diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e27c0c9..b455bb0e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
     "packages/*"
   ],
   "resolutions": {
-    "@polkadot/api": "^2.8.2-3",
+    "@polkadot/api": "^2.8.3-2",
     "@polkadot/keyring": "^4.2.1",
     "@polkadot/networks": "^4.2.1",
-    "@polkadot/types": "^2.8.2-3",
+    "@polkadot/types": "^2.8.3-2",
     "@polkadot/util": "^4.2.1",
     "@polkadot/util-crypto": "^4.2.1",
     "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
diff --git a/packages/extension-base/package.json b/packages/extension-base/package.json
index 4f613b86..1b2d446f 100644
--- a/packages/extension-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/extension-base/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "sideEffects": false,
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
-    "@polkadot/api": "^2.8.2-3",
+    "@polkadot/api": "^2.8.3-2",
     "@polkadot/extension-inject": "^0.35.0-beta.56",
     "@polkadot/keyring": "^4.2.1",
     "@polkadot/ui-keyring": "^0.62.2-15"
diff --git a/packages/extension-chains/src/index.ts b/packages/extension-chains/src/index.ts
index cee59a1c..f35d3068 100644
--- a/packages/extension-chains/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-chains/src/index.ts
@@ -31,24 +31,26 @@ export function metadataExpand (definition: MetadataDef, isPartial = false): Cha
     registry.register(types);
   }
 
-  const isUnknown = genesisHash === '0x';
-
   registry.setChainProperties(registry.createType('ChainProperties', {
     ss58Format,
     tokenDecimals,
     tokenSymbol
   }));
 
-  const metadata = metaCalls && !isPartial
-    ? new Metadata(registry, Buffer.from(metaCalls, 'base64'))
-    : null;
+  const isUnknown = genesisHash === '0x';
+  let hasMetadata = false;
+
+  if (metaCalls && !isPartial) {
+    hasMetadata = true;
+    registry.setMetadata(new Metadata(registry, Buffer.from(metaCalls, 'base64')));
+  }
 
   const result = {
     definition,
     genesisHash: isUnknown
       ? undefined
       : genesisHash,
-    hasMetadata: !!metadata,
+    hasMetadata,
     icon: icon || 'substrate',
     isUnknown,
     name: chain,
diff --git a/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Extrinsic.tsx b/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Extrinsic.tsx
index a7ffd9b9..070770c6 100644
--- a/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Extrinsic.tsx
+++ b/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Extrinsic.tsx
@@ -21,22 +21,29 @@ interface Decoded {
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
-  isDecoded: boolean;
   payload: ExtrinsicPayload;
   request: SignerPayloadJSON;
   url: string;
 }
 
-function decodeMethod (data: string, isDecoded: boolean, chain: Chain | null, specVersion: BN): Decoded {
+function displayDecodeVersion (message: string, chain: Chain, specVersion: BN): string {
+  return `${message}: chain=${chain.name}, specVersion=${chain.specVersion.toString()} (request specVersion=${specVersion.toString()})`;
+}
+
+function decodeMethod (data: string, chain: Chain, specVersion: BN): Decoded {
   let args: AnyJson | null = null;
   let method: Call | null = null;
 
   try {
-    if (isDecoded && chain && chain.hasMetadata && specVersion.eqn(chain.specVersion)) {
+    if (specVersion.eqn(chain.specVersion)) {
       method = chain.registry.createType('Call', data);
       args = (method.toHuman() as { args: AnyJson }).args;
+    } else {
+      console.log(displayDecodeVersion('Outdated metadata to decode', chain, specVersion));
     }
   } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`${displayDecodeVersion('Error decoding method', chain, specVersion)}:: ${(error as Error).message}`);
+
     args = null;
     method = null;
   }
@@ -99,14 +106,16 @@ function mortalityAsString (era: ExtrinsicEra, hexBlockNumber: string, t: TFunct
   });
 }
 
-function Extrinsic ({ className, isDecoded, payload: { era, nonce, tip }, request: { blockNumber, genesisHash, method, specVersion: hexSpec }, url }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+function Extrinsic ({ className, payload: { era, nonce, tip }, request: { blockNumber, genesisHash, method, specVersion: hexSpec }, url }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const chain = useMetadata(genesisHash);
   const specVersion = useRef(bnToBn(hexSpec)).current;
 
   const decoded = useMemo(
-    () => decodeMethod(method, isDecoded, chain, specVersion),
-    [method, isDecoded, chain, specVersion]
+    () => chain && chain.hasMetadata
+      ? decodeMethod(method, chain, specVersion)
+      : { args: null, method: null },
+    [method, chain, specVersion]
   );
 
   return (
@@ -138,7 +147,7 @@ function Extrinsic ({ className, isDecoded, payload: { era, nonce, tip }, reques
       )}
       {renderMethod(method, decoded, t)}
       <tr>
-        <td className='label'>lifetime</td>
+        <td className='label'>{t<string>('lifetime')}</td>
         <td className='data'>{mortalityAsString(era, blockNumber, t)}</td>
       </tr>
     </Table>
diff --git a/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Request/index.tsx b/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Request/index.tsx
index 46d549dd..0f32e479 100644
--- a/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Request/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/extension-ui/src/Popup/Signing/Request/index.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ export default function Request ({ account: { isExternal }, buttonText, isFirst,
           )
           : (
             <Extrinsic
-              isDecoded={true}
               payload={payload}
               request={json}
               url={url}
diff --git a/packages/extension/public/locales/en/translation.json b/packages/extension/public/locales/en/translation.json
index 54965270..2ebd0e46 100644
--- a/packages/extension/public/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/extension/public/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -112,5 +112,6 @@
   "copy address": "",
   "account visibility": "",
   "Wrong password": "",
-  "Incorrect derivation path": ""
+  "Incorrect derivation path": "",
+  "lifetime": ""
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 764bf428..31720950 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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