diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38ffc6b..b61d537 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-core",
  "anyhow",
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-core"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "ant-node",
@@ -892,9 +892,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.15.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "662595629b1ea524ef712b949a99416f55829843ce116a7341dc0887bdb0380f"
+checksum = "ff4a90f9b5a83ad09e184d482435e9e4b4c405cd26d2fa1fedde9e485540f0fa"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-protocol",
  "blake3",
@@ -942,9 +942,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b665880152b4e124094acc1faaff5f20a275594e6364b8a729b50f3bc326674"
+checksum = "3081ee130dd45e8166bc8ac4d789aac17d143e2e7f54f1c3006503dc63cf3edb"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "bytes",
@@ -5198,9 +5198,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-core"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.26.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0930cfdffe87a9ff747d901dc540e2e9b89c9a29e1cbb55a26e26d151e2b916d"
+checksum = "454529f8a72b4cf22f7d9c3b009ad9d4ba78520e11f6444ae460795d55c002da"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5313,9 +5313,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-transport"
-version = "0.35.2"
+version = "0.35.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0dbc31faa4bd1f51807dd3815950212005613e512f6b400715067b78c2fb9603"
+checksum = "e3284026c300f642077315b782462b22558e24d621265a8deeae23287b1c5542"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index f42f227..ef7c5ce 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Unified CLI (`ant`) for the Autonomi network: store and retrieve data, and manage local nodes."
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/ant-core/Cargo.toml b/ant-core/Cargo.toml
index ae6e869..3fcff45 100644
--- a/ant-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-core"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Headless Rust library for the Autonomi network: data storage and retrieval with self-encryption and EVM payments, plus node lifecycle management."
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.6.8", features = ["cors"] }
 # under `ant_protocol::{evm, transport, pqc}`. This is the ONE pin for
 # those three deps — do not add direct evmlib/saorsa-core/saorsa-pqc
 # deps here or the version can skew between ant-client and ant-node.
-ant-protocol = "2.3.0"
+ant-protocol = "2.3.1"
 xor_name = "5"
 self_encryption = "0.36"
 futures = "0.3"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sysinfo = { version = "0.32", default-features = false, features = ["system"] }
 # `ant-protocol` pin above points at a released version, this ant-node must
 # track the matching released version carrying the same saorsa-core /
 # ant-protocol lineage.
-ant-node = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
+ant-node = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test-utils = []
 # always compile even without the `devnet` feature. Pinned to the same
 # version as the runtime dep so there is a single ant-node /
 # saorsa-core version across the whole graph.
-ant-node = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["test-utils"] }
+ant-node = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["test-utils"] }
 serial_test = "3"
 anyhow = "1"
 alloy = { version = "1.6", features = ["node-bindings"] }