diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2101500..5e3a4de 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "derive_more",
  "futures",
  "futures-utils-wasm",
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- "colorchoice",
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- "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-merkle"
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@@ -806,7 +762,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "6.0.0"
 dependencies = [
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-dependencies = [
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- "http",
- "log",
- "url",
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-
 [[package]]
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac07cdecf99051d9a5238b80f35af32cdeba5b336e55d957b318b50137e18da5"
+
 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "clap_derive",
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- "strsim",
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- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.118",
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1616,12 +1526,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1988,6 +1892,15 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+version = "7.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d57d423b3c82e89b9a24ca3091fee61f456a26edbd28d26c65906f4bc1dcd8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-sys"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2502,9 +2415,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e20f99e46474f56bd905c56e817ebddcf377a611f94c53ac4649e4d3fa3c0cd0"
+checksum = "05f05586d4d4df3d47123207826c40b252728b438a1a07bad3c01ee6bea401df"
 dependencies = [
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 checksum = "96547c2556ec9d12fb1578c4eaf448b04993e7fb79cbaad930a656880a6bdfa0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
@@ -2893,11 +2806,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.18.0"
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-checksum = "de7238d487a9aff61f81b5ab41c0a841532a115a398b5fa92a2fadd0885e2581"
+checksum = "c71312255fdc5364bff7eec0adf68146bc4e72aba85075261af40d234c11be99"
 dependencies = [
- "attohttpc",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "http",
@@ -2906,8 +2818,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-util",
  "log",
  "rand 0.10.2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "url",
+ "xml-rs",
  "xmltree",
 ]
 
@@ -2969,12 +2883,6 @@ version = "2.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d98f6fed1fde3f8c21bc40a1abb88dd75e67924f9cffc3ef95607bad8017f8e2"
 
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6cb138bb79a146c1bd460005623e142ef0181e3d0219cb493e02f7d08a35695"
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -3409,12 +3317,6 @@ version = "1.21.4"
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-[[package]]
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-
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 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
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 checksum = "219c5811de6525e5416c7d5d53bb656d3afdbc6c5af816e0802bcfa42dbdc1c3"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "http",
@@ -4338,16 +4240,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.29.2"
+version = "0.30.0"
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-checksum = "49de4f92b6808afd54a206d7dcb6cf754f796ee876394d6838b79b39dd1a72dd"
+checksum = "25e3b19c7be5ab56d900ce4c0af1029f4009ef9142d4bb229e0370db0d31b131"
 dependencies = [
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  "async-trait",
  "blake3",
  "bytes",
  "dashmap",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 6.0.0",
  "futures",
  "hex",
  "libc",
@@ -4407,20 +4309,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-checksum = "cd334b3d02ba2d0bcac8a30d07c3e79004fc504a193813aaa7bf89c11f0f44d0"
+checksum = "beeb14b4a6d7a652dc0433eec1db536901c12c9532f0aaa922b1dd7e0fb58841"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
  "aws-lc-rs",
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.23.1",
  "blake3",
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
- "clap",
  "dashmap",
- "dirs",
+ "dirs 7.0.0",
  "enum_dispatch",
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
@@ -4437,7 +4338,6 @@ dependencies = [
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  "rcgen",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
  "rustls-native-certs",
@@ -4618,9 +4518,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
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-checksum = "b8050abb251097357e24aff63ba2c52a6309ecb7d23a5474023df960a02694d8"
+checksum = "3f4dc2714fc5632417a6e979602d7044bad8f2880c63fc7217087180acec31b6"
 dependencies = [
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 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
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  "chrono",
  "hex",
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-
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c92e6e..7318f29 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "6.0.0"
 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"
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 # version is pinned in exactly one place. Changing these versions is a
 # breaking change for both downstream crates.
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