diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-shirts-bathe.md b/.changeset/chilly-shirts-bathe.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd17eb42e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-shirts-bathe.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-fuels": patch
+---
+
+chore: add test to verify `create fuels` template integrity
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index fb61325cdd1..9db6730ab3f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 FUEL_NETWORK_URL=
 TEST_WALLET_PVT_KEY=
+PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/pr-release/action.yaml b/.github/actions/pr-release/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e2bddb8e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/pr-release/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: "Publish PR to NPM"
+inputs:
+  npm-token:
+    description: "NPM token for authenticating to NPM registry"
+    required: true
+
+  github-token:
+    description: "GitHub token for authenticating to GitHub"
+    required: true
+
+  pr-number:
+    description: "PR number"
+    default: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+
+outputs:
+  published_version:
+    description: "Published version of the PR"
+    value: ${{ steps.release.outputs.published_version }}
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Ensure NPM access
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm whoami
+      env:
+        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
+
+    - name: Release to @pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }} tag on npm
+      id: release
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        pnpm changeset:next
+        git add .changeset/fuel-labs-ci.md
+        pnpm changeset version --snapshot pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }}
+        changetsets=$(pnpm changeset publish --tag pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }})
+        published_version=$(echo "$changetsets" | grep -oP '@\K([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+-pr-${{ inputs.pr-number }}-\d+' | head -1)
+        echo "published_version=$published_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      env:
+        NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.npm-token }}
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-release.yaml
index ce014ebeca4..6cc274cba00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-release.yaml
@@ -20,31 +20,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: CI Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/ci-setup
 
-      - name: Ensure NPM access
-        run: npm whoami
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Build
         run: pnpm build
 
-      - name: Release to @pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} tag on npm
+      - name: Publish to NPM
         id: release
-        run: |
-          pnpm changeset:next
-          git add .changeset/fuel-labs-ci.md
-          pnpm changeset version --snapshot pr-${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}
-          changetsets=$(pnpm changeset publish --tag pr-${{ env.PR_NUMBER }})
-          published_version=$(echo "$changetsets" | grep -oP '@\K([0-9]+\.){2}[0-9]+-pr-${{ env.PR_NUMBER }}-\d+' | head -1)
-          echo "published_version=$published_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        uses: ./.github/actions/pr-release
+        with:
+          npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          pr-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
 
       - uses: mshick/add-pr-comment@v2
         with:
           message: |
             This PR is published in NPM with version **${{ steps.release.outputs.published_version }}**
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index db26ad596cc..018e15227d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -58,9 +58,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: CI Setup
+      - name: Test Setup
         uses: ./.github/actions/test-setup
 
+      - name: Publish PR to NPM
+        id: release
+        uses: ./.github/actions/pr-release
+        with:
+          npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Echo Published Version
+        run: echo ${{ steps.release.outputs.published_version }}
+
       - name: Pretest
         run: pnpm pretest
 
@@ -71,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           TEST_WALLET_PVT_KEY: ${{ secrets.TEST_WALLET_PVT_KEY }}
           TEST_WALLET_ADDRESS: ${{ secrets.TEST_WALLET_ADDRESS }}
           FUEL_TESTNET_NETWORK_URL: ${{ secrets.FUEL_TESTNET_NETWORK_URL }}
+          PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION: ${{ steps.release.outputs.published_version }}
 
   test:
     if: github.base_ref == 'master' || github.ref_name == 'master'
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/package.json b/packages/create-fuels/package.json
index c995e8baac9..3a6df41e067 100644
--- a/packages/create-fuels/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "prompts": "^2.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@fuel-ts/errors": "workspace:*",
     "@fuel-ts/versions": "workspace:*",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.8",
     "glob": "^10.2.6"
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
index 39ba46471d3..51d185dd276 100644
--- a/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 import { mkdirSync } from 'fs';
-import { glob } from 'glob';
 
 import type { ProgramsToInclude } from '../src/cli';
 import { runScaffoldCli, setupProgram } from '../src/cli';
 
 import type { ProjectPaths } from './utils/bootstrapProject';
-import { bootstrapProject, cleanupFilesystem, resetFilesystem } from './utils/bootstrapProject';
+import {
+  bootstrapProject,
+  cleanupFilesystem,
+  copyTemplate,
+  resetFilesystem,
+} from './utils/bootstrapProject';
+import { generateArgv } from './utils/generateArgs';
 import { mockLogger } from './utils/mockLogger';
-
-const getAllFiles = async (pathToDir: string) => {
-  const files = await glob(`${pathToDir}/**/*`, {
-    ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/.next/**', '**/sway-api/**'],
-  });
-  const filesWithoutPrefix = files.map((file) => file.replace(pathToDir, ''));
-  return filesWithoutPrefix;
-};
+import { filterOriginalTemplateFiles, getAllFiles } from './utils/templateFiles';
 
 const possibleProgramsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude[] = [
   { contract: true, predicate: false, script: false },
@@ -26,51 +24,6 @@ const possibleProgramsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude[] = [
   { contract: true, predicate: true, script: true },
 ];
 
-const defaultFlags = ['--pnpm'];
-
-const generateArgs = (programsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude, projectName?: string) => {
-  const args = ['', ''];
-  if (projectName) {
-    args.push(projectName);
-  }
-  if (programsToInclude.contract) {
-    args.push('-c');
-  }
-  if (programsToInclude.predicate) {
-    args.push('-p');
-  }
-  if (programsToInclude.script) {
-    args.push('-s');
-  }
-  args.push(...defaultFlags);
-  return args;
-};
-
-const filterOriginalTemplateFiles = (files: string[], programsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude) => {
-  let newFiles = [...files];
-
-  newFiles = newFiles.filter((file) => {
-    if (file.includes('CHANGELOG')) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!programsToInclude.contract && file.includes('contract')) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!programsToInclude.predicate && file.includes('predicate')) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (!programsToInclude.script && file.includes('script')) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (['/gitignore', '/env'].includes(file)) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  });
-
-  return newFiles;
-};
-
 /**
  * @group node
  */
@@ -80,6 +33,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     paths = bootstrapProject(__filename);
+    copyTemplate(paths.sourceTemplate, paths.template);
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -95,7 +49,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   test.each(possibleProgramsToInclude)(
     'create-fuels extracts the template to the specified directory',
     async (programsToInclude) => {
-      const args = generateArgs(programsToInclude, paths.root);
+      const args = generateArgv(programsToInclude, paths.root);
 
       await runScaffoldCli({
         program: setupProgram(),
@@ -113,7 +67,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   );
 
   test('create-fuels reports an error if the project directory already exists', async () => {
-    const args = generateArgs(
+    const args = generateArgv(
       {
         contract: true,
         predicate: true,
@@ -140,7 +94,7 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
   });
 
   test('create-fuels reports an error if no programs are chosen to be included', async () => {
-    const args = generateArgs(
+    const args = generateArgv(
       {
         contract: false,
         predicate: false,
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/e2e.test.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/e2e.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d62730c74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/e2e.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { safeExec } from '@fuel-ts/errors/test-utils';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+import type { ProjectPaths } from './utils/bootstrapProject';
+import { bootstrapProject, resetFilesystem } from './utils/bootstrapProject';
+import { generateArgs } from './utils/generateArgs';
+import {
+  filterForcBuildFiles,
+  filterOriginalTemplateFiles,
+  getAllFiles,
+} from './utils/templateFiles';
+
+const { log } = console;
+
+const PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION = process.env.PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION;
+const programsToInclude = { contract: true, predicate: true, script: true };
+const availablePackages = ['pnpm'];
+
+/**
+ * @group e2e
+ */
+describe('`create fuels` package integrity', () => {
+  let paths: ProjectPaths;
+  let shouldSkip = false;
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    if (!PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION) {
+      log('Skipping live `create fuels` test');
+      shouldSkip = true;
+    }
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    paths = bootstrapProject(__filename);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    resetFilesystem(paths.root);
+  });
+
+  it.each(availablePackages)(
+    'should perform `%s create fuels`',
+    async (packageManager) => {
+      if (shouldSkip) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const args = generateArgs(programsToInclude, paths.root, packageManager).join(' ');
+      const expectedTemplateFiles = await getAllFiles(paths.sourceTemplate).then((files) =>
+        filterOriginalTemplateFiles(files, programsToInclude).filter(filterForcBuildFiles)
+      );
+
+      const { error: createFuelsError } = await safeExec(() =>
+        execSync(`${packageManager} create fuels@${PUBLISHED_NPM_VERSION} ${args}`, {
+          stdio: 'inherit',
+        })
+      );
+
+      const actualTemplateFiles = await getAllFiles(paths.root);
+      expect(createFuelsError).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(actualTemplateFiles.sort()).toEqual(expectedTemplateFiles.sort());
+    },
+    { timeout: 30000 }
+  );
+});
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/bootstrapProject.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/bootstrapProject.ts
index ba0828c6b3e..fb2983c98ef 100644
--- a/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/bootstrapProject.ts
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/bootstrapProject.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { basename, join } from 'path';
 export type ProjectPaths = {
   root: string;
   template: string;
+  sourceTemplate: string;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -21,9 +22,6 @@ export const bootstrapProject = (
   // Template paths
   const templateDir = join(templatesDir, templateName);
   const localTemplateDir = join(testTemplateDir, templateName);
-  if (!existsSync(localTemplateDir)) {
-    cpSync(templateDir, localTemplateDir, { recursive: true });
-  }
 
   // Unique name
   const testFilename = basename(testFilepath.replace(/\./g, '-'));
@@ -35,9 +33,16 @@ export const bootstrapProject = (
   return {
     root,
     template: localTemplateDir,
+    sourceTemplate: templateDir,
   };
 };
 
+export const copyTemplate = (srcDir: string, destDir: string) => {
+  if (!existsSync(destDir)) {
+    cpSync(srcDir, destDir, { recursive: true });
+  }
+};
+
 export const resetFilesystem = (dirPath: string) => {
   if (existsSync(dirPath)) {
     rmSync(dirPath, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/generateArgs.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/generateArgs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80b93284f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/generateArgs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import type { ProgramsToInclude } from '../../src/cli';
+
+export const generateArgs = (
+  programsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude,
+  projectName?: string,
+  packageManager: string = 'pnpm'
+): string[] => {
+  const args = [];
+  if (projectName) {
+    args.push(projectName);
+  }
+  if (programsToInclude.contract) {
+    args.push('-c');
+  }
+  if (programsToInclude.predicate) {
+    args.push('-p');
+  }
+  if (programsToInclude.script) {
+    args.push('-s');
+  }
+  args.push(`--${packageManager}`);
+  return args;
+};
+
+export const generateArgv = (
+  programsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude,
+  projectName?: string
+): string[] => ['', '', ...generateArgs(programsToInclude, projectName)];
diff --git a/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/templateFiles.ts b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/templateFiles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3121ec7b0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-fuels/test/utils/templateFiles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { glob } from 'glob';
+
+import type { ProgramsToInclude } from '../../src/cli';
+
+export const getAllFiles = async (pathToDir: string) => {
+  const files = await glob(`${pathToDir}/**/*`, {
+    ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/.next/**', '**/sway-api/**'],
+  });
+  const filesWithoutPrefix = files.map((file) => file.replace(pathToDir, ''));
+  return filesWithoutPrefix;
+};
+
+export const filterOriginalTemplateFiles = (
+  files: string[],
+  programsToInclude: ProgramsToInclude
+) => {
+  let newFiles = [...files];
+
+  newFiles = newFiles.filter((file) => {
+    if (file.includes('CHANGELOG')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!programsToInclude.contract && file.includes('contract')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!programsToInclude.predicate && file.includes('predicate')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (!programsToInclude.script && file.includes('script')) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (['/gitignore', '/env'].includes(file)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  });
+
+  return newFiles;
+};
+
+export const filterForcBuildFiles = (file: string) =>
+  !file.includes('contract/out') && !file.includes('script/out') && !file.includes('predicate/out');
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 05c8783c175..2f4c16d7f1e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -803,6 +803,9 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^2.4.2
         version: 2.4.2
     devDependencies:
+      '@fuel-ts/errors':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../errors
       '@fuel-ts/versions':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../versions
diff --git a/scripts/tests-find.sh b/scripts/tests-find.sh
index 264d459b3cf..74e258411bb 100755
--- a/scripts/tests-find.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests-find.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ elif [[ $* == *--browser* ]]; then
   grep -lE "@group\s+browser" $FILES
 elif [[ $* == *--e2e* ]]; then
   grep -lE "@group\s+e2e" $FILES
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/templates/nextjs/.gitignore b/templates/nextjs/.gitignore
index bc516c4936d..22a95c4132a 100644
--- a/templates/nextjs/.gitignore
+++ b/templates/nextjs/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ yarn-error.log*
 
 # typescript
 *.tsbuildinfo
-next-env.d.ts
 
 .fuels
 
diff --git a/templates/nextjs/next-env.d.ts b/templates/nextjs/next-env.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f11a03dc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/nextjs/next-env.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/// <reference types="next" />
+/// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
+
+// NOTE: This file should not be edited
+// see https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/typescript for more information.