diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 52ef66a0f5..af44695f92 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@
     {
       "files": ["**/ci/*.js"],
       "rules": {
-        "no-undef": "off"
+        "no-undef": "off",
+        "@typescript-eslint/explicit-member-accessibility": "off",
+        "@typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises": "off",
+        "import/no-extraneous-dependencies": "off"
       }
     }
   ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fleet-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/fleet-checker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d5427ec07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/fleet-checker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  NODE_JS: "20"  
+
+jobs:
+  pre-release:
+      name: fleet-checker
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+      steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          with: 
+            repository: waku-org/js-waku
+  
+        - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+          with:
+            node-version: ${{ env.NODE_JS }}
+            registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+  
+        - run: npm install
+  
+        - run: npm run build
+  
+        - run: node --unhandled-rejections=none ./ci/wss-checker.js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index f626daaf75..e0d7970768 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 on:
     workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  NODE_JS: "20"
+
 jobs:
     pre-release:
         name: pre-release
diff --git a/ci/wss-checker.js b/ci/wss-checker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5375593d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/wss-checker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+import cp from "child_process";
+import { promisify } from "util";
+
+import { createLightNode } from "@waku/sdk";
+
+const exec = promisify(cp.exec);
+
+class Fleet {
+  static async create() {
+    const url = "https://fleets.status.im";
+
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(url);
+
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`HTTP error! Status: ${response.status}`);
+      }
+
+      const fleet = await response.json();
+
+      if (!Fleet.isRecordValid(fleet)) {
+        throw Error("invalid_fleet_record");
+      }
+
+      return new Fleet(fleet);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error fetching data from ${url}:`, error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  static isRecordValid(fleet) {
+    let isValid = true;
+
+    if (!fleet.fleets) {
+      console.error("No fleet records are present.");
+      isValid = false;
+    }
+
+    if (!fleet.fleets["waku.sandbox"]) {
+      console.error("No waku.sandbox records are present.");
+      isValid = false;
+    } else if (!fleet.fleets["waku.sandbox"]["wss/p2p/waku"]) {
+      console.error("No waku.sandbox WSS multi-addresses are present.");
+      isValid = false;
+    }
+
+    if (!fleet.fleets["waku.test"]) {
+      console.error("No waku.test records are present.");
+      isValid = false;
+    } else if (!fleet.fleets["waku.test"]["wss/p2p/waku"]) {
+      console.error("No waku.test WSS multi-addresses are present.");
+      isValid = false;
+    }
+
+    if (!isValid) {
+      console.error(`Got ${JSON.stringify(fleet)}`);
+    }
+
+    return isValid;
+  }
+
+  constructor(fleet) {
+    this.fleet = fleet;
+  }
+
+  get sandbox() {
+    return this.fleet.fleets["waku.sandbox"]["wss/p2p/waku"];
+  }
+
+  get test() {
+    return this.fleet.fleets["waku.test"]["wss/p2p/waku"];
+  }
+}
+
+class ConnectionChecker {
+  static waku;
+  static lock = false;
+
+  static async checkPlainWss(maddrs) {
+    process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "1";
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      maddrs.map((v) => ConnectionChecker.dialPlainWss(v))
+    );
+
+    console.log(
+      "Raw WSS connection:\n",
+      results.map(([addr, result]) => `${addr}:\t${result}`).join("\n")
+    );
+
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  static async dialPlainWss(maddr) {
+    const { domain, port } = ConnectionChecker.parseMaddr(maddr);
+    return [
+      maddr,
+      await ConnectionChecker.spawn(`npx wscat -c wss://${domain}:${port}`)
+    ];
+  }
+
+  static async checkWakuWss(maddrs) {
+    process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0";
+
+    const waku = await createLightNode({
+      defaultBootstrap: false,
+      libp2p: {
+        hideWebSocketInfo: true
+      },
+      networkConfig: {
+        clusterId: 42,
+        shards: [0]
+      }
+    });
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      maddrs.map((v) => ConnectionChecker.dialWaku(waku, v))
+    );
+
+    console.log(
+      "Libp2p WSS connection:\n",
+      results.map(([addr, result]) => `${addr}:\t${result}`).join("\n")
+    );
+
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  static async dialWaku(waku, maddr) {
+    try {
+      await waku.dial(maddr);
+      return [maddr, "OK"];
+    } catch (e) {
+      return [maddr, "FAIL"];
+    }
+  }
+
+  static parseMaddr(multiaddr) {
+    const regex = /\/dns4\/([^/]+)\/tcp\/(\d+)/;
+    const match = multiaddr.match(regex);
+
+    if (!match) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "Invalid multiaddress format. Expected /dns4/domain/tcp/port pattern."
+      );
+    }
+
+    return {
+      domain: match[1],
+      port: parseInt(match[2], 10)
+    };
+  }
+
+  static async spawn(command) {
+    try {
+      console.info(`Spawning command: ${command}`);
+      const { stderr } = await exec(command);
+      return stderr || "OK";
+    } catch (e) {
+      return "FAIL";
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  const fleet = await Fleet.create();
+  const sandbox = Object.values(fleet.sandbox);
+  const test = Object.values(fleet.test);
+
+  let maddrs = [...sandbox, ...test];
+
+  const plainWssResult = await ConnectionChecker.checkPlainWss(maddrs);
+  const wakuWssResult = await ConnectionChecker.checkWakuWss(maddrs);
+
+  const plainWssFail = plainWssResult.some(([_, status]) => status === "FAIL");
+  const wakuWssFail = wakuWssResult.some(([_, status]) => status === "FAIL");
+
+  if (plainWssFail || wakuWssFail) {
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  try {
+    await run();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Unhandled error:", error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+})();
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e6df9fbf92..649e2211fe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
         "packages/build-utils",
         "packages/react-native-polyfills"
       ],
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@waku/utils": "^0.0.21"
-      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@size-limit/preset-big-lib": "^11.0.2",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.6.0",
@@ -50,7 +47,8 @@
         "ts-loader": "^9.5.1",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
         "typedoc": "^0.25.9",
-        "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+        "typescript": "^5.3.3",
+        "wscat": "^6.0.1"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -41704,6 +41702,48 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/wscat": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wscat/-/wscat-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-a2xnAkRYBQ879s7BuUXJk4k/z22mk+a7l95aVK7GzY5d9DCb//i1PsbRT/Z80EJXHXbvp8VDBK38P0Xv+/ruJA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^12.1.0",
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.5",
+        "read": "^4.0.0",
+        "ws": "^8.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "wscat": "bin/wscat"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/wscat/node_modules/mute-stream": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-WWdIxpyjEn+FhQJQQv9aQAYlHoNVdzIzUySNV1gHUPDSdZJ3yZn7pAAbQcV7B56Mvu881q9FZV+0Vx2xC44VWA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/wscat/node_modules/read": {
+      "version": "4.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/read/-/read-4.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uRfX6K+f+R8OOrYScaM3ixPY4erg69f8DN6pgTvMcA9iRc8iDhwrA4m3Yu8YYKsXJgVvum+m8PkRboZwwuLzYA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "mute-stream": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^18.17.0 || >=20.5.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/xcode": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/xcode/-/xcode-3.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c47db78759..2edb1d6371 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,14 +65,12 @@
     "ts-loader": "^9.5.1",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
     "typedoc": "^0.25.9",
-    "typescript": "^5.3.3"
+    "typescript": "^5.3.3",
+    "wscat": "^6.0.1"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.{ts,js}": [
       "eslint --fix"
     ]
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@waku/utils": "^0.0.21"
   }
 }