diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 282df19562..ae523f816e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.70"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arbitrary"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -479,6 +485,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "uint",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ethers-contract"
+version = "2.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2a328cb42014ac0ac577a8dac32eb658ee0f32b5a9a5317a0329ac1d4201f1c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "ethers-core",
+ "ethers-providers",
+ "futures-util",
+ "hex",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ethers-core"
 version = "2.0.3"
@@ -1628,10 +1651,14 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "revm"
 version = "3.2.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "auto_impl",
+ "bytes",
+ "ethers-contract",
  "ethers-core",
  "ethers-providers",
  "futures",
+ "hex",
  "hex-literal",
  "revm-interpreter",
  "revm-precompile",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7513d5334..dd9f20b351 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Last checked revm requires rust v1.65 or higher for `core::error::Error`
 There were some big efforts on optimization of revm:
 * Optimizing interpreter loop: https://github.com/bluealloy/revm/issues/7
 * Introducing Bytecode format (and better bytecode analysis): https://github.com/bluealloy/revm/issues/121
-* Unification of instruction signatures: https://github.com/bluealloy/revm/pull/283 
+* Unification of instruction signatures: https://github.com/bluealloy/revm/pull/283
 
 # Running eth tests
 
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ cargo run --package revm-test --release --bin snailtracer
 cargo flamegraph --root --freq 4000 --min-width 0.001 --package revm-test --bin snailtracer
 ```
 
+## Running example
+
+```shell
+cargo run -p revm --features ethersdb --example fork_ref_transact
+```
+
 # Used by:
 
 * Foundry: https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry
diff --git a/crates/revm/Cargo.toml b/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
index 7c98a82327..98ab7cdb83 100644
--- a/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/revm/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ ethers-providers = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 ethers-core = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3.27", optional = true }
 
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 hex-literal = "0.4"
+ethers-contract = { version = "2.0.3", default-features = false }
+hex = "0.4.3"
+bytes = "1.4.0"
+anyhow = "1.0.70"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std", "secp256k1"]
@@ -57,3 +60,7 @@ arbitrary = ["revm-interpreter/arbitrary"]
 # deprecated feature
 web3db = []
 with-serde = []
+
+[[example]]
+name = "fork_ref_transact"
+path = "../../examples/fork_ref_transact.rs"
diff --git a/examples/fork_ref_transact.rs b/examples/fork_ref_transact.rs
index 553c2bf3d6..0fba487d2b 100644
--- a/examples/fork_ref_transact.rs
+++ b/examples/fork_ref_transact.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
 use anyhow::{Ok, Result};
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use ethers::{
-    abi::parse_abi,
-    prelude::BaseContract,
-    providers::{Http, Provider},
-};
+use ethers_contract::BaseContract;
+use ethers_core::abi::parse_abi;
+use ethers_providers::{Http, Provider};
 use revm::{
     db::{CacheDB, EmptyDB, EthersDB},
     primitives::{ExecutionResult, Output, TransactTo, B160, U256 as rU256},
     Database, EVM,
 };
+use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {