diff --git a/.changeset/calm-moles-sell.md b/.changeset/calm-moles-sell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1677f5a456f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/calm-moles-sell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@thirdweb-dev/react": patch
+"@thirdweb-dev/sdk": patch
+---
+
+Fix using external signers with ThirdwebSDKProvider
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Provider.tsx b/packages/react/src/Provider.tsx
index 9edfa2d6477..9d9404c698e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Provider.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Provider.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 } from "@thirdweb-dev/sdk";
 import type { ThirdwebStorage } from "@thirdweb-dev/storage";
 import { Signer } from "ethers";
-import React, { createContext, useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
+import React, { createContext, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import {
   WagmiProvider,
@@ -587,3 +587,54 @@ export function useActiveChainId(): SUPPORTED_CHAIN_ID | undefined {
   const sdk = useSDK();
   return (sdk as any)?._chainId;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function useActiveSigner(): Signer | undefined {
+  const sdk = useSDK();
+  const [signer, setSigner] = useState<Signer | undefined>(sdk?.getSigner());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (sdk) {
+      sdk.wallet.events.on("signerChanged", (newSigner: Signer | undefined) => {
+        setSigner(newSigner);
+      });
+      return () => {
+        sdk.wallet.events.off("signerChanged");
+      };
+    }
+  }, [sdk]);
+  return signer;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function useActiveSignerAddress(): string | undefined {
+  const signer = useActiveSigner();
+  const [address, setAddress] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (signer) {
+      signer.getAddress().then((a) => {
+        setAddress(a);
+      });
+    }
+  }, [signer]);
+  return address;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function useActiveSignerChainId(): number | undefined {
+  const signer = useActiveSigner();
+  const [chainId, setChainId] = useState<number | undefined>(undefined);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (signer) {
+      signer.getChainId().then((id) => {
+        setChainId(id);
+      });
+    }
+  }, [signer]);
+  return chainId;
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/async/contracts.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/async/contracts.ts
index dee51a432f2..b5e1e3ed2da 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/async/contracts.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/async/contracts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { useActiveChainId, useSDK } from "../../Provider";
+import {
+  useActiveChainId,
+  useActiveSignerAddress,
+  useActiveSignerChainId,
+  useSDK,
+} from "../../Provider";
 import { ContractAddress, RequiredParam } from "../../types";
 import {
   cacheKeys,
@@ -6,8 +11,6 @@ import {
   createContractCacheKey,
 } from "../../utils/cache-keys";
 import { useQueryWithNetwork } from "../query-utils/useQueryWithNetwork";
-import { useAddress } from "../useAddress";
-import { useChainId } from "../useChainId";
 import {
   useMutation,
   useQuery,
@@ -152,8 +155,8 @@ export function useContract<
   const sdk = useSDK();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
   const activeChainId = useActiveChainId();
-  const wallet = useAddress();
-  const walletChainId = useChainId();
+  const wallet = useActiveSignerAddress();
+  const walletChainId = useActiveSignerChainId();
 
   // it's there because we put it there.
   const sdkTimestamp = (sdk as any)?._constructedAt;
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/core/sdk.ts b/packages/sdk/src/core/sdk.ts
index 9ceca03e740..7bda987f1c5 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/core/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/core/sdk.ts
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ export class ThirdwebSDK extends RPCConnectionHandler {
   }
 
   private updateContractSignerOrProvider() {
+    this.wallet.connect(this.getSignerOrProvider());
     this.auth.updateSignerOrProvider(this.getSignerOrProvider());
-    this.wallet.onNetworkUpdated(this.getSignerOrProvider());
     this.deployer.updateSignerOrProvider(this.getSignerOrProvider());
     this._publisher.updateSignerOrProvider(this.getSignerOrProvider());
     for (const [, contract] of this.contractCache) {
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/core/wallet/UserWallet.ts b/packages/sdk/src/core/wallet/UserWallet.ts
index c7d69eaf137..993aa70ba2b 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/core/wallet/UserWallet.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/core/wallet/UserWallet.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,23 @@ import { RPCConnectionHandler } from "../classes/rpc-connection-handler";
 import { NetworkOrSignerOrProvider, TransactionResult } from "../types";
 import type { IERC20 } from "@thirdweb-dev/contracts-js";
 import ERC20Abi from "@thirdweb-dev/contracts-js/dist/abis/IERC20.json";
-import { ethers, BigNumber, providers } from "ethers";
+import { ethers, BigNumber, providers, Signer } from "ethers";
+import EventEmitter from "eventemitter3";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 
+/**
+ *
+ * {@link UserWallet} events that you can subscribe to using `sdk.wallet.events`.
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface UserWalletEvents {
+  /**
+   * Emitted when `sdk.wallet.connect()` is called.
+   */
+  signerChanged: [Signer | undefined];
+}
+
 /**
  * Connect and Interact with a user wallet
  * @example
@@ -25,22 +39,24 @@ import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 export class UserWallet {
   private connection: RPCConnectionHandler;
   private options: SDKOptions;
+  public events = new EventEmitter<UserWalletEvents>();
 
   constructor(network: NetworkOrSignerOrProvider, options: SDKOptions) {
     this.connection = new RPCConnectionHandler(network, options);
     this.options = options;
+    this.events = new EventEmitter();
   }
 
-  // TODO connect()
   // TODO disconnect()
   // TODO switchChain()
-  // TODO event listener
   // TODO tokens()
   // TODO NFTs()
 
   // TODO this will become the source of truth of the signer and have every contract read from it
-  onNetworkUpdated(network: NetworkOrSignerOrProvider): void {
+  // TODO separate signer and provider logics
+  public connect(network: NetworkOrSignerOrProvider) {
     this.connection.updateSignerOrProvider(network);
+    this.events.emit("signerChanged", this.connection.getSigner());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/solana/src/classes/user-wallet.ts b/packages/solana/src/classes/user-wallet.ts
index 2555e8650d4..84a08e779ff 100644
--- a/packages/solana/src/classes/user-wallet.ts
+++ b/packages/solana/src/classes/user-wallet.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// import { getPayer } from "../utils/local-config";
 import { CurrencyValue, WalletSigner } from "../types/common";
 import { toCurrencyValue } from "../utils/token";
 import {