diff --git a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
index ecfec8a46..24864d41b 100644
--- a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
+++ b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ func initSmartContract(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 	gm := []byte("module " + contractName + `
 require (
-	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go latest
+	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop latest
 )`)
 	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(basePath, "go.mod"), gm, 0644); err != nil {
 		return cli.NewExitError(err, 1)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68221c1f6..472616a1e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/dbft v0.0.0-20210721160347-1b03241391ac
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20220111165707-25110be27d22
+	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop v0.0.0-20220114100620-29afa8e7b512
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go v0.0.0-20220113123743-7f3162110659
 	github.com/nspcc-dev/rfc6979 v0.2.0
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4 v2.6.1+incompatible
@@ -28,4 +29,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
+replace github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop => ./pkg/interop
+
 go 1.15
diff --git a/pkg/interop/go.mod b/pkg/interop/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44cb08c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interop/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop
+
+go 1.15
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/vm/cli/cli_test.go b/pkg/vm/cli/cli_test.go
index 981cc040c..e31af479d 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ func (e *executor) checkSlot(t *testing.T, items ...interface{}) {
 }
 
 func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Skip()
 	script := []byte{byte(opcode.PUSH3), byte(opcode.PUSH4), byte(opcode.ADD)}
 	t.Run("loadhex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		e := newTestVMCLI(t)
@@ -240,9 +239,9 @@ go 1.15`)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		goMod := []byte(`module test.example/kek
 require (
-	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go v0.0.0
+	github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop v0.0.0
 )
-replace github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go => ` + filepath.Join(wd, "../../..") + `
+replace github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/interop => ` + filepath.Join(wd, "../../interop") + `
 go 1.15`)
 		require.NoError(t, ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(tmpDir, "go.mod"), goMod, os.ModePerm))