diff --git a/.github/workflows/contract.yaml b/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
index 4e1abf005..1c50c1e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       FUZZBUCKET_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.FUZZBUCKET_SSH_KEY }}
       FUZZBUCKET_URL: ${{ secrets.FUZZBUCKET_URL }}
       FUZZBUCKET_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.FUZZBUCKET_CREDENTIALS }}
+      CI: true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -27,11 +28,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: bin
           path: bin
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: rstudio/connect-content
+          path: 'test/content'
+          sparse-checkout: bundles
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          token: ${{ secrets.CONNECT_PAT }}
+
       - run: chmod -R +x ./bin
       - run: echo "${FUZZBUCKET_SSH_KEY}" > test/cy/fuzzbucket-ssh-key && chmod 600 test/cy/fuzzbucket-ssh-key
       - run: just cy install
       - run: just cy test
-      - run: just cy test-contract
+      # disable cypress contract tests until new deploy workflow
+      # - run: just cy test-contract
       - run: just bats install
       - run: just bats test
       - run: just bats test-contract
diff --git a/test/bats/contract/accounts.bats b/test/bats/contract/accounts.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..145edf08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bats/contract/accounts.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load '../node_modules/bats-support/load'
+load '../node_modules/bats-assert/load'
+
+# list-accounts should return the account from env
+@test "list accounts" {
+    run ${EXE} list-accounts
+    assert_success
+    assert_output --partial "Nickname: \"env\""
+    assert_output --partial "Configured via: CONNECT_SERVER environment variable"
+    assert_output --partial "Authentication: Connect API key"
+}
+
+# test-account should pass with env
+@test "test accounts" {
+    run ${EXE} test-account env
+    assert_success
+    assert_output --partial "Name:     Administrator Smith"
+    assert_output --partial "Username: admin"
+    assert_output --partial "Email:    rsc@example.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats b/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
index 3a9f84e53..ee9fd00ab 100644
--- a/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
+++ b/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
@@ -2,28 +2,13 @@
 
 load '../node_modules/bats-support/load'
 load '../node_modules/bats-assert/load'
-
-# list-accounts should return the account from env
-@test "list accounts" {
-    run ${EXE} list-accounts
-    assert_success
-    assert_output --partial "Nickname: \"env\""
-    assert_output --partial "Configured via: CONNECT_SERVER environment variable"
-    assert_output --partial "Authentication: Connect API key"
-}
-
-# test-account should pass with env
-@test "test accounts" {
-    run ${EXE} test-account env
-    assert_success
-    assert_output --partial "Name:     Administrator Smith"
-    assert_output --partial "Username: admin"
-    assert_output --partial "Email:    rsc@example.com"
-}
+source ../content/bundles/${CONTENT}/test/.publisher-env
+CONTENT_PATH='../content/bundles/'
 
 # deploy content with the env account
-@test "deploy content" {
-    run ${EXE} deploy ../sample-content/fastapi-simple/ -n ci_deploy
+@test "deploy ${CONTENT}" {
+
+    run ${EXE} deploy ${CONTENT_PATH}/${CONTENT} -n ci_deploy
     assert_success
     assert_output --partial "Test Deployment...                 [OK]"
     # now test the deployment via api
@@ -33,12 +18,13 @@ load '../node_modules/bats-assert/load'
     run curl --silent --show-error -L --max-redirs 0 --fail \
         -X GET \
         -H "Authorization: Key ${CONNECT_API_KEY}" "${CONNECT_SERVER}/__api__/v1/content/${GUID}"
-    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"python-fastapi\""
+    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"${CONTENT_TYPE}\""
 }
 
 # redeploy content from previous test
-@test "redeploy content" {
-    run ${EXE} redeploy ci_deploy ../sample-content/fastapi-simple/
+@test "redeploy ${CONTENT}" {
+
+    run ${EXE} redeploy ci_deploy ${CONTENT_PATH}${CONTENT}
     assert_success
     assert_output --partial "Test Deployment...                 [OK]"
     # now test the deployment via api
@@ -48,6 +34,7 @@ load '../node_modules/bats-assert/load'
     run curl --silent --show-error -L --max-redirs 0 --fail \
         -X GET \
         -H "Authorization: Key ${CONNECT_API_KEY}" "${CONNECT_SERVER}/__api__/v1/content/${GUID}"
-    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"python-fastapi\""
+    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"${CONTENT_TYPE}\""
+    # cleanup
+    run rm -rf ${CONTENT_PATH}${CONTENT}/.posit/ ${CONTENT_PATH}${CONTENT}/.positignore
 }
-
diff --git a/test/bats/justfile b/test/bats/justfile
index 3335b671e..7b6a9236e 100644
--- a/test/bats/justfile
+++ b/test/bats/justfile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ alias c := clean
 alias i := install
 alias t := test
 
-_ci := env_var_or_default("CI", "false")
+export CONTENT := env_var_or_default("CONTENT", "all")
+export CONTENT_REPO := env_var_or_default("CONTENT_REPO", "/work/connect-content")
+
+export _ci := env_var_or_default("CI", "false")
 
 _debug := env_var_or_default("DEBUG", "false")
 
@@ -47,22 +50,50 @@ run *args:
 
 
 # Executes bats deploy tests
+# Content being tested lives in the connect-content githu repo
 test-contract:
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     set -eou pipefail
     {{ _with_debug }}
 
     exe=$(just ../../executable-path)
+    
+    pip install -r ../setup/requirements.txt
 
+    export CONNECT_SERVER="$(python ../setup/connect_setup.py)"
+    export CONNECT_API_KEY="$(python ../setup/gen_apikey.py 'admin')"
+    
     if [ ! -f $exe ]; then
         echo "error: Missing executable $exe. Run \`just build\`." 1>&2
         exit 1
     fi
-    pip install -r ../setup/requirements.txt
-    export CONNECT_SERVER="$(python ../setup/connect_setup.py)"
-    export CONNECT_API_KEY="$(python ../setup/gen_apikey.py 'admin')"
-
-    EXE=$exe npm run contract
+    
+    # run contract/accounts.bats
+    EXE=$exe npm run accounts
+
+    # pull the content from connect-content repo
+    if [[ "${CONTENT}" == "all" ]]; then
+        if [[ ${_ci} == false ]]; then
+            mkdir -p ../content/bundles/
+            cp -R ${HOME}${CONTENT_REPO}/bundles/ ../content/bundles/
+        fi
+        
+        # content_list will contain all content in
+        content_list=$(find "../content/bundles" -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec basename {} \;)
+        # IFS=' ' read -ra my_array <<< "${content_list}"
+        for i in ${content_list}
+        do
+            # only test when we have a .publisher-env file for the content
+            if [[ -f ../content/bundles/${i}/test/.publisher-env ]]; then
+                export CONTENT=${i}
+                EXE=$exe npm run deploy
+            fi
+        done
+        # rm -rf ../content/
+    else
+        cp -R "${HOME}${CONTENT_REPO}/bundles/${CONTENT}" ../content/
+        EXE=$exe npm run deploy
+    fi
 
 # Executes bats local tests
 test:
diff --git a/test/bats/package.json b/test/bats/package.json
index 76698daf2..124eccfa8 100644
--- a/test/bats/package.json
+++ b/test/bats/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "contract": "bats -r -T -t ./contract",
+    "deploy": "bats -r -T -t ./contract/deploy.bats",
+    "accounts": "bats -r -T -t ./contract/accounts.bats",
     "cli": "bats -r -T -t ./cli"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/setup/connect_setup.py b/test/setup/connect_setup.py
index 4a02c5b9b..78d03ff75 100644
--- a/test/setup/connect_setup.py
+++ b/test/setup/connect_setup.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def get_ip(box_name):
 def connect_ready(box_name, max_attempts, interval):
     connect_box=get_ip(box_name)
     update_config="fuzzbucket-client ssh " + box_name + " " + ssh_options + " sudo sed -i 's/CONNECT_IP/" + connect_box + "/g' /etc/rstudio-connect/rstudio-connect.gcfg"
+    restart_connect = "fuzzbucket-client ssh " + box_name + " " + ssh_options + " sudo systemctl restart rstudio-connect"
     attempts = 0
     while attempts < max_attempts:
         try:
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ def connect_ready(box_name, max_attempts, interval):
                     logging.info("Installing Connect on " + connect_box)
                     subprocess.check_output(install_connect, shell=True, text=True)
                     subprocess.check_output(update_config, shell=True, text=True)
+                    subprocess.check_output(restart_connect, shell=True, text=True)
                 return response.text
         except requests.RequestException:
             pass
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ def connect_ready(box_name, max_attempts, interval):
 api_key=get_api_key('admin')
 connect_version=get_connect_version()
 install_connect = "fuzzbucket-client ssh " + box_name + " " + ssh_options + " sudo -E UNATTENDED=1 bash installer-ci.sh -d " + connect_version
+
 response = connect_ready(box_name, 20, 5)
 
 if response: