diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 555d3e03bb0..18b1a5af7ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,19 +43,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.7.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8b47f52ea9bae42228d07ec09eb676433d7c4ed1ebdf0f1d1c29ed446f1ab8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.3.0",
- "cpufeatures",
- "ctr 0.8.0",
- "opaque-debug 0.3.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -63,7 +50,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
@@ -74,9 +61,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "831010a0f742e1209b3bcea8fab6a8e149051ba6099432c8cb2cc117dec3ead1"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
- "aes 0.8.4",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
- "ctr 0.9.2",
+ "aes",
+ "cipher",
+ "ctr",
  "ghash",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
@@ -87,7 +74,7 @@ version = "0.7.8"
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 checksum = "891477e0c6a8957309ee5c45a6368af3ae14bb510732d2684ffa19af310920f9"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -537,7 +524,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 dependencies = [
  "bs58 0.5.1",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
  "k256",
  "once_cell",
  "pbkdf2",
@@ -599,7 +586,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94cb07b0da6a73955f8fb85d24c466778e70cda767a568229b104f0264089330"
 dependencies = [
  "byte-tools",
- "crypto-mac 0.7.0",
+ "crypto-mac",
  "digest 0.8.1",
  "opaque-debug 0.2.3",
 ]
@@ -827,7 +814,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3613f74bd2eac03dad61bd53dbe620703d4371614fe0bc3b9f04dd36fe4e818"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
@@ -839,7 +826,7 @@ checksum = "10cd79432192d1c0f4e1a0fef9527696cc039165d729fb41b3f4f4f354c2dc35"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "chacha20",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "poly1305",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -886,15 +873,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "half",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -1188,7 +1166,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1207,7 +1185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "tendermint-rpc",
@@ -1473,16 +1451,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle 1.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-mac"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "25fab6889090c8133f3deb8f73ba3c65a7f456f66436fc012a1b1e272b1e103e"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "subtle 2.5.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "csv"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1504,22 +1472,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ctr"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "049bb91fb4aaf0e3c7efa6cd5ef877dbbbd15b39dad06d9948de4ec8a75761ea"
-dependencies = [
- "cipher 0.3.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0369ee1ad671834580515889b80f2ea915f23b8be8d0daa4bbaf2ac5c7590835"
 dependencies = [
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1571,7 +1530,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "serde",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -1585,9 +1543,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
  "curve25519-dalek-derive",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
  "fiat-crypto",
  "platforms",
  "rustc_version 0.4.0",
+ "serde",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -1985,20 +1945,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "elliptic-curve",
  "rfc6979",
  "serdect",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "signature",
  "spki",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ed25519"
-version = "1.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cff35c70bba8a626e3185d8cd48cc11b5437e1a5bcd15b9b5fa3c64b6dfee7"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "signature 1.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
 version = "2.2.3"
@@ -2006,7 +1956,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "115531babc129696a58c64a4fef0a8bf9e9698629fb97e9e40767d235cfbcd53"
 dependencies = [
  "pkcs8",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "serde",
+ "signature",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2024,16 +1975,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519-dalek"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c762bae6dcaf24c4c84667b8579785430908723d5c889f469d76a41d59cc7a9d"
+checksum = "4a3daa8e81a3963a60642bcc1f90a670680bd4a77535faa384e9d1c79d620871"
 dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "ed25519 1.5.3",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "curve25519-dalek 4.1.2",
+ "ed25519",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
- "serde_bytes",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -2524,19 +2475,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8fc3cb4d91f53b50155bdcfd23f6a4c39ae1969c2ae85982b135750cccaf5fce"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
- "libc",
- "wasi 0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -2546,7 +2484,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -2812,33 +2750,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hkdf"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01706d578d5c281058480e673ae4086a9f4710d8df1ad80a5b03e39ece5f886b"
-dependencies = [
- "digest 0.9.0",
- "hmac 0.11.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hkdf"
 version = "0.12.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b5f8eb2ad728638ea2c7d47a21db23b7b58a72ed6a38256b8a1849f15fbbdf7"
 dependencies = [
- "hmac 0.12.1",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hmac"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a2a2320eb7ec0ebe8da8f744d7812d9fc4cb4d09344ac01898dbcb6a20ae69b"
-dependencies = [
- "crypto-mac 0.11.0",
- "digest 0.9.0",
+ "hmac",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3396,7 +3314,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "elliptic-curve",
  "once_cell",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "signature",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3659,7 +3577,7 @@ checksum = "a4a650543ca06a924e8b371db273b2756685faae30f8487da1b56505a8f78b0c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasi",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -3675,7 +3593,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-ordered-buffer",
  "nym-service-providers-common",
  "nym-socks5-requests",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
  "thiserror",
@@ -3965,9 +3883,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-vesting-contract-common",
  "okapi",
  "pin-project",
- "rand 0.7.3",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "rocket",
@@ -4032,7 +3948,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-network-defaults",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
  "zeroize",
@@ -4182,7 +4098,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-topology",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tap",
@@ -4230,7 +4146,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-topology",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
@@ -4310,7 +4226,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-node-tester-utils",
  "nym-node-tester-wasm",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
  "serde_json",
@@ -4342,7 +4258,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "doc-comment",
  "ff",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "group",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "nym-dkg",
@@ -4453,7 +4369,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-credentials-interface",
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -4474,25 +4390,25 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-crypto"
 version = "0.4.0"
 dependencies = [
- "aes 0.8.4",
+ "aes",
  "blake3",
  "bs58 0.5.1",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
- "ctr 0.9.2",
+ "cipher",
+ "ctr",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "hkdf 0.12.4",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
  "nym-pemstore",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "thiserror",
- "x25519-dalek 1.1.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -4614,7 +4530,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-wireguard",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
  "once_cell",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
@@ -4634,7 +4550,7 @@ name = "nym-gateway-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "gloo-utils",
  "log",
  "nym-bandwidth-controller",
@@ -4647,7 +4563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx",
  "nym-task",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "si-scale",
  "thiserror",
@@ -4676,7 +4592,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-pemstore",
  "nym-sphinx",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -4902,7 +4818,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-topology",
  "nym-types",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sysinfo 0.27.8",
@@ -5024,7 +4940,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-types",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "publicsuffix",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
@@ -5086,7 +5002,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-types",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "semver 1.0.23",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5109,7 +5025,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "fastrand 2.1.0",
  "headers",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
  "hyper 1.3.1",
  "ipnetwork 0.16.0",
  "nym-crypto",
@@ -5119,7 +5035,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-wireguard",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
@@ -5129,7 +5045,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "utoipa",
  "utoipa-swagger-ui",
- "x25519-dalek 2.0.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5145,7 +5061,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-exit-policy",
  "nym-http-api-client",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5166,7 +5082,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-params",
  "nym-task",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5181,7 +5097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "js-sys",
  "nym-node-tester-utils",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5236,14 +5152,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "chacha20",
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "criterion",
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
  "fastrand 1.9.0",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "log",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rayon",
  "sphinx-packet",
  "thiserror",
+ "x25519-dalek",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -5288,7 +5204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-validator-client",
  "parking_lot 0.12.2",
  "pretty_env_logger",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "tap",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5350,7 +5266,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-socks5-client-core",
  "nym-sphinx",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tap",
@@ -5383,7 +5299,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-validator-client",
  "pin-project",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
@@ -5409,7 +5325,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-credential-storage",
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-socks5-client-core",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "safer-ffi",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
@@ -5463,7 +5379,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-routing",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_distr",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -5481,7 +5397,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-routing",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "zeroize",
@@ -5493,7 +5409,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -5509,8 +5425,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-routing",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -5524,7 +5440,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-addressing",
  "nym-sphinx-params",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -5541,7 +5457,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-routing",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
  "nym-topology",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -5616,7 +5532,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm",
  "argon2",
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5652,7 +5568,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-sphinx-addressing",
  "nym-sphinx-routing",
  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "semver 0.11.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5682,7 +5598,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cosmrs 0.15.0 (git+https://github.com/jstuczyn/cosmos-rust?branch=nym-temp/all-validator-features)",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "eyre",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "log",
  "nym-config",
@@ -5700,7 +5616,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "ts-rs",
  "url",
- "x25519-dalek 2.0.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5832,7 +5748,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
  "tokio",
- "x25519-dalek 2.0.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5841,16 +5757,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "dashmap",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
  "log",
  "nym-crypto",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "thiserror",
  "utoipa",
- "x25519-dalek 2.0.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6174,7 +6090,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8ed6a7761f76e3b9f92dfb0a60a6a6477c61024b775147ff0973a02653abaf2"
 dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6635,7 +6551,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "rand_chacha 0.1.1",
  "rand_core 0.4.2",
- "rand_hc 0.1.0",
+ "rand_hc",
  "rand_isaac",
  "rand_jitter",
  "rand_os",
@@ -6644,19 +6560,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a6b1679d49b24bbfe0c803429aa1874472f50d9b363131f0e89fc356b544d03"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.1.16",
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "rand_hc 0.2.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -6678,16 +6581,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4c8ed856279c9737206bf725bf36935d8666ead7aa69b52be55af369d193402"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -6718,9 +6611,6 @@ name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "90bde5296fc891b0cef12a6d03ddccc162ce7b2aff54160af9338f8d40df6d19"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.1.16",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
@@ -6728,17 +6618,17 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_distr"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9e9532ada3929fb8b2e9dbe28d1e06c9b2cc65813f074fcb6bd5fbefeff9d56"
+checksum = "32cb0b9bc82b0a0876c2dd994a7e7a2683d3e7390ca40e6886785ef0c7e3ee31"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6750,15 +6640,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_hc"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca3129af7b92a17112d59ad498c6f81eaf463253766b90396d39ea7a39d6613c"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_isaac"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -6892,7 +6773,7 @@ version = "0.4.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd283d9651eeda4b2a83a43c1c91b266c40fd76ecd39a50a8c630ae69dc72891"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "libredox",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -7052,7 +6933,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8dd2a808d456c4a54e300a23e9f5a67e122c3024119acbfd73e3bf664491cb2"
 dependencies = [
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
 
@@ -7079,7 +6960,7 @@ checksum = "c17fa4cb658e3583423e915b9f3acc01cceaee1860e33d59ebae66adc3a2dc0d"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "libc",
  "spin 0.9.8",
  "untrusted 0.9.0",
@@ -7833,12 +7714,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "signature"
-version = "1.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74233d3b3b2f6d4b006dc19dee745e73e2a6bfb6f93607cd3b02bd5b00797d7c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -7909,26 +7784,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-packet"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc43eda802856ee82a7555c7b75ceb9e07451741c7a2f5f23d036020e01189d4"
+checksum = "cffb0df8390239119e76d4f60a6b06900351ee971d78868fc4cfef18301728ad"
 dependencies = [
- "aes 0.7.5",
+ "aes",
  "arrayref",
  "blake2 0.8.1",
- "bs58 0.4.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
  "byteorder",
  "chacha",
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "digest 0.9.0",
- "hkdf 0.11.0",
- "hmac 0.11.0",
+ "ctr",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
  "lioness",
  "log",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_distr",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8318,7 +8194,7 @@ checksum = "15ab8f0a25d0d2ad49ac615da054d6a76aa6603ff95f7d18bafdd34450a1a04b"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "ed25519 2.2.3",
+ "ed25519",
  "ed25519-consensus",
  "flex-error",
  "futures",
@@ -8333,7 +8209,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "signature 2.2.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle 2.5.0",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint-proto",
@@ -8384,7 +8260,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "flex-error",
  "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "peg",
  "pin-project",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
@@ -9288,7 +9164,7 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e395fcf16a7a3d8127ec99782007af141946b4795001f876d54fb0d55978560"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -9347,12 +9223,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "try-lock",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasi"
-version = "0.9.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cccddf32554fecc6acb585f82a32a72e28b48f8c4c1883ddfeeeaa96f7d8e519"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -9468,7 +9338,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-topology",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
  "thiserror",
@@ -9516,7 +9386,7 @@ name = "wasm-utils"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "getrandom",
  "gloo-net",
  "gloo-utils",
  "js-sys",
@@ -9924,18 +9794,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tap",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a0c105152107e3b96f6a00a65e86ce82d9b125230e1c4302940eca58ff71f4f"
-dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "serde",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "x25519-dalek"
 version = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/clients/native/Cargo.toml b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
index 7d6d41b5967..1f5a3652b2c 100644
--- a/clients/native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/native/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dirs = "4.0"
 log = { workspace = true } # self explanatory
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] } # rng-related traits + some rng implementation to use
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
index 460ed116ef7..e729c1ae02c 100644
--- a/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/socks5/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "signal"] }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 time = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml b/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
index 284ccbfc77a..b1228496392 100644
--- a/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/bandwidth-controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 bip39 = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
index 49a631e641f..d6d1037b1b1 100644
--- a/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
index b69b8bcea26..782439770bc 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/gateway-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["macros"] }
 si-scale = "0.2.2"
 time.workspace = true
diff --git a/common/credentials/Cargo.toml b/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
index 053e0f80fcd..7d87b835850 100644
--- a/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/credentials/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ nym-api-requests = { path = "../../nym-api/nym-api-requests" }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../client-libs/validator-client", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 061dea61836..aec1fc869c8 100644
--- a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ generic-array = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hkdf = { version = "0.12.3", optional = true }
 hmac = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
 cipher = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
-x25519-dalek = { version = "1.1", optional = true }
-ed25519-dalek = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"], optional = true }
+x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
+ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.1", features = ["rand_core"], optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", optional = true }
 serde_bytes = { version = "0.11.6", optional = true }
 serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default_features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
 subtle-encoding = { version = "0.5", features =  ["bech32-preview"]}
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../nymsphinx/types", version = "0.2.0", default-fea
 nym-pemstore = { path = "../../common/pemstore", version = "0.3.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [features]
 default = ["sphinx"]
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
index 5e095beeab7..60f8109e95a 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct KeyPair {
 impl KeyPair {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let private_key = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::new(rng);
+        let private_key = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::random_from_rng(rng);
         let public_key = (&private_key).into();
 
         KeyPair {
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for PublicKey {
 impl PrivateKey {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let x25519_secret = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::new(rng);
+        let x25519_secret = x25519_dalek::StaticSecret::random_from_rng(rng);
 
         PrivateKey(x25519_secret)
     }
@@ -322,9 +322,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey {
 #[cfg(feature = "sphinx")]
 impl From<nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey> for PrivateKey {
     fn from(private_key: nym_sphinx_types::PrivateKey) -> Self {
-        let private_key_bytes = private_key.to_bytes();
-        assert_eq!(private_key_bytes.len(), PRIVATE_KEY_SIZE);
-        Self::from_bytes(&private_key_bytes).unwrap()
+        Self(private_key)
     }
 }
 
@@ -366,7 +364,7 @@ mod sphinx_key_conversion {
     #[test]
     fn works_for_backward_conversion() {
         for _ in 0..NUM_ITERATIONS {
-            let (sphinx_private, sphinx_public) = nym_sphinx_types::crypto::keygen();
+            let (sphinx_private, sphinx_public) = nym_sphinx_types::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
 
             let private_bytes = sphinx_private.to_bytes();
             let public_bytes = sphinx_public.as_bytes();
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
index a48fb78a823..eb7d5861d21 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2021-2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-pub use ed25519_dalek::ed25519::signature::Signature as SignatureTrait;
 pub use ed25519_dalek::SignatureError;
+use ed25519_dalek::{Signer, SigningKey};
 pub use ed25519_dalek::{Verifier, PUBLIC_KEY_LENGTH, SECRET_KEY_LENGTH, SIGNATURE_LENGTH};
 use nym_pemstore::traits::{PemStorableKey, PemStorableKeyPair};
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pub enum Ed25519RecoveryError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     MalformedBytes(#[from] SignatureError),
 
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    BytesLengthError(#[from] std::array::TryFromSliceError),
+
     #[error("the base58 representation of the public key was malformed - {source}")]
     MalformedPublicKeyString {
         #[source]
@@ -64,11 +67,11 @@ pub struct KeyPair {
 impl KeyPair {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let ed25519_keypair = ed25519_dalek::Keypair::generate(rng);
+        let ed25519_signing_key = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::generate(rng);
 
         KeyPair {
-            private_key: PrivateKey(ed25519_keypair.secret),
-            public_key: PublicKey(ed25519_keypair.public),
+            private_key: PrivateKey(ed25519_signing_key.to_bytes()),
+            public_key: PublicKey(ed25519_signing_key.verifying_key()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ impl PemStorableKeyPair for KeyPair {
 
 /// ed25519 EdDSA Public Key
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub struct PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey);
+pub struct PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey);
 
 impl Display for PublicKey {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -135,7 +138,9 @@ impl PublicKey {
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey::from_bytes(b)?))
+        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey::from_bytes(
+            b.try_into()?,
+        )?))
     }
 
     pub fn to_base58_string(self) -> String {
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@ impl<'d> Deserialize<'d> for PublicKey {
     where
         D: Deserializer<'d>,
     {
-        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::PublicKey::deserialize(
+        Ok(PublicKey(ed25519_dalek::VerifyingKey::deserialize(
             deserializer,
         )?))
     }
@@ -223,14 +228,14 @@ impl Display for PrivateKey {
 
 impl<'a> From<&'a PrivateKey> for PublicKey {
     fn from(pk: &'a PrivateKey) -> Self {
-        PublicKey((&pk.0).into())
+        PublicKey(SigningKey::from_bytes(&pk.0).verifying_key())
     }
 }
 
 impl PrivateKey {
     #[cfg(feature = "rand")]
     pub fn new<R: RngCore + CryptoRng>(rng: &mut R) -> Self {
-        let ed25519_secret = ed25519_dalek::SecretKey::generate(rng);
+        let ed25519_secret = ed25519_dalek::SigningKey::generate(rng).to_bytes();
 
         PrivateKey(ed25519_secret)
     }
@@ -240,11 +245,11 @@ impl PrivateKey {
     }
 
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; SECRET_KEY_LENGTH] {
-        self.0.to_bytes()
+        self.0
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(b: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(PrivateKey(ed25519_dalek::SecretKey::from_bytes(b)?))
+        Ok(PrivateKey(b.try_into()?))
     }
 
     pub fn to_base58_string(&self) -> String {
@@ -259,9 +264,8 @@ impl PrivateKey {
     }
 
     pub fn sign<M: AsRef<[u8]>>(&self, message: M) -> Signature {
-        let expanded_secret_key = ed25519_dalek::ExpandedSecretKey::from(&self.0);
-        let public_key: PublicKey = self.into();
-        let sig = expanded_secret_key.sign(message.as_ref(), &public_key.0);
+        let signing_key: SigningKey = self.0.into();
+        let sig = signing_key.sign(message.as_ref());
         Signature(sig)
     }
 
@@ -330,7 +334,9 @@ impl Signature {
     }
 
     pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Ed25519RecoveryError> {
-        Ok(Signature(ed25519_dalek::Signature::from_bytes(bytes)?))
+        Ok(Signature(ed25519_dalek::Signature::from_bytes(
+            bytes.try_into()?,
+        )))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs b/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
index 35ccf2432e9..bcc707489be 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/shared_key.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 use crate::asymmetric::encryption;
 use crate::hkdf;
+#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
+use cipher::crypto_common::rand_core::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
 use cipher::{Key, KeyIvInit, StreamCipher};
 use digest::crypto_common::BlockSizeUser;
 use digest::Digest;
-#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
-use rand::{CryptoRng, RngCore};
 
 /// Generate an ephemeral encryption keypair and perform diffie-hellman to establish
 /// shared key with the remote.
diff --git a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
index 03a8f378800..b577fe58ef5 100644
--- a/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
+++ b/common/mixnode-common/src/packet_processor/processor.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl SphinxPacketProcessor {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use nym_sphinx_types::crypto::keygen;
+    use nym_sphinx_types::test_utils::fixtures::keygen;
 
     fn fixture() -> SphinxPacketProcessor {
         let local_keys = keygen();
diff --git a/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml b/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
index 647453edfd8..cdb2ddb9944 100644
--- a/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/node-tester-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 futures = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
index 955051b2671..7a7688ac3eb 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
-rand_distr = "0.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
+rand_distr = "0.4"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-sphinx-acknowledgements = { path = "acknowledgements" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
index da9977d1f38..3d997c436f5 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default_features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
 generic-array = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
index c73e692e62e..d1b58ebee5e 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/addressing/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ serde = "1.0" # implementing serialization/deserialization for some types, like
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../crypto", features = ["rand"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
index 9c057f31f5c..9ece0e10859 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ nym-topology = { path = "../../topology" }
 version = "0.2.83"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
index 9dd4c84dc04..b175026b180 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/anonymous-replies/src/requests.rs
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ mod tests {
             let mut address_bytes = [0; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH];
             rng.fill_bytes(&mut address_bytes);
 
-            let dummy_private = PrivateKey::new_with_rng(rng);
+            let dummy_private = PrivateKey::random_from_rng(rng);
             let pub_key = (&dummy_private).into();
             Node {
                 address: NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes(address_bytes),
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
index 542c8d28e27..dc608a97186 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/chunking/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../addressing" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
index d3da16d2dbe..59710923d17 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/cover/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../crypto" }
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs b/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
index 2abc29f91e1..65c2b39e46a 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/framing/src/codec.rs
@@ -130,28 +130,28 @@ impl Decoder for NymCodec {
 mod packet_encoding {
     use super::*;
     use nym_sphinx_types::{
-        crypto, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes,
-        DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
+        test_utils, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node,
+        NodeAddressBytes, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
     };
 
     fn make_valid_outfox_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
         );
 
-        let (_, node4_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node4_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node4 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node4_pk,
@@ -170,17 +170,17 @@ mod packet_encoding {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_sphinx_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
index 47ad47c2d28..dcc402f5b8a 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-sphinx-packet = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+sphinx-packet = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 nym-outfox = { path = "../../../nym-outfox", optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs b/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
index d75060e9b0a..7ba0e06d82c 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ pub use sphinx_packet::{
         self, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, MAX_PATH_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
         PAYLOAD_KEY_SIZE,
     },
-    crypto::{self, EphemeralSecret, PrivateKey, PublicKey, SharedSecret},
+    crypto::{self, PrivateKey, PublicKey},
     header::{self, delays, delays::Delay, ProcessedHeader, SphinxHeader, HEADER_SIZE},
     packet::builder::DEFAULT_PAYLOAD_SIZE,
     payload::{Payload, PAYLOAD_OVERHEAD_SIZE},
     route::{Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes, SURBIdentifier},
     surb::{SURBMaterial, SURB},
-    Error as SphinxError, ProcessedPacket,
+    test_utils, Error as SphinxError, ProcessedPacket,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "sphinx")]
 use sphinx_packet::{SphinxPacket, SphinxPacketBuilder};
diff --git a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
index 52fc4d6d0b0..49124fe02ac 100644
--- a/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/socks5-client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dirs = "4.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true, features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] } # for config serialization/deserialization
diff --git a/common/topology/Cargo.toml b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
index f8ec3958871..471a8621a4e 100644
--- a/common/topology/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/topology/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ documentation = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 bs58 = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 semver = "0.11"
diff --git a/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml b/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
index 5e6a7018835..5a8cdc75bcd 100644
--- a/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wasm/client-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml b/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
index 07d440ad6ba..d869184cc07 100644
--- a/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wireguard-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["static_secrets"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../crypto", features = ["rand"]}
 
 
diff --git a/contracts/Cargo.lock b/contracts/Cargo.lock
index 026e514e9c4..46a5db49bf8 100644
--- a/contracts/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,33 +4,40 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8b47f52ea9bae42228d07ec09eb676433d7c4ed1ebdf0f1d1c29ed446f1ab8"
+checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
- "ctr",
- "opaque-debug 0.3.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fcb51a0695d8f838b1ee009b3fbf66bda078cd64590202a864a8f3e8c4315c47"
+checksum = "891477e0c6a8957309ee5c45a6368af3ae14bb510732d2684ffa19af310920f9"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.10",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.70"
+version = "1.0.82"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
+checksum = "f538837af36e6f6a9be0faa67f9a314f8119e4e4b5867c6ab40ed60360142519"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
@@ -40,9 +47,9 @@ checksum = "6b4930d2cb77ce62f89ee5d5289b4ac049559b1c45539271f5ed4fdc7db34545"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+checksum = "f1fdabc7756949593fe60f30ec81974b613357de856987752631dea1e3394c80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base16ct"
@@ -64,9 +71,9 @@ checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94cb07b0da6a73955f8fb85d24c466778e70cda767a568229b104f0264089330"
 dependencies = [
  "byte-tools",
- "crypto-mac 0.7.0",
+ "crypto-mac",
  "digest 0.8.1",
  "opaque-debug 0.2.3",
 ]
@@ -131,12 +138,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b1ce199063694f33ffb7dd4e0ee620741495c32833cde5aa08f02a0bf96f0c8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byte-tools"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -145,23 +146,24 @@ checksum = "e3b5ca7a04898ad4bcd41c90c5285445ff5b791899bb1b0abdd2a2aa791211d7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.94"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+checksum = "17f6e324229dc011159fcc089755d1e2e216a90d43a7dea6853ca740b84f35e7"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
+ "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -182,11 +184,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
+checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
+ "crypto-common",
+ "inout",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-coconut-dkg-common",
  "nym-group-contract-common",
  "nym-multisig-contract-common",
- "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
+ "rand_chacha",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "subtle-encoding",
@@ -219,9 +222,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "const-oid"
-version = "0.9.2"
+version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "520fbf3c07483f94e3e3ca9d0cfd913d7718ef2483d2cfd91c0d9e91474ab913"
+checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cosmwasm-crypto"
@@ -231,7 +234,7 @@ checksum = "c533b66e502ecab30fec23d03eb54ab1d3ce120645a00493459f8510b7a9736f"
 dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "ed25519-zebra",
- "k256 0.13.2",
+ "k256 0.13.3",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e98e19fae6c3f468412f731274b0f9434602722009d6a77432d39c7c4bb09202"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.0",
+ "base64 0.21.7",
  "bnum",
  "cosmwasm-crypto",
  "cosmwasm-derive",
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde-json-wasm",
- "sha2 0.10.6",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -301,9 +304,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28d997bd5e24a5928dd43e46dc529867e207907fe0b239c3477d924f7f2ca320"
+checksum = "53fe5e26ff1b7aef8bca9c6080520cfb8d9333c7568e1829cef191a9723e5504"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -352,21 +355,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle 1.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-mac"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1d1a86f49236c215f271d40892d5fc950490551400b02ef360692c29815c714"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ctr"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "049bb91fb4aaf0e3c7efa6cd5ef877dbbbd15b39dad06d9948de4ec8a75761ea"
+checksum = "0369ee1ad671834580515889b80f2ea915f23b8be8d0daa4bbaf2ac5c7590835"
 dependencies = [
  "cipher",
 ]
@@ -384,6 +377,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "curve25519-dalek"
+version = "4.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a677b8922c94e01bdbb12126b0bc852f00447528dee1782229af9c720c3f348"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "curve25519-dalek-derive",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "fiat-crypto",
+ "platforms",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "curve25519-dalek-derive"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46882e17999c6cc590af592290432be3bce0428cb0d5f8b6715e4dc7b383eb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.59",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cw-controllers"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -474,14 +495,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cw20-base"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afcd279230b08ed8afd8be5828221622bd5b9ce25d0b01d58bad626c6ce0169c"
+checksum = "17ad79e86ea3707229bf78df94e08732e8f713207b4a77b2699755596725e7d9"
 dependencies = [
  "cosmwasm-schema",
  "cosmwasm-std",
  "cw-storage-plus",
- "cw-utils",
  "cw2",
  "cw20",
  "schemars",
@@ -584,9 +604,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.7.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fffa369a668c8af7dbf8b5e56c9f744fbd399949ed171606040001947de40b1c"
+checksum = "f55bf8e7b65898637379c1b74eb1551107c8294ed26d855ceb9fd1a09cfc9bc0"
 dependencies = [
  "const-oid",
  "zeroize",
@@ -594,9 +614,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f32d04922c60427da6f9fef14d042d9edddef64cb9d4ce0d64d0685fbeb1fd3"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
@@ -644,9 +664,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
-version = "1.0.11"
+version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68b0cf012f1230e43cd00ebb729c6bb58707ecfa8ad08b52ef3a4ccd2697fc30"
+checksum = "0d6ef0072f8a535281e4876be788938b528e9a1d43900b82c2569af7da799125"
 
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 ]
diff --git a/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml b/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
index 22475dda1f8..8b174175df4 100644
--- a/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/coconut-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 cw3-flex-multisig = { path = "../multisig/cw3-flex-multisig" }
 cw4-group = { path = "../multisig/cw4-group" }
 
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "coconut-test"
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
index 24d2ddd1ab9..a60f4337587 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mixnet-vesting-integration-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ nym-vesting-contract = { path = "../vesting" }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 
 # external dependencies
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "mixnet-vesting-test"
diff --git a/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
index 9f2ba071249..2b854def9f1 100644
--- a/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mixnet/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ time = { version = "0.3", features = ["macros"] }
 semver = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml b/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
index c1bf2106377..e3ec82c685d 100644
--- a/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/name-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
 nym-sphinx-addressing = { path = "../../common/nymsphinx/addressing" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rstest = "0.17.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml b/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
index e4a75c50f0d..570b50e8aae 100644
--- a/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/service-provider-directory/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ vergen = { version = "=7.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["build", "g
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
 cw-multi-test = { workspace = true }
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["asymmetric", "rand"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rstest = "0.17.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 76b425b1907..e6672dd1d54 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = "0.16"
 log = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
index 770ce79cd40..9802a6c590b 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bs58 = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 generic-array = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
index 4d4dce6e7fe..64975fe4cd2 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/registration/handshake/shared_key.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ impl SharedKeys {
                 )
             }
         };
-        let mac =
-            compute_keyed_hmac::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(self.mac_key(), &encrypted_data);
+        let mac = compute_keyed_hmac::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
+            self.mac_key().as_slice(),
+            &encrypted_data,
+        );
 
         mac.into_bytes().into_iter().chain(encrypted_data).collect()
     }
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ impl SharedKeys {
         let message_bytes = &enc_data[mac_size..];
 
         if !recompute_keyed_hmac_and_verify_tag::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
-            self.mac_key(),
+            self.mac_key().as_slice(),
             message_bytes,
             mac_tag,
         ) {
diff --git a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
index 1da37fd0abf..6c564d4ae80 100644
--- a/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
+++ b/gateway/gateway-requests/src/types.rs
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ impl BinaryResponse {
         let message_bytes = &raw_req[mac_size..];
 
         if !recompute_keyed_hmac_and_verify_tag::<GatewayIntegrityHmacAlgorithm>(
-            shared_keys.mac_key(),
+            shared_keys.mac_key().as_slice(),
             message_bytes,
             mac_tag,
         ) {
diff --git a/mixnode/Cargo.toml b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
index b64bb9bfc76..e0ae3bec5ce 100644
--- a/mixnode/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mixnode/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sysinfo = "0.27.7"
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs b/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
index 2aa85d714c2..58212c8c700 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/packet_delayforwarder.rs
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ mod tests {
     use nym_sphinx_params::packet_sizes::PacketSize;
     use nym_sphinx_params::PacketType;
     use nym_sphinx_types::{
-        crypto, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node, NodeAddressBytes,
-        DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
+        test_utils, Delay as SphinxDelay, Destination, DestinationAddressBytes, Node,
+        NodeAddressBytes, DESTINATION_ADDRESS_LENGTH, IDENTIFIER_LENGTH, NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH,
     };
 
     #[derive(Default)]
@@ -166,17 +166,17 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_sphinx_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
@@ -197,23 +197,23 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn make_valid_outfox_packet(size: PacketSize) -> NymPacket {
-        let (_, node1_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node1_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([5u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node2_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node2_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([4u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pk,
         );
-        let (_, node3_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node3_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pk,
         );
 
-        let (_, node4_pk) = crypto::keygen();
+        let (_, node4_pk) = test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node4 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node4_pk,
diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index 4ab459165cc..f9fa59e3cc9 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 k256 = { version = "*", features = ["ecdsa-core"] } # needed for the Verifier trait; pull whatever version is used by other dependencies
 log = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = "1.0"
-rand = "0.8.5"
-rand-07 = { package = "rand", version = "0.7.3" } # required for compatibility
+rand = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
 rocket = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["json"] }
 rocket_cors = { version = "0.6.0" }
@@ -125,6 +124,5 @@ tempfile = "3.3.0"
 cw3 = { workspace = true }
 cw-utils = { workspace = true }
 rand_chacha = "0.3"
-rand_chacha_02 = { package = "rand_chacha", version = "0.2" }
 sha2 = "0.9"
 
diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
index 36e416df195..38e964f3950 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/fixtures.rs
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ pub fn test_rng(seed: [u8; 32]) -> ChaCha20Rng {
     ChaCha20Rng::from_seed(seed)
 }
 
-pub fn test_rng_07(seed: [u8; 32]) -> rand_chacha_02::ChaCha20Rng {
-    use rand_chacha_02::rand_core::SeedableRng;
-    rand_chacha_02::ChaCha20Rng::from_seed(seed)
-}
-
 pub fn pseudorandom_account(rng: &mut ChaCha20Rng) -> AccountId {
     let mut dummy_account_key_hash = [0u8; 32];
     rng.fill_bytes(&mut dummy_account_key_hash);
@@ -42,13 +37,8 @@ pub fn dealer_fixture(mut rng: &mut ChaCha20Rng, id: NodeIndex) -> DealerDetails
     // we might possibly need that private key later on
     let keypair = DkgKeyPair::new(dkg::params(), &mut rng);
 
-    // lol, instantiate rng with an rng due to incompatibility, but even though it looks dodgy AF,
-    // it's 100% deterministic
-    let mut secondary_seed = [0u8; 32];
-    rng.fill_bytes(&mut secondary_seed);
-
     let addr = pseudorandom_account(rng);
-    let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng_07(secondary_seed));
+    let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng);
     let bte_public_key_with_proof = bs58::encode(&keypair.public_key().to_bytes()).into_string();
 
     let port = 8080 + id;
@@ -156,7 +146,7 @@ impl TestingDkgControllerBuilder {
             let mut secondary_seed = [0u8; 32];
             rng.fill_bytes(&mut secondary_seed);
 
-            let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng_07(secondary_seed));
+            let identity_keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut test_rng(secondary_seed));
 
             DealerDetails {
                 address: Addr::unchecked(address.as_ref()),
diff --git a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
index 02c430d4c23..bd29db0412d 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/coconut/tests/mod.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ use nym_validator_client::nyxd::Coin;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::{
     AccountId, Algorithm, Event, EventAttribute, ExecTxResult, Fee, Hash, TxResponse,
 };
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand_07::RngCore;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::RngCore;
 use rocket::http::Status;
 use rocket::local::asynchronous::Client;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ struct TestFixture {
 
 impl TestFixture {
     async fn new() -> Self {
-        let mut rng = crate::coconut::tests::fixtures::test_rng_07([69u8; 32]);
+        let mut rng = crate::coconut::tests::fixtures::test_rng([69u8; 32]);
         let params = Parameters::new(4).unwrap();
         let coconut_keypair = nym_coconut::ttp_keygen(&params, 1, 1).unwrap().remove(0);
         let identity = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng);
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
index ec915778668..a45a5515025 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/chunker.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::{
     acknowledgements::AckKey, addressing::clients::Recipient, preparer::MessagePreparer,
 };
 use nym_topology::NymTopology;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 const DEFAULT_AVERAGE_PACKET_DELAY: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
index 29298be4363..cc308a627fd 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/mod.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<'a> NetworkMonitorBuilder<'a> {
         // TODO: those keys change constant throughout the whole execution of the monitor.
         // and on top of that, they are used with ALL the gateways -> presumably this should change
         // in the future
-        let mut rng = rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+        let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng;
 
         let identity_keypair = Arc::new(identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng));
         let encryption_keypair = Arc::new(encryption::KeyPair::new(&mut rng));
diff --git a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
index 4e9cfda0fd3..73a11b4d60c 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/network_monitor/monitor/preparer.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient;
 use nym_sphinx::forwarding::packet::MixPacket;
 use nym_sphinx::params::{PacketSize, PacketType};
 use nym_topology::{gateway, mix};
-use rand_07::{rngs::ThreadRng, seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, Rng};
+use rand::{rngs::ThreadRng, seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng, Rng};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
diff --git a/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs b/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
index a124a8e4ddc..9f965e7815d 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/support/config/helpers.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use crate::support::config::{
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use rand::rngs::OsRng;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng as OsRng07;
 use std::{fs, io};
 
 // TODO: once we upgrade ed25519 library, we could use the same rand library and use proper
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ fn init_identity_keys(config: &config::NymApiPaths) -> Result<()> {
         &config.public_identity_key_file,
     );
 
-    let mut rng = OsRng07;
+    let mut rng = OsRng;
     let keypair = identity::KeyPair::new(&mut rng);
     nym_pemstore::store_keypair(&keypair, &keypaths)
         .context("failed to store identity keys of the nym api")?;
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
index eee9ddb886c..640640bea74 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,25 +35,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
-version = "0.7.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8b47f52ea9bae42228d07ec09eb676433d7c4ed1ebdf0f1d1c29ed446f1ab8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.3.0",
- "cpufeatures",
- "ctr 0.8.0",
- "opaque-debug 0.3.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aes"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac1f845298e95f983ff1944b728ae08b8cebab80d684f0a832ed0fc74dfa27e2"
+checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
@@ -410,6 +397,12 @@ version = "0.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -431,15 +424,15 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e141fb0f8be1c7b45887af94c88b182472b57c96b56773250ae00cd6a14a164"
 dependencies = [
- "bs58 0.5.0",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
+ "hmac",
  "k256",
  "once_cell",
  "pbkdf2",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "ripemd",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -494,7 +487,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94cb07b0da6a73955f8fb85d24c466778e70cda767a568229b104f0264089330"
 dependencies = [
  "byte-tools",
- "crypto-mac 0.7.0",
+ "crypto-mac",
  "digest 0.8.1",
  "opaque-debug 0.2.3",
 ]
@@ -571,7 +564,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "group",
  "pairing",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -610,9 +603,9 @@ checksum = "771fe0050b883fcc3ea2359b1a96bcfbc090b7116eae7c3c512c7a083fdf23d3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bs58"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5353f36341f7451062466f0b755b96ac3a9547e4d7f6b70d603fc721a7d7896"
+checksum = "bf88ba1141d185c399bee5288d850d63b8369520c1eafc32a0430b5b6c287bf4"
 dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "tinyvec",
@@ -648,9 +641,9 @@ checksum = "17febce684fd15d89027105661fec94afb475cb995fbc59d2865198446ba2eea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
@@ -697,12 +690,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.82"
+version = "1.0.98"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "305fe645edc1442a0fa8b6726ba61d422798d37a52e12eaecf4b022ebbb88f01"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
+checksum = "41c270e7540d725e65ac7f1b212ac8ce349719624d7bcff99f8e2e488e8cf03f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cesu8"
@@ -763,7 +753,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3613f74bd2eac03dad61bd53dbe620703d4371614fe0bc3b9f04dd36fe4e818"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
@@ -775,7 +765,7 @@ checksum = "10cd79432192d1c0f4e1a0fef9527696cc039165d729fb41b3f4f4f354c2dc35"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "chacha20",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "poly1305",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -793,15 +783,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cipher"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -1043,7 +1024,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "tendermint-rpc",
@@ -1211,7 +1192,7 @@ checksum = "cf4c2f4e1afd912bc40bfd6fed5d9dc1f288e0ba01bfcc835cc5bc3eb13efe15"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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-
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+ "cipher",
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- "serde",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
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@@ -1324,10 +1285,12 @@ dependencies = [
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- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "serde",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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@@ -1587,7 +1550,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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@@ -1702,20 +1665,10 @@ dependencies = [
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- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
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-
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- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "serde",
+ "signature",
 ]
 
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@@ -1741,16 +1695,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
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- "sha2 0.9.9",
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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@@ -1791,7 +1745,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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- "digest 0.9.0",
+ "hmac",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2892,6 +2824,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
+ "want",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2908,6 +2841,23 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
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@@ -2935,6 +2886,9 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3196,7 +3150,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "once_cell",
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- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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@@ -3697,7 +3651,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "nym-validator-client",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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+ "rand 0.8.5",
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- "bs58 0.5.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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  "nym-validator-client",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
  "rand 0.8.5",
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+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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- "bs58 0.5.0",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
- "ctr 0.9.2",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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- "hmac 0.12.1",
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+ "hmac",
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  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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- "x25519-dalek 1.1.1",
+ "x25519-dalek",
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+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
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  "nym-task",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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  "thiserror",
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- "bs58 0.5.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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  "nym-pemstore",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
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+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
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+ "x25519-dalek",
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@@ -4349,8 +4302,8 @@ dependencies = [
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  "nym-validator-client",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
- "reqwest",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
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  "serde",
  "tap",
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  "nym-sphinx-types",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_distr",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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  "thiserror",
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- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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@@ -4479,7 +4432,7 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "rand 0.8.5",
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- "bs58 0.5.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
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  "nym-sphinx-types",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
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- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
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  "sha2 0.9.9",
@@ -4639,7 +4592,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde",
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- "x25519-dalek 2.0.0",
+ "x25519-dalek",
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@@ -4880,7 +4833,7 @@ dependencies = [
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- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.1",
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- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "hmac",
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+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.3",
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+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper-rustls 0.26.0",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.1",
+ "winreg 0.52.0",
+]
+
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+ "hmac",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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@@ -5657,11 +5650,26 @@ dependencies = [
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+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
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+ "spin 0.9.8",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
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- "ring",
- "rustls-webpki",
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+ "rustls-webpki 0.101.6",
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "ring 0.17.8",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.102.4",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
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- "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.3",
  "schannel",
  "security-framework",
 ]
@@ -5793,14 +5815,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.4",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29993a25686778eb88d4189742cd713c9bce943bc54251a33509dc63cbacf73d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pki-types"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "976295e77ce332211c0d24d92c0e83e50f5c5f046d11082cea19f3df13a3562d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
 version = "0.101.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c7d5dece342910d9ba34d259310cae3e0154b873b35408b787b59bce53d34fe"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.102.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff448f7e92e913c4b7d4c6d8e4540a1724b319b4152b8aef6d4cf8339712b33e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring 0.17.8",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5882,8 +5931,8 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5897,7 +5946,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "pkcs8",
  "serdect",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -5979,7 +6028,7 @@ checksum = "01b0ad16faa5d12372f914ed40d00bda21a6d1bdcc99264c5e5e1c9495cf3654"
 dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "native-tls",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.11.22",
  "sentry-anyhow",
  "sentry-backtrace",
  "sentry-contexts",
@@ -6333,12 +6382,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "signature"
-version = "1.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74233d3b3b2f6d4b006dc19dee745e73e2a6bfb6f93607cd3b02bd5b00797d7c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "signature"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -6426,26 +6469,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sphinx-packet"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cc43eda802856ee82a7555c7b75ceb9e07451741c7a2f5f23d036020e01189d4"
+checksum = "cffb0df8390239119e76d4f60a6b06900351ee971d78868fc4cfef18301728ad"
 dependencies = [
- "aes 0.7.5",
+ "aes",
  "arrayref",
  "blake2",
- "bs58 0.4.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
  "byteorder",
  "chacha",
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "digest 0.9.0",
- "hkdf 0.11.0",
- "hmac 0.11.0",
+ "ctr",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "hkdf",
+ "hmac",
  "lioness",
  "log",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_distr",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
+ "x25519-dalek",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6528,7 +6572,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
  "percent-encoding",
  "rustls 0.20.8",
- "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pemfile 1.0.3",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "smallvec",
  "sqlformat",
@@ -6651,9 +6695,9 @@ checksum = "2d67a5a62ba6e01cb2192ff309324cb4875d0c451d55fe2319433abe7a05a8ee"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
-version = "2.4.1"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+checksum = "81cdd64d312baedb58e21336b31bc043b77e01cc99033ce76ef539f78e965ebc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle-encoding"
@@ -6692,6 +6736,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "system-configuration"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -6852,7 +6902,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.11.22",
  "rfd",
  "semver 1.0.23",
  "serde",
@@ -7045,7 +7095,7 @@ checksum = "bc2294fa667c8b548ee27a9ba59115472d0a09c2ba255771092a7f1dcf03a789"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "ed25519 2.2.2",
+ "ed25519",
  "ed25519-consensus",
  "flex-error",
  "futures",
@@ -7060,8 +7110,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "signature 2.1.0",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "signature",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint-proto",
  "time",
@@ -7113,12 +7163,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.10",
  "peg",
  "pin-project",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.11.22",
  "semver 1.0.23",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
  "serde_json",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "tendermint-config",
@@ -7295,6 +7345,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-socks"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -7392,6 +7453,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -7405,6 +7488,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -7590,7 +7674,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc1de2c688dc15305988b563c3854064043356019f97a4b46276fe734c4f07ea"
 dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7599,6 +7683,12 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -7943,8 +8033,8 @@ version = "0.22.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07ecc0cd7cac091bf682ec5efa18b1cff79d617b84181f38b3951dbe135f607f"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7962,7 +8052,7 @@ version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b291546d5d9d1eab74f069c77749f2cb8504a12caa20f0f2de93ddbf6f411888"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls-webpki",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.101.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7971,6 +8061,15 @@ version = "0.25.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f20c57d8d7db6d3b86154206ae5d8fba62dd39573114de97c2cb0578251f8e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.26.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3de34ae270483955a94f4b21bdaaeb83d508bb84a01435f393818edb0012009"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webview2-com"
 version = "0.19.1"
@@ -8073,7 +8172,7 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e686886bc078bc1b0b600cac0147aadb815089b6e4da64016cbd754b6342700f"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8123,7 +8222,16 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8141,6 +8249,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-tokens"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -8159,6 +8283,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "91ae572e1b79dba883e0d315474df7305d12f569b400fcf90581b06062f7e1bc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -8183,6 +8313,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b2ef27e0d7bdfcfc7b868b317c1d32c641a6fe4629c171b8928c7b08d98d7cf3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -8207,6 +8343,18 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "622a1962a7db830d6fd0a69683c80a18fda201879f0f447f065a3b7467daa241"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87f4261229030a858f36b459e748ae97545d6f1ec60e5e0d6a3d32e0dc232ee9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -8231,6 +8379,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4542c6e364ce21bf45d69fdd2a8e455fa38d316158cfd43b3ac1c5b1b19f8e00"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db3c2bf3d13d5b658be73463284eaf12830ac9a26a90c717b7f771dfe97487bf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -8255,6 +8409,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca2b8a661f7628cbd23440e50b05d705db3686f894fc9580820623656af974b1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e4246f76bdeff09eb48875a0fd3e2af6aada79d409d33011886d3e1581517d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -8267,6 +8427,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7896dbc1f41e08872e9d5e8f8baa8fdd2677f29468c4e156210174edc7f7b953"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -8291,6 +8457,12 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a515f5799fe4961cb532f983ce2b23082366b898e52ffbce459c86f67c8378a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.5.10"
@@ -8320,6 +8492,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a277a57398d4bfa075df44f501a17cfdf8542d224f0d36095a2adc7aee4ef0a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wry"
 version = "0.24.3"
@@ -8390,21 +8572,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a0c105152107e3b96f6a00a65e86ce82d9b125230e1c4302940eca58ff71f4f"
-dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "serde",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb66477291e7e8d2b0ff1bcb900bf29489a9692816d79874bea351e7a8b6de96"
+checksum = "c7e468321c81fb07fa7f4c636c3972b9100f0346e5b6a9f2bd0603a52f7ed277"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 49240be6c2b..653c98841c7 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,15 +30,24 @@ itertools = "0.10.5"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 rand = "0.8"
-rand-07 = { package = "rand", version = "0.7.3" }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json", "socks"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["json", "socks"] }
 rust-embed = { version = "6.4.2", features = ["include-exclude"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 tap = "1.0.1"
 # 07.07.23: JS: I changed the version from ^1.2.2 to fix up indirect import of web-sys
-tauri = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["clipboard-write-text", "macos-private-api", "notification-all", "shell-open", "system-tray", "updater", "window-close", "window-minimize", "window-start-dragging"] }
+tauri = { version = "1.4.1", features = [
+    "clipboard-write-text",
+    "macos-private-api",
+    "notification-all",
+    "shell-open",
+    "system-tray",
+    "updater",
+    "window-close",
+    "window-minimize",
+    "window-start-dragging",
+] }
 #tendermint-rpc = "0.23.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 time = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["local-offset"] }
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
index 79b70f814b3..adc00b48cd6 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use nym_config::{
 };
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_socks5_client_core::config::Config as Socks5CoreConfig;
-use rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+use rand::rngs::OsRng;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::{fs, io};
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub async fn init_socks5_config(provider_address: String, chosen_gateway_id: Str
     let gateway_setup = if !already_init {
         let selection_spec =
             GatewaySelectionSpecification::new(Some(chosen_gateway_id), None, false);
-        let mut rng = rand_07::thread_rng();
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         let available_gateways =
             current_gateways(&mut rng, &config.core.base.client.nym_api_urls).await?;
         GatewaySetup::New {
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
index fca43e8fff0..b868054b664 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/operations/directory/gateways.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async fn select_gateway_by_latency(gateways: Vec<GatewayBondAnnotated>) -> Resul
         .filter_map(|g| g.gateway_bond.try_into().ok())
         .collect();
 
-    let mut rng = rand_07::rngs::OsRng;
+    let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng;
     let selected_gateway = nym_client_core::init::helpers::choose_gateway_by_latency(
         &mut rng,
         &gateways_as_nodes,
diff --git a/nym-node/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
index 5aec9401890..10fe8f4ecc7 100644
--- a/nym-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ colored = "2"
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "env"] }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
 ipnetwork = "0.16.0"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
index ab152362245..c2092d66be9 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ utoipa-swagger-ui = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
 
 colored = "2"
 ipnetwork = "0.16"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 # Wireguard:
 fastrand = "2"
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
index 1708e122930..100f048efdf 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ nym-bin-common = { path = "../../common/bin-common", features = ["bin_info_schem
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["rand"] }
 
 
diff --git a/nym-outfox/Cargo.toml b/nym-outfox/Cargo.toml
index aad048d9b84..3939dfd20cc 100644
--- a/nym-outfox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-outfox/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ rayon = "1.5.1"
 blake3 = "1.3"
 zeroize = "1.5"
 chacha20 = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["std"] }
-curve25519-dalek = "3.2"
+x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["static_secrets"]}
 chacha20poly1305 = "0.10.1"
 getrandom = { workspace = true, features = ["js"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
-sphinx-packet = "0.1.0"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+sphinx-packet = "0.2.0"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 log = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/nym-outfox/src/format.rs b/nym-outfox/src/format.rs
index 4a9261bd3fd..ef4db26711d 100644
--- a/nym-outfox/src/format.rs
+++ b/nym-outfox/src/format.rs
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ use chacha20poly1305::ChaCha20Poly1305;
 use chacha20poly1305::KeyInit;
 
 use chacha20poly1305::Tag;
-use curve25519_dalek::constants::ED25519_BASEPOINT_TABLE;
-use curve25519_dalek::montgomery::MontgomeryPoint;
-use curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar;
+use x25519_dalek::{PublicKey, SharedSecret, StaticSecret};
 
 use std::ops::Range;
 use std::u8;
@@ -222,10 +220,12 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
         user_secret_key: &[u8],
         node_pub_key: &[u8],
         destination: &[u8; 32],
-    ) -> Result<MontgomeryPoint, OutfoxError> {
+    ) -> Result<SharedSecret, OutfoxError> {
         let routing_data = destination;
-        let mix_public_key = MontgomeryPoint(node_pub_key.try_into()?);
-        let user_secret_key = Scalar::from_bytes_mod_order(user_secret_key.try_into()?);
+        let node_pub_key_bytes: [u8; 32] = node_pub_key.try_into()?;
+        let mix_public_key = PublicKey::from(node_pub_key_bytes);
+        let user_secret_key_bytes: [u8; 32] = user_secret_key.try_into()?;
+        let user_secret_key = StaticSecret::from(user_secret_key_bytes);
 
         if buffer.len() != self.incoming_packet_length() {
             return Err(OutfoxError::LenMismatch {
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
             });
         }
 
-        let user_public_key = (&ED25519_BASEPOINT_TABLE * &user_secret_key).to_montgomery();
-        let shared_key = user_secret_key * mix_public_key;
+        let user_public_key = PublicKey::from(&user_secret_key);
+        let shared_key = user_secret_key.diffie_hellman(&mix_public_key);
 
         // Copy rounting data into buffer
         buffer[self.routing_data_range()].copy_from_slice(routing_data);
 
         // Perform the AEAD
-        let header_aead_key = ChaCha20Poly1305::new_from_slice(&shared_key.0[..])?;
+        let header_aead_key = ChaCha20Poly1305::new_from_slice(&shared_key.to_bytes())?;
         let nonce = [0u8; 12];
 
         let tag = header_aead_key
@@ -259,10 +259,10 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
         buffer[self.tag_range()].copy_from_slice(&tag[..]);
 
         // Copy own public key into buffer
-        buffer[self.pub_element_range()].copy_from_slice(&user_public_key.0[..]);
+        buffer[self.pub_element_range()].copy_from_slice(&user_public_key.to_bytes());
 
         // Do a round of LION on the payload
-        lion_transform_encrypt(&mut buffer[self.payload_range()], &shared_key.0)?;
+        lion_transform_encrypt(&mut buffer[self.payload_range()], &shared_key.to_bytes())?;
 
         Ok(shared_key)
     }
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
     ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, OutfoxError> {
         // Check the length of the incoming buffer is correct.
 
-        let mix_secret_key = Scalar::from_bytes_mod_order(mix_secret_key.try_into()?);
+        let mix_secret_key_bytes: [u8; 32] = mix_secret_key.try_into()?;
+        let mix_secret_key = StaticSecret::from(mix_secret_key_bytes);
 
         if buffer.len() != self.incoming_packet_length() {
             return Err(OutfoxError::LenMismatch {
@@ -284,11 +285,12 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
         }
 
         // Derive the shared key for this packet
-        let user_public_key = MontgomeryPoint(buffer[self.pub_element_range()].try_into()?);
-        let shared_key = mix_secret_key * user_public_key;
+        let user_public_key_bytes: [u8; 32] = buffer[self.pub_element_range()].try_into()?;
+        let user_public_key = PublicKey::from(user_public_key_bytes);
+        let shared_key = mix_secret_key.diffie_hellman(&user_public_key);
 
         // Compute the AEAD and check the Tag, if wrong return Err
-        let header_aead_key = ChaCha20Poly1305::new_from_slice(&shared_key.0[..])?;
+        let header_aead_key = ChaCha20Poly1305::new_from_slice(&shared_key.to_bytes())?;
         let nonce = [0; 12];
 
         let tag_bytes = buffer[self.tag_range()].to_vec();
@@ -305,7 +307,7 @@ impl MixStageParameters {
 
         let routing_data = buffer[self.routing_data_range()].to_vec();
         // Do a round of LION on the payload
-        lion_transform_decrypt(&mut buffer[self.payload_range()], &shared_key.0)?;
+        lion_transform_decrypt(&mut buffer[self.payload_range()], &shared_key.to_bytes())?;
 
         Ok(routing_data)
     }
diff --git a/nym-outfox/tests/unittests.rs b/nym-outfox/tests/unittests.rs
index d89f6f85fe4..fcb6d8d850b 100644
--- a/nym-outfox/tests/unittests.rs
+++ b/nym-outfox/tests/unittests.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ mod tests {
         repeat_with(|| fastrand::u8(..)).take(n).collect()
     }
 
-    use curve25519_dalek::constants::ED25519_BASEPOINT_TABLE;
-    use curve25519_dalek::scalar::Scalar;
     use nym_outfox::packet::OutfoxPacket;
     use sphinx_packet::constants::NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH;
     use sphinx_packet::crypto::PublicKey;
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use nym_outfox::format::*;
     use nym_outfox::lion::*;
+    use x25519_dalek::StaticSecret;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_encode_decode() {
@@ -30,11 +29,10 @@ mod tests {
             payload_length_bytes: 1024, // 1kb
         };
 
-        let user_secret = randombytes(32);
-        let mix_secret = randombytes(32);
-        let mix_secret_scalar =
-            Scalar::from_bytes_mod_order(mix_secret.clone().try_into().unwrap());
-        let mix_public_key = (&ED25519_BASEPOINT_TABLE * &mix_secret_scalar).to_montgomery();
+        let user_secret: [u8; 32] = randombytes(32).try_into().unwrap();
+        let mix_secret: [u8; 32] = randombytes(32).try_into().unwrap();
+        let mix_secret_key = StaticSecret::from(mix_secret);
+        let mix_public_key = PublicKey::from(&mix_secret_key);
 
         let routing = [0; 32];
         let destination = [0; 32];
@@ -87,23 +85,23 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_packet_params_short() {
-        let (node1_pk, node1_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node1_pk, node1_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([0u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pub,
         );
-        let (node2_pk, node2_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node2_pk, node2_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([1u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pub,
         );
-        let (node3_pk, node3_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node3_pk, node3_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pub,
         );
 
-        let (gateway_pk, gateway_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (gateway_pk, gateway_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let gateway = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([3u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             gateway_pub,
@@ -143,23 +141,23 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_packet_params_long() {
-        let (node1_pk, node1_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node1_pk, node1_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node1 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([0u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node1_pub,
         );
-        let (node2_pk, node2_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node2_pk, node2_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node2 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([1u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node2_pub,
         );
-        let (node3_pk, node3_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (node3_pk, node3_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let node3 = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([2u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             node3_pub,
         );
 
-        let (gateway_pk, gateway_pub) = sphinx_packet::crypto::keygen();
+        let (gateway_pk, gateway_pub) = sphinx_packet::test_utils::fixtures::keygen();
         let gateway = Node::new(
             NodeAddressBytes::from_bytes([3u8; NODE_ADDRESS_LENGTH]),
             gateway_pub,
diff --git a/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock b/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
index f32a613705d..230358af91e 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-wallet/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,25 +35,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aes"
-version = "0.7.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8b47f52ea9bae42228d07ec09eb676433d7c4ed1ebdf0f1d1c29ed446f1ab8"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.3.0",
- "cpufeatures",
- "ctr 0.8.0",
- "opaque-debug 0.3.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aes"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac1f845298e95f983ff1944b728ae08b8cebab80d684f0a832ed0fc74dfa27e2"
+checksum = "b169f7a6d4742236a0a00c541b845991d0ac43e546831af1249753ab4c3aa3a0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures",
 ]
 
@@ -64,11 +51,11 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "209b47e8954a928e1d72e86eca7000ebb6655fe1436d33eefc2201cad027e237"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
- "aes 0.8.3",
- "cipher 0.4.4",
- "ctr 0.9.2",
+ "aes",
+ "cipher",
+ "ctr",
  "ghash",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -213,6 +200,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps 6.1.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atomic-waker"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attohttpc"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -220,7 +213,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fcf00bc6d5abb29b5f97e3c61a90b6d3caa12f3faf897d4a3e3607c050a35a7"
 dependencies = [
  "flate2",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "log",
  "native-tls",
  "serde",
@@ -279,6 +272,12 @@ version = "0.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -291,15 +290,15 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e141fb0f8be1c7b45887af94c88b182472b57c96b56773250ae00cd6a14a164"
 dependencies = [
- "bs58 0.5.0",
- "hmac 0.12.1",
+ "bs58 0.5.1",
+ "hmac",
  "k256",
  "once_cell",
  "pbkdf2",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "ripemd",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -354,7 +353,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94cb07b0da6a73955f8fb85d24c466778e70cda767a568229b104f0264089330"
 dependencies = [
  "byte-tools",
- "crypto-mac 0.7.0",
+ "crypto-mac",
  "digest 0.8.1",
  "opaque-debug 0.2.3",
 ]
@@ -402,7 +401,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "group",
  "pairing",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -441,9 +440,9 @@ checksum = "771fe0050b883fcc3ea2359b1a96bcfbc090b7116eae7c3c512c7a083fdf23d3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bs58"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5353f36341f7451062466f0b755b96ac3a9547e4d7f6b70d603fc721a7d7896"
+checksum = "bf88ba1141d185c399bee5288d850d63b8369520c1eafc32a0430b5b6c287bf4"
 dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "tinyvec",
@@ -479,9 +478,9 @@ checksum = "17febce684fd15d89027105661fec94afb475cb995fbc59d2865198446ba2eea"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
@@ -586,15 +585,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "keystream",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cipher"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ee52072ec15386f770805afd189a01c8841be8696bed250fa2f13c4c0d6dfb7"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -832,7 +822,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "thiserror",
@@ -851,7 +841,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "tendermint-rpc",
@@ -970,7 +960,7 @@ checksum = "cf4c2f4e1afd912bc40bfd6fed5d9dc1f288e0ba01bfcc835cc5bc3eb13efe15"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -995,16 +985,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle 1.0.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-mac"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1d1a86f49236c215f271d40892d5fc950490551400b02ef360692c29815c714"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array 0.14.7",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cssparser"
 version = "0.27.2"
@@ -1042,22 +1022,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ctr"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "049bb91fb4aaf0e3c7efa6cd5ef877dbbbd15b39dad06d9948de4ec8a75761ea"
-dependencies = [
- "cipher 0.3.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ctr"
 version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0369ee1ad671834580515889b80f2ea915f23b8be8d0daa4bbaf2ac5c7590835"
 dependencies = [
- "cipher 0.4.4",
+ "cipher",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1069,8 +1040,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "digest 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "serde",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -1083,10 +1053,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
  "curve25519-dalek-derive",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
  "fiat-crypto",
  "platforms",
  "rustc_version",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "serde",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -1330,7 +1302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "block-buffer 0.10.4",
  "const-oid",
  "crypto-common",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1445,20 +1417,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "elliptic-curve",
  "rfc6979",
  "serdect",
- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "signature",
  "spki",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ed25519"
-version = "1.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91cff35c70bba8a626e3185d8cd48cc11b5437e1a5bcd15b9b5fa3c64b6dfee7"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "signature 1.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519"
 version = "2.2.2"
@@ -1466,7 +1428,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "60f6d271ca33075c88028be6f04d502853d63a5ece419d269c15315d4fc1cf1d"
 dependencies = [
  "pkcs8",
- "signature 2.1.0",
+ "serde",
+ "signature",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1484,16 +1447,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ed25519-dalek"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c762bae6dcaf24c4c84667b8579785430908723d5c889f469d76a41d59cc7a9d"
+checksum = "4a3daa8e81a3963a60642bcc1f90a670680bd4a77535faa384e9d1c79d620871"
 dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "ed25519 1.5.3",
- "rand 0.7.3",
+ "curve25519-dalek 4.1.1",
+ "ed25519",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
- "serde_bytes",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -1534,7 +1497,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "sec1",
  "serdect",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "zeroize",
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+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "smallvec",
+ "tokio",
+ "want",
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+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "hyper-util",
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+ "tower-service",
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+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
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+ "system-configuration",
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+ "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
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- "rustls",
- "rustls-native-certs",
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+ "rustls-pki-types",
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- "subtle 2.4.1",
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
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+ "rustls-pki-types",
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+ "subtle 2.5.0",
+ "zeroize",
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+
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+ "untrusted",
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  "objc",
@@ -5349,7 +5497,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c507d954d08ac8705d235bc70ec6975b9054fb95ff7823af72dbb04186596f3b"
 dependencies = [
  "gtk",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "http-range",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "raw-window-handle",
@@ -5431,7 +5579,7 @@ checksum = "bc2294fa667c8b548ee27a9ba59115472d0a09c2ba255771092a7f1dcf03a789"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "ed25519 2.2.2",
+ "ed25519",
  "ed25519-consensus",
  "flex-error",
  "futures",
@@ -5446,8 +5594,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
- "signature 2.1.0",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "signature",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint-proto",
  "time",
@@ -5499,12 +5647,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.10",
  "peg",
  "pin-project",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.11.22",
  "semver 1.0.22",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
  "serde_json",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
  "subtle-encoding",
  "tendermint",
  "tendermint-config",
@@ -5666,7 +5814,18 @@ version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c28327cf380ac148141087fbfb9de9d7bd4e84ab5d2c28fbc911d753de8a7081"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls",
+ "rustls 0.21.9",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls 0.22.4",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -5727,6 +5886,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -5740,6 +5921,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -5879,7 +6061,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc1de2c688dc15305988b563c3854064043356019f97a4b46276fe734c4f07ea"
 dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
- "subtle 2.4.1",
+ "subtle 2.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6139,9 +6321,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.25.4"
+version = "0.26.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f20c57d8d7db6d3b86154206ae5d8fba62dd39573114de97c2cb0578251f8e1"
+checksum = "b3de34ae270483955a94f4b21bdaaeb83d508bb84a01435f393818edb0012009"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "webview2-com"
@@ -6482,6 +6667,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a277a57398d4bfa075df44f501a17cfdf8542d224f0d36095a2adc7aee4ef0a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winres"
 version = "0.1.12"
@@ -6508,7 +6703,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glib",
  "gtk",
  "html5ever",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "kuchiki",
  "libc",
  "log",
@@ -6561,21 +6756,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a0c105152107e3b96f6a00a65e86ce82d9b125230e1c4302940eca58ff71f4f"
-dependencies = [
- "curve25519-dalek 3.2.0",
- "rand_core 0.5.1",
- "serde",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "x25519-dalek"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb66477291e7e8d2b0ff1bcb900bf29489a9692816d79874bea351e7a8b6de96"
+checksum = "c7e468321c81fb07fa7f4c636c3972b9100f0346e5b6a9f2bd0603a52f7ed277"
 dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek 4.1.1",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 93cc7eeb4dc..54b9533bfca 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ nym-store-cipher = { path = "../../common/store-cipher", features = ["json"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nym-crypto = { path = "../../common/crypto", features = ["rand"] }
-rand_chacha = "0.2"
+rand_chacha = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
 
diff --git a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
index 7f542d257c8..1ed617dc4bf 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
+++ b/nym-wallet/src-tauri/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use nym_contracts_common::signing::SigningAlgorithm;
-use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::identity::Ed25519RecoveryError;
 use nym_types::error::TypesError;
 use nym_validator_client::nym_api::error::NymAPIError;
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ pub enum BackendError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Ed25519Recovery(#[from] Ed25519RecoveryError),
 
-    #[error("failed to verify ed25519 signature: {0}")]
-    Ed25519SignatureError(#[from] identity::SignatureError),
-
     #[error("This command ({name}) has been removed. Please try to use {alternative} instead.")]
     RemovedCommand { name: String, alternative: String },
 }
diff --git a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
index 425154a5cb6..7ce9bcdf3be 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/lib/socks5-listener/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ nym-socks5-client-core = { path = "../../../common/socks5-client-core", default-
 serde = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "time"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 
 safer-ffi = { version = "0.1.4" }
 
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 13b987e9aaa..064f8f01436 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ http = "0.2.9"
 
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3" }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 tap = "1.0.1"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
index 7c446926525..925f5d75737 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ipnetwork = "0.20.0"
 log = { workspace = true }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
 publicsuffix = "2.2.3"
-rand = "0.7.3"
+rand = { workspace = true }
 regex = "1.8.4"
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/wasm/client/Cargo.toml b/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
index 2232c88877a..eea8ccb0b61 100644
--- a/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml b/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
index 373b6d423f3..fd187f04e1e 100644
--- a/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/mix-fetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
diff --git a/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml b/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
index fd295cd0e39..b2330c04ae1 100644
--- a/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm/node-tester/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies]
 futures = { workspace = true }
 js-sys = { workspace = true }
-rand = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-wasm-bindgen = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }