diff --git a/.github/workflows/contract.yaml b/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
index 1c50c1e99..86f5e6f3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contract.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
+      - name: quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 1.4.549
 
       - uses: extractions/setup-just@v1
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
diff --git a/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats b/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
index ee9fd00ab..4c12956b8 100644
--- a/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
+++ b/test/bats/contract/deploy.bats
@@ -5,36 +5,45 @@ load '../node_modules/bats-assert/load'
 source ../content/bundles/${CONTENT}/test/.publisher-env
 CONTENT_PATH='../content/bundles/'
 
+# helper funciton for deploys
+deploy_assertion() {
+    if [[ ${quarto_r_content[@]} =~ ${CONTENT} ]]; then
+        assert_output --partial "error detecting content type: quarto with knitr engine is not yet supported."
+    else
+        assert_success
+        assert_output --partial "Test Deployment...                 [OK]"
+        # test the deployment via api
+        GUID="$(echo "${output}" | \
+            grep "Direct URL:" | \
+            grep -o -E '[0-9a-f-]{36}')"
+        run curl --silent --show-error -L --max-redirs 0 --fail \
+            -X GET \
+            -H "Authorization: Key ${CONNECT_API_KEY}" "${CONNECT_SERVER}/__api__/v1/content/${GUID}"
+        assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"${CONTENT_TYPE}\""
+    fi
+}
+
+# temporary unsupported quarto types
+quarto_r_content=(
+    "quarto-proj-r-shiny" "quarto-proj-r" "quarto-proj-r-py" 
+    "quarty-website-r" "quarto-website-r-py" 
+    "quarto-website-r-py-separate-files-deps" "quarto-website-r-deps"
+    "quarto-website-r-py-deps"
+    )
+
 # deploy content with the env account
 @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
-    GUID="$(echo "${output}" | \
-        grep "Direct URL:" | \
-        grep -o -E '[0-9a-f-]{36}')"
-    run curl --silent --show-error -L --max-redirs 0 --fail \
-        -X GET \
-        -H "Authorization: Key ${CONNECT_API_KEY}" "${CONNECT_SERVER}/__api__/v1/content/${GUID}"
-    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"${CONTENT_TYPE}\""
+    deploy_assertion
 }
 
 # redeploy content from previous test
 @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
-    GUID="$(echo "${output}" | \
-        grep "Direct URL:" | \
-        grep -o -E '[0-9a-f-]{36}')"
-    run curl --silent --show-error -L --max-redirs 0 --fail \
-        -X GET \
-        -H "Authorization: Key ${CONNECT_API_KEY}" "${CONNECT_SERVER}/__api__/v1/content/${GUID}"
-    assert_output --partial "\"app_mode\":\"${CONTENT_TYPE}\""
+    deploy_assertion
+
     # cleanup
     run rm -rf ${CONTENT_PATH}${CONTENT}/.posit/ ${CONTENT_PATH}${CONTENT}/.positignore
 }
diff --git a/test/setup/connect_setup.py b/test/setup/connect_setup.py
index 78d03ff75..9795b4ca2 100644
--- a/test/setup/connect_setup.py
+++ b/test/setup/connect_setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import os
 
 # use the perftest fuzzbucket instance since it already has all the deps
-alias = "ubuntu22-publishing-client"
+alias = "ubuntu22-publishing-client-2024.02"
 box_name = "connect-publishing-client"
 list_command = "fuzzbucket-client -j list"
 create_command = "fuzzbucket-client create -c -S 20 -t m5.2xlarge " + alias + " -n " + box_name
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ def connect_ready(box_name, max_attempts, interval):
 if response:
     print("http://" + get_ip(box_name) + ":3939")
 else:
-    print("Server did not respond after multiple attempts.")
\ No newline at end of file
+    print("Server did not respond after multiple attempts.")