diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5aa202b..2e175a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "4.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "blake3",
@@ -4292,9 +4292,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-core"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "84923dc4955c42dfad8e06cfc34ef75b8e89d4d2fed048b18b81dc9ebadf790b"
+checksum = "efd8c6152246053fa3497fa5e5d1ddc49ec1882fe24cf1ef3e529b03562c3c6a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4361,9 +4361,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-transport"
-version = "0.37.0"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "261ed20ee1ed8555594fef412b428fa20c21d2cbeebfe3f11868c7df9489a410"
+checksum = "f201fce78c610eda6da22ee8d9ad7a84c4a7ffe8e91b5603b6c025f53742ce73"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4948,7 +4948,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.4.3",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6c5beb7..d0d9599 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "3.1.0"
+version = "4.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Wire protocol for the Autonomi decentralized network (WithAutonomi fork)"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 # these through `ant_protocol::{transport, pqc, evm}` re-exports so the
 # version is pinned in exactly one place. Changing these versions is a
 # breaking change for both downstream crates.
-saorsa-core = { version = "0.28.0", default-features = false }
+saorsa-core = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false }
 saorsa-pqc = { version = "0.5.2", default-features = false }
 evmlib = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }