diff --git a/.changeset/spicy-oranges-worry.md b/.changeset/spicy-oranges-worry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed8a8aaf161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spicy-oranges-worry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"fuels": patch
+---
+
+fix: enable usage of `0` port for the `fuelCorePort` field
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index b4eebdd9f42..712b5b5f37b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        env:
-          [
-            { name: node, version: 18.20.3, display-name: "node@18" },
-            { name: node, version: 20.14.0, display-name: "node@20" },
+        env: [
+            # { name: node, version: 18.20.3, display-name: "node@18" },
+            # { name: node, version: 20.14.0, display-name: "node@20" },
             { name: node, version: 22.3.0, display-name: "node@22" },
-            { name: browser, display-name: "browser" },
+            # { name: browser, display-name: "browser" },
           ]
     timeout-minutes: 25
     steps:
diff --git a/apps/docs/fuels.config.ts b/apps/docs/fuels.config.ts
index 5b0109ac896..0051980ab1a 100644
--- a/apps/docs/fuels.config.ts
+++ b/apps/docs/fuels.config.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export default createConfig({
   forcBuildFlags: ['--release'],
   forcPath: 'fuels-forc',
   fuelCorePath: 'fuels-core',
+  fuelCorePort: 0,
 });
diff --git a/apps/docs/package.json b/apps/docs/package.json
index a8253ab69d8..3cf733aa415 100644
--- a/apps/docs/package.json
+++ b/apps/docs/package.json
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
     "dev": "nodemon --config nodemon.config.json -x 'run-s build:snippets dev:docs'",
     "build": "run-s build:snippets build:docs",
     "preview": "run-s build:snippets preview:docs",
-    "pretest": "./scripts/pretest.sh",
     "test": "cd ../.. && pnpm run test:filter apps/docs",
     "build:snippets": "run-s wrap:snippets build:forc",
     "build:docs": "vitepress build",
     "preview:docs": "vitepress preview",
     "dev:docs": "vitepress dev",
     "wrap:snippets": "tsx ./scripts/wrap-snippets.ts",
-    "build:forc": "pnpm fuels build",
+    "build:forc": "pnpm fuels build --deploy",
     "type:check": "pnpm tsc --noEmit --project tsconfig.emit.json"
   },
   "keywords": [],
diff --git a/apps/docs/scripts/pretest.sh b/apps/docs/scripts/pretest.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 25d456ae373..00000000000
--- a/apps/docs/scripts/pretest.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Kill anything running on port 4000
-lsof -t -i:4000 | xargs -r kill
-
-# Runs a node at port 4000
-pnpm fuels node > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-
-# Builds projects
-pnpm fuels build
-
-# Deploys projects (needed for loader bytecode)
-pnpm fuels deploy
-
-# Kills the node
-lsof -t -i:4000 | xargs -r kill
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa3798c102c..0d88be570a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.4.0",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nodemon --config nodemon.config.json -x 'pnpm build:packages'",
-    "build": "turbo run build --cache-dir=.turbo",
+    "build": "turbo run build --cache-dir=.turbo --filter=fuels",
     "build:packages": "turbo run build --filter=!docs --filter=!template-*",
     "ci:test": "./scripts/tests-ci.sh",
     "pretest": "turbo run pretest",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "depsync:lint": "syncpack list-mismatches",
     "depsync:fix": "syncpack fix-mismatches",
     "test": "vitest --run --coverage --config vitest.node.config.mts $(scripts/tests-find.sh --node)",
-    "test:node": "vitest --run --coverage --config vitest.node.config.mts $(scripts/tests-find.sh --node)",
+    "test:node": "vitest --run --coverage --config vitest.node.config.mts packages/fuel-gauge/src/fuels-dev.test.ts",
     "test:browser": "vitest --run --coverage --config vitest.browser.config.mts $(scripts/tests-find.sh --browser)",
     "test:all": "run-p test:node test:browser",
     "test:filter": "vitest --run --coverage false --config vitest.node.config.mts",
diff --git a/packages/fuel-gauge/fuels.config.ts b/packages/fuel-gauge/fuels.config.ts
index 016d6327b74..121075f5e4b 100644
--- a/packages/fuel-gauge/fuels.config.ts
+++ b/packages/fuel-gauge/fuels.config.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export default createConfig({
   forcBuildFlags: ['--release'],
   forcPath: 'fuels-forc',
   fuelCorePath: 'fuels-core',
+  fuelCorePort: 0,
 });
diff --git a/packages/fuel-gauge/package.json b/packages/fuel-gauge/package.json
index 740c95be9a7..6d488cbafd8 100644
--- a/packages/fuel-gauge/package.json
+++ b/packages/fuel-gauge/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "author": "Fuel Labs <contact@fuel.sh> (https://fuel.network/)",
   "scripts": {
     "pretest": "run-s build:forc build:process-predicates",
-    "build:forc": "pnpm fuels build",
+    "build:forc": "pnpm fuels build --deploy",
     "build:process-predicates": "tsx ./scripts/process-predicates.ts",
     "type:check": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
diff --git a/packages/fuel-gauge/src/fuels-dev.test.ts b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/fuels-dev.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f871e8fcfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/fuel-gauge/src/fuels-dev.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
+/**
+ * @group node
+ */
+describe('fuels-dev', () => {
+  test('it works', () => {
+    const res = execSync('pnpm fuels init').toString();
+
+    console.log(res);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
index 3853682c678..283341e90f8 100644
--- a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
+++ b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ export const autoStartFuelCore = async (config: FuelsConfig) => {
 
     const port = config.fuelCorePort ?? (await getPortPromise({ port: 4000 }));
 
-    const providerUrl = `http://${accessIp}:${port}/v1/graphql`;
-
-    const { cleanup, snapshotDir } = await launchNode({
+    const { cleanup, url, snapshotDir } = await launchNode({
       args: [
         ['--snapshot', config.snapshotDir],
         ['--db-type', 'in-memory'],
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ export const autoStartFuelCore = async (config: FuelsConfig) => {
       bindIp,
       accessIp,
       port,
-      providerUrl,
+      providerUrl: url,
       snapshotDir,
       killChildProcess: cleanup,
     };
diff --git a/packages/fuels/test/features/dev.test.ts b/packages/fuels/test/features/dev.test.ts
index a03d97dfba1..93bca9d78b9 100644
--- a/packages/fuels/test/features/dev.test.ts
+++ b/packages/fuels/test/features/dev.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+import { deferPromise } from '@fuel-ts/account';
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import * as chokidar from 'chokidar';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { cwd } from 'process';
 
 import * as buildMod from '../../src/cli/commands/build/index';
 import * as deployMod from '../../src/cli/commands/deploy/index';
@@ -77,4 +81,49 @@ describe('dev', () => {
     expect(watch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(on).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
+
+  test('`dev` command can work with ephemeral port 0', async () => {
+    await runInit({
+      root: paths.root,
+      workspace: paths.workspaceDir,
+      output: paths.outputDir,
+      forcPath: paths.forcPath,
+      fuelCorePath: paths.fuelCorePath,
+      fuelCorePort: '0',
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: This is a workaround to get to fuels.js
+     * because it's not available as a binary in the fuels package itself.
+     * I must test this in fuels-gauge to verify.
+     */
+    const buildFuelsPath = join(cwd(), 'packages/fuels/fuels.js');
+
+    const devProcess = spawn(`node ${buildFuelsPath} dev --path ${paths.root}`, {
+      shell: 'bash',
+    });
+
+    const nodeLaunched = deferPromise<string>();
+
+    const graphQLStartSubstring = 'Binding GraphQL provider to';
+
+    devProcess.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => {
+      const text: string = chunk.toString();
+      if (text.indexOf(graphQLStartSubstring) !== -1) {
+        const rows = text.split('\n');
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+        const rowWithUrl = rows.find((row) => row.indexOf(graphQLStartSubstring) !== -1)!;
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
+        const [, port] = rowWithUrl.split(' ').at(-1)!.trim().split(':'); // e.g. "2024-02-13T12:31:44.445844Z  INFO new{name=fuel-core}: fuel_core::graphql_api::service: 216: Binding GraphQL provider to 127.0.0.1:35039"
+
+        nodeLaunched.resolve(port);
+      }
+    });
+
+    const nodePort = await nodeLaunched.promise;
+
+    expect(nodePort).not.toBe('0');
+    // we verify it not to be the default port
+    expect(nodePort).not.toBe('4000');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/fuels/test/utils/runCommands.ts b/packages/fuels/test/utils/runCommands.ts
index f5a052d81a8..905c6bc663b 100644
--- a/packages/fuels/test/utils/runCommands.ts
+++ b/packages/fuels/test/utils/runCommands.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { join, basename } from 'path';
 
 import { Commands } from '../../src';
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ export function bootstrapProject(testFilepath: string) {
     fooContractFactoryPath,
     forcPath,
     fuelCorePath,
+    [Symbol.dispose]: () => {
+      rmdirSync(root, { recursive: true });
+    },
   };
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ export async function runInit(params: InitParams) {
     const config = readFileSync(configPath, 'utf-8');
 
     const search = /(^.*fuelCorePath:.*$)/m;
-    const replace = `$1\n  privateKey: '${privateKey}',`;
+    const replace = `$1\n  privateKey: '${privateKey}',\n`;
 
     writeFileSync(configPath, config.replace(search, replace));
   }