty", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args: unknown[] = [];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    const result = transform(methodName, args, callConfig);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      effectiveCanisterId: Principal.fromHex(""),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should return effectiveCanisterId aaaaa-aa when canister_id is missing in the first argument", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args = [{}];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    const result = transform(methodName, args, callConfig);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      effectiveCanisterId: Principal.fromHex(""),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should return effectiveCanisterId aaaaa-aa when the first argument is not an object", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args = [42];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    const result = transform(methodName, args, callConfig);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      effectiveCanisterId: Principal.fromHex(""),
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should throw an error if canister_id is provided in the request but is not a valid principal or representation", () => {
+    const methodName = "someMethod";
+    const args = [{ canister_id: 12345 }];
+    const callConfig: CallConfig = {};
+
+    expect(() => transform(methodName, args, callConfig)).toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.ts b/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4037f3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ic-management/src/utils/transform.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import type { ActorConfig, CallConfig } from "@dfinity/agent";
+import { Principal } from "@dfinity/principal";
+
+type CallTransform = Required<ActorConfig>["callTransform"];
+
+type QueryTransform = Required<ActorConfig>["queryTransform"];
+
+/**
+ * Transformer function for service creation with `callTransform` or `queryTransform`.
+ *
+ * This function maps the `effective_canister_id` for calls to the Management Canister (`aaaaa-aa`).
+ *
+ * Original source `getManagementCanister` in agent-js.
+ *
+ * Providing a transformer is required to determine the effective_canister_id when the request is an update call to the Management Canister (aaaaa-aa).
+ *
+ * @link https://internetcomputer.org/docs/current/references/ic-interface-spec/#http-effective-canister-id
+ **/
+export const transform: CallTransform | QueryTransform = (
+  _methodName: string,
+  args: unknown[],
+  _callConfig: CallConfig,
+): { effectiveCanisterId: Principal } => {
+  const first = args[0] as { canister_id: string };
+  let effectiveCanisterId = Principal.fromHex("");
+  if (first && typeof first === "object" && first.canister_id) {
+    effectiveCanisterId = Principal.from(first.canister_id as unknown);
+  }
+  return { effectiveCanisterId };
+};