diff --git a/src/contract/Contract.ts b/src/contract/Contract.ts
index e33d6105..f1b2c3b6 100644
--- a/src/contract/Contract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/Contract.ts
@@ -186,13 +186,15 @@ export interface Contract<State = unknown> {
    * @param caller - an option to override the caller - if available, this value will overwrite the caller evaluated
    * from the wallet connected to this contract.
    * @param vrf - whether a mock VRF data should be generated
+   * @param sortKey - sortKey at which the state will be loaded prior to applying input
    */
   dryWrite<Input>(
     input: Input,
     caller?: string,
     tags?: Tags,
     transfer?: ArTransfer,
-    vrf?: boolean
+    vrf?: boolean,
+    sortKey?: string
   ): Promise<InteractionResult<State, unknown>>;
 
   applyInput<Input>(
diff --git a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
index 556360b6..c062eb7c 100644
--- a/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
+++ b/src/contract/HandlerBasedContract.ts
@@ -312,10 +312,11 @@ export class HandlerBasedContract<State> implements Contract<State> {
     caller?: string,
     tags?: Tags,
     transfer?: ArTransfer,
-    vrf?: boolean
+    vrf?: boolean,
+    sortKey?: string
   ): Promise<InteractionResult<State, unknown>> {
     this.logger.info('Dry-write for', this._contractTxId);
-    return await this.callContract<Input>(input, 'write', caller, undefined, tags, transfer, undefined, vrf);
+    return await this.callContract<Input>(input, 'write', caller, sortKey, tags, transfer, undefined, vrf);
   }
 
   async applyInput<Input>(