diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1bcc5e7a7..4eb87187a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aragon/cli",
-  "version": "5.1.1",
+  "version": "5.2.0-beta.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10708fb16..3fc260d95 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@aragon/cli",
-  "version": "5.1.1",
+  "version": "5.2.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Aragon command-line tools",
   "main": "dist/cli.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/middleware/environment.js b/src/middleware/environment.js
index 77e09ef40..254dc9109 100644
--- a/src/middleware/environment.js
+++ b/src/middleware/environment.js
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ module.exports = function environmentMiddleware (argv) {
   const { reporter, module, apm } = argv
   let { environment, network } = argv
 
-  if (environment && network) {
+  const isTruffleFwd = argv._[0] === 'contracts'
+
+  if (environment && network && !isTruffleFwd) {
     reporter.error('Arguments \'--network\' and \'--environment\' are mutually exclusive. Using \'--network\'  has been deprecated and  \'--environment\' should be used instead.')
     process.exit(1)
   }
 
   if (!runsInCwd && module) {
-    if (network && module.environments) {
+    if (network && module.environments && !isTruffleFwd) {
       reporter.error(
         'Your arapp.json contains an `environments` property. The use of \'--network\' is deprecated and \'--environment\' should be used instead.'
       )