diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b67a4e..219701f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -124,16 +124,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cosmwasm-storage"
-version = "1.5.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "66de2ab9db04757bcedef2b5984fbe536903ada4a8a9766717a4a71197ef34f6"
-dependencies = [
- "cosmwasm-std",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -191,7 +181,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bech32",
  "cosmwasm-std",
- "cosmwasm-storage",
  "cw-storage-plus",
  "hex",
  "ripemd",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1286a6f..e901e39 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-cosmwasm-std = "1.1.3"
-cosmwasm-storage = "1.1.3"
-cw-storage-plus = "1.0.1"
+cosmwasm-std = "1.5.3"
+cw-storage-plus = "1.2.0"
 bech32 = "0.9.1"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 ripemd = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/src/helpers/mod.rs b/src/helpers/mod.rs
index 48fe2f6..b962ace 100644
--- a/src/helpers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/helpers/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 pub mod iteration_guard;
-pub mod tests_helpers;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 019e586..2b451df 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pub mod events;
 pub mod helpers;
 pub mod permissions;
 pub mod storage;
+pub mod testing;
diff --git a/src/helpers/tests_helpers.rs b/src/testing/helpers.rs
similarity index 56%
rename from src/helpers/tests_helpers.rs
rename to src/testing/helpers.rs
index 09f5455..1516556 100644
--- a/src/helpers/tests_helpers.rs
+++ b/src/testing/helpers.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use cosmwasm_std::testing::{mock_dependencies, MockApi, MockQuerier, MockStorage};
-use cosmwasm_std::ContractResult as StdContractResult;
 use cosmwasm_std::{
     to_json_binary, Addr, ContractInfoResponse, Empty, OwnedDeps, SystemError, SystemResult,
     WasmQuery,
 };
+use cosmwasm_std::{BankMsg, Coin, ContractResult as StdContractResult, Response, SubMsg, Uint128};
 
 pub fn deps_with_creator(
     creator: Addr,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn deps_with_creator(
     let mut querier = MockQuerier::default();
     querier.update_wasm(move |request| match request {
         WasmQuery::ContractInfo { contract_addr } => {
-            if *contract_addr == contract_address {
+            if contract_addr == contract_address.as_str() {
                 let mut response = ContractInfoResponse::default();
                 response.admin = Some(creator.to_string());
                 SystemResult::Ok(StdContractResult::Ok(to_json_binary(&response).unwrap()))
@@ -31,3 +31,23 @@ pub fn deps_with_creator(
     deps.querier = querier;
     deps
 }
+
+pub fn assert_err<T, E: std::fmt::Debug>(result: &Result<T, E>, error: &E) {
+    // Check if result contains specific error
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("Expected Err, got Ok"),
+        Err(res_error) => assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", res_error), format!("{:?}", error)),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn assert_transfer(res: &Response, address: &Addr, amount: &u128, denom: &str) {
+    let send_msg = SubMsg::new(BankMsg::Send {
+        to_address: address.to_string(),
+        amount: vec![Coin {
+            denom: denom.to_string(),
+            amount: Uint128::new(*amount),
+        }],
+    });
+
+    assert_eq!(res.messages[0], send_msg);
+}
diff --git a/src/testing/mod.rs b/src/testing/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b66d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testing/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#![cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+
+// Exposed for testing only
+// Both unit tests and integration tests are compiled to native code, so everything in here does not need to compile to Wasm.
+
+pub mod helpers;