diff --git a/.github/actions/check-ports/action.yaml b/.github/actions/check-ports/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1352e5ce3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/check-ports/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: "check-ports"
+description: 'Checks whether a space separated list of local ports is reachable'
+
+inputs:
+  ports:
+    description: 'The local ports to check'
+    required: true
+  tries:
+    description: 'The max number of times to check whether each port is open'
+    required: false
+    default: 100
+  interval:
+    description: 'The interval to wait in between tries'
+    required: false
+    default: 5
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: "Check ports"
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        for p in ${{ inputs.ports }}; do
+          counter=0
+
+          while [[ `nc -z localhost $p; echo $?` -ne 0 && $counter -ne ${{ inputs.tries }} ]]; do 
+            sleep ${{ inputs.interval }}
+            counter=$(( $counter + 1 ))
+          done
+
+          if [[ $counter -eq ${{ inputs.tries }} ]]; then
+            echo "Port $p is unreachable!"
+            exit 1;
+          fi
+        done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs/action.yml
index 87d4dc9de2..e924acc7c1 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: "setup-testing-nodejs"
 description: 'Install library deps, build libvcx'
 
 inputs:
+  rust-toolchain-version:
+    description: 'The Rust toolchain version to use'
+    required: true
   skip-docker-setup:
     description: 'If true, skip spinning up docker containers'
     required: false
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
         npm install -g npm@8.19.3
     - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
-        toolchain: 1.65.0
+        toolchain: ${{ inputs.rust-toolchain-version }}
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: "Install dependencies"
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-testing-rust/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-testing-rust/action.yml
index 48bf359451..b83a1eb468 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-testing-rust/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-testing-rust/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: "setup-testing-rust"
 description: 'Setup host environment to run rust tests'
 
 inputs:
+  rust-toolchain-version:
+    description: 'The Rust toolchain version to use'
+    required: true
   skip-docker-setup:
     description: 'If true, skip spinning up docker containers'
     required: false
@@ -16,21 +19,36 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
-        toolchain: 1.65.0
+        toolchain: ${{ inputs.rust-toolchain-version }}
+
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: "Install dependencies"
       shell: bash
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update -y
         sudo apt-get install -y libsodium-dev libssl-dev libzmq3-dev
+
     - name: "Start indypool, mysql, agency"
       if: ${{ inputs.skip-docker-setup != 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         docker run -d --name mysql     --network host -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword mysql:5.7.35
         docker run -d --name indypool  --network host ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE_POOL }}
+
+    - name: "Check indy ports"
+      if: ${{ inputs.skip-docker-setup != 'true' }}
+      uses: ./.github/actions/check-ports
+      with:
+        ports: "9701 9702 9703 9704 9705 9706 9707 9708"
+
     - name: "Start vdrproxy"
       if: ${{ inputs.skip-vdrproxy-setup != 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       run: |
         docker run -d --name vdrproxy --network host ${{ env.DOCKER_IMAGE_VDRPROXY }} -p ${{ env.VDR_PROXY_PORT }} -g ${{ env.GENESIS_URL }}
+
+    - name: "Check vdrproxy port"
+      if: ${{ inputs.skip-vdrproxy-setup != 'true' }}
+      uses: ./.github/actions/check-ports
+      with:
+        ports: "3030"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 18126e71bc..530403d7b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
         with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
           skip-docker-setup: true
       - name: "Run workspace unit tests"
         run: RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --workspace --lib --exclude aries-vcx-agent --exclude libvdrtools --exclude wallet_migrator --features ${{ matrix.features }}
@@ -336,6 +337,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
+        with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
       - name: "Run aries-vcx integration tests"
         run: RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --manifest-path="aries_vcx/Cargo.toml" --features ${{ matrix.features }} -- --ignored;
 
@@ -347,6 +350,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
+        with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
       - name: "Run aries-vcx tests: mysql_test"
         run: RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --manifest-path="aries_vcx/Cargo.toml" test_mysql -- --include-ignored;
 
@@ -369,6 +374,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
         with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
           skip-vdrproxy-setup: false
       - name: "Run aries-vcx tests: vdrproxy_test"
         run: RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --manifest-path="aries_vcx/Cargo.toml" -F vdr_proxy_ledger -- --ignored
@@ -386,6 +392,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
+        with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
       - name: "Run aries-vcx tests: pool_tests agency_pool_tests"
         run: |
           cargo test --manifest-path="wallet_migrator/Cargo.toml";
@@ -409,6 +417,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
+        with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
       - name: "Run libvcx_core integration tests"
         run: |
           RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --features ${{ matrix.features }} --manifest-path="libvcx_core/Cargo.toml" -- --include-ignored;
@@ -422,6 +432,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: "Setup rust testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-rust
+        with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
       - name: "Run resolver tests"
         run: |
           RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test -p did_doc -p did_parser -p did_resolver -p did_resolver_registry -p did_resolver_sov -p did_resolver_web -p did_doc_sov -p did_key -p did_peer --test "*"
@@ -439,6 +451,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Setup NodeJS libvcx testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs
         with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
           skip-docker-setup: true
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: "Run tests"
@@ -457,6 +470,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Setup NodeJS libvcx testing environment"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-testing-nodejs
         with:
+          rust-toolchain-version: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN_VERSON }}
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: "Run wrapper integration tests"
         run: (cd wrappers/node && npm run test:integration)