diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-hardhat.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-hardhat.yml
index b331ba2fb10f..dc0f2d3e8992 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-hardhat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-hardhat.yml
@@ -34,4 +34,18 @@ jobs:
       run: docker pull ghcr.io/san-est/go-ethereum-devops:9
 
     - name: Running image container
-      run: docker run -d -name devnet -p 8545:8545 -v 
+      run: |
+        docker run -d -name devnet -p 8545:8545 -v ${{ github.workspace }}/hardhat: /workspace/hardhat ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:9
+  
+    - name: Deploy hardhat sample project
+      run: |
+        docker exec devnet npx hardhat compile --config /workspace/hardhat/hardhat.config.js
+        docker exec devnet npx hardhat run /workspace/hardhat/scripts/deploy.js --network development
+    
+    - name: Build a new docker image
+      run: |
+        docker commit devnet go-eth-hardhat:latest
+        docker tag go-eth-hardhat:latest ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository_owner }}/go-eth-hardhat:latest
+  
+    - name: Push new image to ghcr.io
+      run: docker push ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository_owner }}/go-eth-hardhat:latest
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diff --git a/hardhat/Dockerfile b/hardhat/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fe3199082d2..000000000000
--- a/hardhat/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:22
-WORKDIR /app
-COPY package.json .
-COPY package-lock.json .
-RUN npm install
-COPY . .
-EXPOSE 8545
-CMD [ "npx", "hardhat", "node" ]
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diff --git a/hardhat/docker-compose.yml b/hardhat/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 18c8d7a9943a..000000000000
--- a/hardhat/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#docker compose file to run both the image that we initially created with the first workflow and the dockerfile for hardhat
-services:
-  devnet:
-    image: ghcr.io/san-est/go-ethereum-devops:9
-    command: ["--dev", "--http", "--http.addr", "0.0.0.0", "--http.port", "8545", "--http.api", "eth,net,web3"]
-    ports:
-      - "8545:8545"
-
-  hardhat:
-    build: .
-    depends_on:
-      - devnet
-    ports:
-      - "8545:8545"
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