diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cded21f..120072f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-core",
  "anyhow",
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-core"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "ant-node",
@@ -892,9 +892,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3a08fed7034620d346c8c705f837e61b21ab0871cb4d9bdbe0c00318385af6e"
+checksum = "3490dfb2cd08f4873b32d4328506038067c43a3662c5f6cb9dbb9db9e078e6d0"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-protocol",
  "bao",
@@ -943,9 +943,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "2.3.4"
+version = "2.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e081248778491b063a97754d4ea6a5227bb03740f8de1b546bbb4b16e60c4c99"
+checksum = "dd13dd1f51e3e9b3e871673b7d52a65054c9431b0656f4fa9589098126c3dafd"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
  "bytes",
@@ -5249,9 +5249,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-core"
-version = "0.27.2"
+version = "0.27.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b3c5cb6c2eaeab9645a0224735651d4fb034d9f4a8882d9c283de70b4905249"
+checksum = "5929d77d38c0ffb422393a2420f9d2f9ecd92deaa9859b3bfbbe58bada68e40a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5322,9 +5322,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-transport"
-version = "0.36.2"
+version = "0.36.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eba15b6b5dcee750fe741edd08a0719f43274f9ceee2b9c0f595225a72dd021b"
+checksum = "9cd4be74fa8b82e0321b338bbfbc084c66170614245660b85bb8b041ea808bc4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index 0e66fb3..1e0d094 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 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 939e33b..27610b7 100644
--- a/ant-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ant-core"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 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 = "2.3.4"
+ant-protocol = "2.3.5"
 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 = "0.18.0", optional = true }
+ant-node = { version = "0.18.1", 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 = "0.18.0", features = ["test-utils"] }
+ant-node = { version = "0.18.1", features = ["test-utils"] }
 serial_test = "3"
 anyhow = "1"
 alloy = { version = "1.6", features = ["node-bindings"] }