diff --git a/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/cmd/deploy.rs b/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/cmd/deploy.rs
index 65835fa0e6e..8313b466675 100644
--- a/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/cmd/deploy.rs
+++ b/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/cmd/deploy.rs
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ pub struct Command {
     /// --salt contract_b:0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002
     #[clap(long)]
     pub salt: Option<Vec<String>>,
-    /// Generate a random salt for the contract.
-    /// Useful for testing or deploying examples to a shared network.
+    /// Generate a default salt (0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000) for the contract.
+    /// Useful for CI, to create reproducable deployments.
     #[clap(long)]
-    pub random_salt: bool,
+    pub default_salt: bool,
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub build_output: BuildOutput,
     #[clap(flatten)]
diff --git a/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/op/deploy.rs b/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/op/deploy.rs
index 9e504e7dcb7..3510349bba1 100644
--- a/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/op/deploy.rs
+++ b/forc-plugins/forc-client/src/op/deploy.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub async fn deploy(command: cmd::Deploy) -> Result<Vec<DeployedContract>> {
             .check_program_type(vec![TreeType::Contract])
             .is_ok()
         {
-            let salt = match (&contract_salt_map, command.random_salt) {
+            let salt = match (&contract_salt_map, command.default_salt) {
                 (Some(map), false) => {
                     if let Some(salt) = map.get(pkg.descriptor.manifest_file.project_name()) {
                         *salt
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ pub async fn deploy(command: cmd::Deploy) -> Result<Vec<DeployedContract>> {
                         Default::default()
                     }
                 }
-                (None, true) => rand::random(),
-                (None, false) => Default::default(),
+                (None, true) => Default::default(),
+                (None, false) => rand::random(),
                 (Some(_), true) => {
-                    bail!("Both `--salt` and `--random-salt` were specified: must choose one")
+                    bail!("Both `--salt` and `--default-salt` were specified: must choose one")
                 }
             };
             let contract_id =
diff --git a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/harness.rs b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/harness.rs
index c4e796cf48c..8dd14020ff1 100644
--- a/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/harness.rs
+++ b/test/src/e2e_vm_tests/harness.rs
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn deploy_contract(file_name: &str, run_config: &RunConfig) ->
             ..Default::default()
         },
         signing_key: Some(SecretKey::from_str(SECRET_KEY).unwrap()),
+        default_salt: true,
         ..Default::default()
     })
     .await