diff --git a/packages/pic/postinstall.mjs b/packages/pic/postinstall.mjs
index 45a476d..52bca39 100644
--- a/packages/pic/postinstall.mjs
+++ b/packages/pic/postinstall.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 
 const IS_LINUX = process.platform === 'linux';
 const PLATFORM = IS_LINUX ? 'x86_64-linux' : 'x86_64-darwin';
-const VERSION = '5.0.0';
+const VERSION = '6.0.0';
 const DOWNLOAD_PATH = `https://github.com/dfinity/pocketic/releases/download/${VERSION}/pocket-ic-${PLATFORM}.gz`;
 
 const TARGET_PATH = resolve(__dirname, 'pocket-ic');
diff --git a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client-types.ts b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client-types.ts
index 50c983d..d722138 100644
--- a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client-types.ts
+++ b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client-types.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface CreateInstanceRequest {
   bitcoin?: BitcoinSubnetConfig;
   system?: SystemSubnetConfig[];
   application?: ApplicationSubnetConfig[];
+  verifiedApplication?: VerifiedApplicationSubnetConfig[];
   processingTimeoutMs?: number;
   nonmainnetFeatures?: boolean;
 }
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ export type ApplicationSubnetConfig =
   SubnetConfig<ApplicationSubnetStateConfig>;
 export type ApplicationSubnetStateConfig = NewSubnetStateConfig;
 
+export type VerifiedApplicationSubnetConfig =
+  SubnetConfig<VerifiedApplicationSubnetStateConfig>;
+export type VerifiedApplicationSubnetStateConfig = NewSubnetStateConfig;
+
 export interface NewSubnetStateConfig {
   type: SubnetStateType.New;
 }
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ export interface EncodedCreateInstanceSubnetConfig {
   bitcoin?: EncodedSubnetConfig;
   system: EncodedSubnetConfig[];
   application: EncodedSubnetConfig[];
+  verified_application: EncodedSubnetConfig[];
 }
 
 export interface EncodedSubnetConfig {
@@ -174,6 +180,9 @@ export function encodeCreateInstanceRequest(
       application: encodeManySubnetConfigs(
         defaultOptions.application ?? [defaultApplicationSubnet],
       ),
+      verified_application: encodeManySubnetConfigs(
+        defaultOptions.verifiedApplication,
+      ),
     },
     nonmainnet_features: defaultOptions.nonmainnetFeatures ?? false,
   };
diff --git a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client.ts b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client.ts
index 8544cd4..3bbac41 100644
--- a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client.ts
+++ b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-client.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import {
   decodeCanisterCallResponse,
 } from './pocket-ic-client-types';
 
-const PROCESSING_TIME_VALUE_MS = 10_000;
+const PROCESSING_TIME_VALUE_MS = 30_000;
 
 export class PocketIcClient {
   private isInstanceDeleted = false;
diff --git a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
index f51d422..b818ba3 100644
--- a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
+++ b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-server.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export class PocketIcServer {
     const pid = process.ppid;
     const picFilePrefix = `pocket_ic_${pid}`;
     const portFilePath = tmpFile(`${picFilePrefix}.port`);
-    const readyFilePath = tmpFile(`${picFilePrefix}.ready`);
 
     const serverProcess = spawn(binPath, ['--pid', pid.toString()]);
 
@@ -95,16 +94,13 @@ export class PocketIcServer {
 
     return await poll(
       async () => {
-        const isPocketIcReady = await exists(readyFilePath);
-
-        if (isPocketIcReady) {
-          const portString = await readFileAsString(portFilePath);
-          const port = parseInt(portString);
-
-          return new PocketIcServer(serverProcess, port);
+        const portString = await readFileAsString(portFilePath);
+        const port = parseInt(portString);
+        if (isNaN(port)) {
+          throw new BinTimeoutError();
         }
 
-        throw new BinTimeoutError();
+        return new PocketIcServer(serverProcess, port);
       },
       { intervalMs: POLL_INTERVAL_MS, timeoutMs: POLL_TIMEOUT_MS },
     );
@@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ export class PocketIcServer {
 }
 
 const POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 20;
-const POLL_TIMEOUT_MS = 5_000;
+const POLL_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 
 class NullStream extends Writable {
   _write(
diff --git a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-types.ts b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-types.ts
index fc92b4f..e0959fc 100644
--- a/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-types.ts
+++ b/packages/pic/src/pocket-ic-types.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ export interface CreateInstanceOptions {
    */
   application?: ApplicationSubnetConfig[];
 
+  /**
+   * Configuration options for creating verified application subnets.
+   * A verified application subnet will be created for each configuration object provided.
+   * If no config objects are provided, no verified application subnets are setup.
+   */
+  verifiedApplication?: VerifiedApplicationSubnetConfig[];
+
   /**
    * How long the PocketIC client should wait for a response from the server.
    */
@@ -163,6 +170,17 @@ export type ApplicationSubnetConfig =
  */
 export type ApplicationSubnetStateConfig = NewSubnetStateConfig;
 
+/**
+ * Options for creating a verified application subnet.
+ */
+export type VerifiedApplicationSubnetConfig =
+  SubnetConfig<VerifiedApplicationSubnetStateConfig>;
+
+/**
+ * Options for a verified application subnet's state.
+ */
+export type VerifiedApplicationSubnetStateConfig = NewSubnetStateConfig;
+
 /**
  * Options for creating a new subnet an empty state.
  */