diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 41e2af9ae..0af8d98fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: giancosta86/aurora-github/actions/tag-and-release@v2
diff --git a/actions/publish-rust-wasm/action.yml b/actions/publish-rust-wasm/action.yml
index b7b3f7aa9..67fa06827 100644
--- a/actions/publish-rust-wasm/action.yml
+++ b/actions/publish-rust-wasm/action.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Set up NodeJS
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version-file: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}/client_tests/.nvmrc
         registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
diff --git a/actions/validate-rust-wasm/README.md b/actions/validate-rust-wasm/README.md
index 7919eea2f..2b6952678 100644
--- a/actions/validate-rust-wasm/README.md
+++ b/actions/validate-rust-wasm/README.md
@@ -10,38 +10,42 @@ The action can be placed right after checking out the source code:
 steps:
   - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-  - uses: giancosta86/aurora-github/actions/validate-rust-crate
+  - uses: giancosta86/aurora-github/actions/validate-rust-wasm
 ```
 
 ## How it works
 
-1. Optionally run [check-artifact-version](../check-artifact-version/README.md).
+1. Invoke the [install-wasm-pack](../install-wasm-pack/README.md) action, passing all the matching inputs, to install the `wasm-pack` command
 
-1. Display the version info for the main components of the Rust toolchain - ensuring the existence of `rust-toolchain.toml`.
+1. Invoke the [validate-rust-crate](../validate-rust-crate/README.md) action, passing all the matching inputs, to perform code analysis over the Rust source code
 
-1. Check the style of the Rust source files - via `cargo fmt`.
+1. Run `wasm-pack test` to run headless browser tests
 
-1. Lint via `cargo clippy`, enabling all features and targets. All warnings are considered errors.
+1. If the `client-tests-directory` input parameter is not set to an empty string:
 
-1. Run `cargo test` with no features.
+   1. Ensure the directory really exists
 
-1. Run `cargo test` enabling all features.
+   1. Run `pnpm install` to install its dependencies
+
+   1. Run `pnpm test` to run the NodeJS-based client tests
 
 ## Requirements
 
 - `rust-toolchain.toml` must be present in `project-directory` - as described in [print-rust-info](../print-rust-info/README.md)
 
-- if the `client-tests-directory` input parameter is not set to an empty string, it must contain:
+- if `client-tests-directory` is not set to an empty string, it must be the **relative path** of a directory containing:
 
-  - a `.nvmrc` file, containing the requested Node.js version
+  - a `.nvmrc` file, with the requested Node.js version
 
-  - a `package.json` descriptor containing:
+  - a `package.json` descriptor having:
 
     - a `test` script, in the `scripts` section
 
+    - as usual, all the dependencies required by the test
+
   - an updated `pnpm-lock.yaml` lockfile
 
-  It is worth mentioning that no quality checks - such as code formatting and linting - are performed on this test project
+  It is worth mentioning that no quality checks - such as code formatting and linting - are performed on this test project.
 
 ## Inputs
 
@@ -54,7 +58,9 @@ steps:
 
 ## Further references
 
-- [check-artifact-version](../check-artifact-version/README.md)
+- [install-wasm-pack](../install-wasm-pack/README.md)
+
+- [validate-rust-crate](../validate-rust-crate/README.md)
 
 - [print-rust-info](../print-rust-info/README.md)
 
diff --git a/actions/validate-rust-wasm/action.yml b/actions/validate-rust-wasm/action.yml
index 9734b0d84..a47359f6e 100644
--- a/actions/validate-rust-wasm/action.yml
+++ b/actions/validate-rust-wasm/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Validates the source files of a Rust web assembly.
 inputs:
   client-tests-directory:
     description: Relative directory containing the NodeJS-based client tests.
-    required: true
+    required: false
     default: client-tests
 
   check-artifact-version:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ inputs:
     default: bash
 
 runs:
-  using: "composite"
+  using: composite
   steps:
     - name: Install wasm-pack
       uses: giancosta86/aurora-github/install-wasm-pack
@@ -48,25 +48,24 @@ runs:
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}
       run: |
         client_tests_directory="${{ inputs.client-tests-directory }}"
-        "
+
         if [[ ! -d "$client_tests_directory" ]]
         then
-          echo "The test directory '$client_tests_directory' does not exist"
+          echo "The client test directory '$client_tests_directory' does not exist"
           exit 1
         fi
 
     - name: Set up NodeJS
       if: ${{ inputs.client-tests-directory != '' }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version-file: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}/${{ inputs.client-tests-directory }}/.nvmrc
-        registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
 
     - name: Install client-side test dependencies
       if: ${{ inputs.client-tests-directory != '' }}
       shell: ${{ inputs.shell }}
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.project-directory }}/${{ inputs.client-tests-directory }}
-      run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+      run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
     - name: Perform client-side tests
       if: ${{ inputs.client-tests-directory != '' }}