diff --git a/deployment/scripts/.env b/deployment/scripts/.env
index 2b400edc731..a0b36329c7d 100644
--- a/deployment/scripts/.env
+++ b/deployment/scripts/.env
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fuel_core_human_logging=false
 fuel_core_utxo_validation=true
 fuel_core_vm_backtrace=false
 fuel_core_min_gas_price=0
+fuel_core_consensus_key_secret="dGVzdA=="
 
 # Ingress Environment variables
 fuel_core_ingress_dns="node.example.com"
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/chainspec/dev_chainspec.json b/deployment/scripts/chainspec/dev_chainspec.json
index e0d3285398c..e8b4c28c8f7 100644
--- a/deployment/scripts/chainspec/dev_chainspec.json
+++ b/deployment/scripts/chainspec/dev_chainspec.json
@@ -23,10 +23,133 @@
     "max_gas_per_tx": 100000000,
     "max_script_length": 1048576,
     "max_script_data_length": 1048576,
-    "max_static_contracts": 255,
     "max_storage_slots": 255,
     "max_predicate_length": 1048576,
     "max_predicate_data_length": 1048576,
-    "gas_price_factor": 1000000
+    "gas_price_factor": 1000000000,
+    "gas_per_byte": 4,
+    "max_message_data_length": 1048576
+  },
+  "gas_costs": {
+    "add": 1,
+    "addi": 1,
+    "aloc": 1,
+    "and": 1,
+    "andi": 1,
+    "bal": 21,
+    "bhei": 1,
+    "bhsh": 1,
+    "burn": 35,
+    "cb": 2,
+    "cfei": 1,
+    "cfsi": 1,
+    "croo": 28,
+    "div": 1,
+    "divi": 1,
+    "ecr": 1703,
+    "eq": 1,
+    "exp": 1,
+    "expi": 1,
+    "flag": 1,
+    "gm": 1,
+    "gt": 1,
+    "gtf": 1,
+    "ji": 1,
+    "jmp": 1,
+    "jne": 1,
+    "jnei": 1,
+    "jnzi": 1,
+    "k256": 19,
+    "lb": 1,
+    "log": 40,
+    "lt": 1,
+    "lw": 1,
+    "mcpi": 3,
+    "mint": 35,
+    "mlog": 1,
+    "mod": 1,
+    "modi": 1,
+    "move": 1,
+    "movi": 1,
+    "mroo": 2,
+    "mul": 1,
+    "muli": 1,
+    "noop": 1,
+    "not": 1,
+    "or": 1,
+    "ori": 1,
+    "ret_contract": 61,
+    "rvrt_contract": 61,
+    "s256": 5,
+    "sb": 1,
+    "scwq": 11,
+    "sll": 1,
+    "slli": 1,
+    "srl": 1,
+    "srli": 1,
+    "srw": 23,
+    "sub": 1,
+    "subi": 1,
+    "sw": 1,
+    "sww": 79,
+    "swwq": 72,
+    "time": 1,
+    "tr": 120,
+    "tro": 99,
+    "xor": 1,
+    "xori": 1,
+    "call": {
+      "base": 116,
+      "dep_per_unit": 14
+    },
+    "ccp": {
+      "base": 24,
+      "dep_per_unit": 13
+    },
+    "csiz": {
+      "base": 17,
+      "dep_per_unit": 15
+    },
+    "ldc": {
+      "base": 23,
+      "dep_per_unit": 14
+    },
+    "logd": {
+      "base": 46,
+      "dep_per_unit": 19
+    },
+    "mcl": {
+      "base": 1,
+      "dep_per_unit": 2359
+    },
+    "mcli": {
+      "base": 1,
+      "dep_per_unit": 2322
+    },
+    "mcp": {
+      "base": 1,
+      "dep_per_unit": 1235
+    },
+    "meq": {
+      "base": 1,
+      "dep_per_unit": 2343
+    },
+    "retd_contract": {
+      "base": 65,
+      "dep_per_unit": 19
+    },
+    "smo": {
+      "base": 84,
+      "dep_per_unit": 13
+    },
+    "srwq": {
+      "base": 54,
+      "dep_per_unit": 2
+    }
+  },
+  "consensus": {
+    "PoA": {
+      "signing_key": "0xf65d6448a273b531ee942c133bb91a6f904c7d7f3104cdaf6b9f7f50d3518871"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh b/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
index 2e3480616a9..6c266e354cd 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,18 @@ set -o allexport && source .env && set +o allexport
 if [ "${k8s_provider}" == "eks" ]; then
     echo "Updating your kube context locally ...."
     aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${TF_VAR_eks_cluster_name}
-    echo "Copying chainspec into deployment context..."
+    echo "Copying chainspec into deployment context ...."
     cp chainspec/${chain_spec_file} ../charts/chainspec.json
+    export fuel_core_consensus_key_secret_base64_encoded=$(echo -n $fuel_core_consensus_key_secret | base64 -w 0) 
+    cd ../secrets/
+    echo "Creating the fuel-core k8s secret ...."
+    mv fuel-core-secret.yaml fuel-core-secret.template
+    envsubst < fuel-core-secret.template > fuel-core-secret.yaml
+    rm fuel-core-secret.template
+    kubectl create ns ${k8s_namespace} || true
+    kubectl delete -f fuel-core-secret.yaml || true
+    kubectl apply -f fuel-core-secret.yaml
+    kubectl get secrets -n ${k8s_namespace} | grep fuel-core-secret
     cd ../charts
     mv values.yaml values.template
     envsubst < values.template > values.yaml