diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 342356a..2af1ce3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Initialise CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
         with:
           languages: 'javascript'
           queries: security-and-quality
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ jobs:
           npm run build
 
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
index 1a3ad1b..2f92ff7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ jobs:
 
   call-build:
     name: "Build & Test"
-    needs: call-lint
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
   call-release:
     name: "Release"
-    needs: call-build
+    needs: [ call-lint, call-build ]
     if: ${{ github.ref_protected == true }}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index c6e690a..8a0f576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0 # Required to fetch version
     
     - name: Run Super Linter
-      uses: github/super-linter/slim@v4
+      uses: github/super-linter/slim@v6
       env:
         IGNORE_GITIGNORED_FILES: true
         DEFAULT_BRANCH: main
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 84159f6..3a11ff1 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ import {
 } from '@cheqd/ts-proto/cheqd/did/v2';
 import { MsgCreateResourcePayload } from '@cheqd/ts-proto/cheqd/resource/v2';
 import { DIDModule } from './modules/did';
+import { toBech32 } from '@cosmjs/encoding';
+import { StargateClient } from '@cosmjs/stargate';
+import { Coin } from 'cosmjs-types/cosmos/base/v1beta1/coin';
+import { rawSecp256k1PubkeyToRawAddress } from '@cosmjs/amino';
+import pkg from 'secp256k1';
 
 export type TImportableEd25519Key = {
 	publicKeyHex: string;
@@ -265,7 +270,7 @@ export function createCosmosPayerWallet(
 		: DirectSecp256k1Wallet.fromKey(fromString(cosmosPayerSeed.replace(/^0x/, ''), 'hex'), 'cheqd');
 }
 
-function toMultibaseRaw(key: Uint8Array) {
+export function toMultibaseRaw(key: Uint8Array) {
 	const multibase = new Uint8Array(MULTICODEC_ED25519_HEADER.length + key.length);
 
 	multibase.set(MULTICODEC_ED25519_HEADER);
@@ -305,6 +310,18 @@ export function createMsgDeactivateDidDocPayloadToSign(didPayload: DIDDocument,
 	).finish();
 }
 
+export function getCosmosAccount(publicKeyHex: string): string {
+	const { publicKeyConvert } = pkg;
+
+	return toBech32('cheqd', rawSecp256k1PubkeyToRawAddress(publicKeyConvert(fromString(publicKeyHex, 'hex'), true)));
+}
+
+export async function checkBalance(address: string, rpcAddress: string): Promise<readonly Coin[]> {
+	const client = await StargateClient.connect(rpcAddress);
+
+	return await client.getAllBalances(address);
+}
+
 export function createMsgResourcePayloadToSign(payload: Partial<MsgCreateResourcePayload> | MsgCreateResourcePayload) {
 	return MsgCreateResourcePayload.encode(MsgCreateResourcePayload.fromPartial(payload)).finish();
 }
diff --git a/tests/testutils.test.ts b/tests/testutils.test.ts
index 3611305..8142a2d 100644
--- a/tests/testutils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/testutils.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ export const image_content =
 
 export const default_content = '<p>Test file content</p>';
 
+// They are connected
+export const pubkey_hex =
+	'04adf6cad45e58a7e1908bebefcc358de229c108fb1170566f83be5ce028eb6b1997711067ffcb445532667ed4a4efc2b334c16421edb52ec5e0324a1c0e570663';
+
+export const bech32_account = 'cheqd1ehcg0jarxkyxtkzrwcxayedxrskwyftxj4exm9';
+// Testnet RPC and faucet address
+export const faucet_address = 'cheqd1rnr5jrt4exl0samwj0yegv99jeskl0hsxmcz96';
+
+export const testnet_rpc = 'https://rpc.cheqd.network:443';
+
 export function containsAll<T>(array: T[], values: T[]): boolean {
 	return values.every((value) => array.includes(value));
 }
diff --git a/tests/utils.test.ts b/tests/utils.test.ts
index 1822b9e..c032814 100644
--- a/tests/utils.test.ts
+++ b/tests/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-import { TImportableEd25519Key, createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key, isJSON } from '../src/utils';
-import { createDidVerificationMethod, createVerificationKeys, createKeyPairRaw } from '../src/utils';
+import {
+	TImportableEd25519Key,
+	checkBalance,
+	createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key,
+	isJSON,
+	createDidVerificationMethod,
+	createVerificationKeys,
+	createKeyPairRaw,
+	getCosmosAccount,
+} from '../src/utils';
 import { toString } from 'uint8arrays';
 import { IKeyPair, MethodSpecificIdAlgo, VerificationMethods } from '../src/types';
+import { faucet_address, pubkey_hex, testnet_rpc } from './testutils.test';
 
 describe('createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key', () => {
 	it('should create a sign input from an importable ed25519 key 2020', async () => {
@@ -73,6 +82,22 @@ describe('createSignInputsFromImportableEd25519Key', () => {
 		});
 	});
 
+    it('should get the cosmos account from publicKeyHex', () => {
+        // We know, that such point could be transformed to a cheqd account cheqd1ehcg0jarxkyxtkzrwcxayedxrskwyftxj4exm9
+        const expectedAddress = "cheqd1ehcg0jarxkyxtkzrwcxayedxrskwyftxj4exm9"
+
+        expect(expectedAddress).toEqual(getCosmosAccount(pubkey_hex))
+
+    })
+
+    it('should return not empty account balance', async () => {
+        const balances = await checkBalance(faucet_address, testnet_rpc)
+        expect(balances.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+        expect(balances[0].denom).toEqual("ncheq")
+        expect(+balances[0].amount).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+    })
+})
+
 	it('should return valid json', async () => {
 		// define invalid cases
 		const invalid = [