diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/provider.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/provider.ts
index 18f24aea8a..3dda0ab27f 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/provider.ts
@@ -83,14 +83,18 @@ export const DEFAULT_COINBASE = "0xc014ba5ec014ba5ec014ba5ec014ba5ec014ba5e";
 let _globalEdrContext: EdrContext | undefined;
 
 // Lazy initialize the global EDR context.
-export function getGlobalEdrContext(): EdrContext {
-  const { EdrContext } = requireNapiRsModule(
+export async function getGlobalEdrContext(): Promise<EdrContext> {
+  const { EdrContext, L1_CHAIN_TYPE, l1ProviderFactory } = requireNapiRsModule(
     "@nomicfoundation/edr"
   ) as typeof import("@nomicfoundation/edr");
 
   if (_globalEdrContext === undefined) {
     // Only one is allowed to exist
     _globalEdrContext = new EdrContext();
+    await _globalEdrContext.registerProviderFactory(
+      L1_CHAIN_TYPE,
+      l1ProviderFactory()
+    );
   }
 
   return _globalEdrContext;
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ export class EdrProviderWrapper
     loggerConfig: LoggerConfig,
     tracingConfig?: TracingConfig
   ): Promise<EdrProviderWrapper> {
-    const { Provider } = requireNapiRsModule(
+    const { L1_CHAIN_TYPE } = requireNapiRsModule(
       "@nomicfoundation/edr"
     ) as typeof import("@nomicfoundation/edr");
 
@@ -226,8 +230,9 @@ export class EdrProviderWrapper
 
     const hardforkName = getHardforkName(config.hardfork);
 
-    const provider = await Provider.withConfig(
-      getGlobalEdrContext(),
+    const context = await getGlobalEdrContext();
+    const provider = await context.createProvider(
+      L1_CHAIN_TYPE,
       {
         allowBlocksWithSameTimestamp:
           config.allowBlocksWithSameTimestamp ?? false,
@@ -298,8 +303,10 @@ export class EdrProviderWrapper
           }
         },
       },
-      (event: SubscriptionEvent) => {
-        eventAdapter.emit("ethEvent", event);
+      {
+        subscriptionCallback: (event: SubscriptionEvent) => {
+          eventAdapter.emit("ethEvent", event);
+        },
       }
     );
 
@@ -479,18 +486,20 @@ export class EdrProviderWrapper
   }
 
   // temporarily added to make smock work with HH+EDR
-  private _setCallOverrideCallback(callback: CallOverrideCallback) {
+  private async _setCallOverrideCallback(
+    callback: CallOverrideCallback
+  ): Promise<void> {
     this._callOverrideCallback = callback;
 
-    this._provider.setCallOverrideCallback(
+    await this._provider.setCallOverrideCallback(
       async (address: Buffer, data: Buffer) => {
         return this._callOverrideCallback?.(address, data);
       }
     );
   }
 
-  private _setVerboseTracing(enabled: boolean) {
-    this._provider.setVerboseTracing(enabled);
+  private async _setVerboseTracing(enabled: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    await this._provider.setVerboseTracing(enabled);
   }
 
   private _ethEventListener(event: SubscriptionEvent) {
diff --git a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/utils/convertToEdr.ts b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/utils/convertToEdr.ts
index a955ef1225..702b9e9ca9 100644
--- a/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/utils/convertToEdr.ts
+++ b/packages/hardhat-core/src/internal/hardhat-network/provider/utils/convertToEdr.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,28 @@
-import type {
-  SpecId,
-  MineOrdering,
-  IntervalRange,
-  DebugTraceResult,
-  TracingMessage,
-  TracingMessageResult,
-  TracingStep,
+import {
+  type SpecId,
+  type MineOrdering,
+  type IntervalRange,
+  type DebugTraceResult,
+  type TracingMessage,
+  type TracingMessageResult,
+  type TracingStep,
+  FRONTIER,
+  HOMESTEAD,
+  DAO_FORK,
+  TANGERINE,
+  SPURIOUS_DRAGON,
+  BYZANTIUM,
+  CONSTANTINOPLE,
+  PETERSBURG,
+  ISTANBUL,
+  MUIR_GLACIER,
+  BERLIN,
+  LONDON,
+  ARROW_GLACIER,
+  GRAY_GLACIER,
+  MERGE,
+  SHANGHAI,
+  CANCUN,
 } from "@nomicfoundation/edr";
 import { Address } from "@nomicfoundation/ethereumjs-util";
 
@@ -21,46 +38,42 @@ import {
 
 /* eslint-disable @nomicfoundation/hardhat-internal-rules/only-hardhat-error */
 
-export function ethereumsjsHardforkToEdrSpecId(hardfork: HardforkName): SpecId {
-  const { SpecId } = requireNapiRsModule(
-    "@nomicfoundation/edr"
-  ) as typeof import("@nomicfoundation/edr");
-
+export function ethereumsjsHardforkToEdrSpecId(hardfork: HardforkName): string {
   switch (hardfork) {
     case HardforkName.FRONTIER:
-      return SpecId.Frontier;
+      return FRONTIER;
     case HardforkName.HOMESTEAD:
-      return SpecId.Homestead;
+      return HOMESTEAD;
     case HardforkName.DAO:
-      return SpecId.DaoFork;
+      return DAO_FORK;
     case HardforkName.TANGERINE_WHISTLE:
-      return SpecId.Tangerine;
+      return TANGERINE;
     case HardforkName.SPURIOUS_DRAGON:
-      return SpecId.SpuriousDragon;
+      return SPURIOUS_DRAGON;
     case HardforkName.BYZANTIUM:
-      return SpecId.Byzantium;
+      return BYZANTIUM;
     case HardforkName.CONSTANTINOPLE:
-      return SpecId.Constantinople;
+      return CONSTANTINOPLE;
     case HardforkName.PETERSBURG:
-      return SpecId.Petersburg;
+      return PETERSBURG;
     case HardforkName.ISTANBUL:
-      return SpecId.Istanbul;
+      return ISTANBUL;
     case HardforkName.MUIR_GLACIER:
-      return SpecId.MuirGlacier;
+      return MUIR_GLACIER;
     case HardforkName.BERLIN:
-      return SpecId.Berlin;
+      return BERLIN;
     case HardforkName.LONDON:
-      return SpecId.London;
+      return LONDON;
     case HardforkName.ARROW_GLACIER:
-      return SpecId.ArrowGlacier;
+      return ARROW_GLACIER;
     case HardforkName.GRAY_GLACIER:
-      return SpecId.GrayGlacier;
+      return GRAY_GLACIER;
     case HardforkName.MERGE:
-      return SpecId.Merge;
+      return MERGE;
     case HardforkName.SHANGHAI:
-      return SpecId.Shanghai;
+      return SHANGHAI;
     case HardforkName.CANCUN:
-      return SpecId.Cancun;
+      return CANCUN;
     default:
       const _exhaustiveCheck: never = hardfork;
       throw new Error(