diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d5937c45ba..6bdcae74d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1431,22 +1431,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cargo-util-schemas"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7dc1a6f7b5651af85774ae5a34b4e8be397d9cf4bc063b7e6dbd99a841837830"
-dependencies = [
- "semver 1.0.27",
- "serde",
- "serde-untagged",
- "serde-value",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "toml 0.8.23",
- "unicode-xid",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
 version = "0.15.4"
@@ -1461,21 +1445,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c3f56c207c76c07652489840ff98687dcf213de178ac0974660d6fefeaf5ec6"
-dependencies = [
- "camino",
- "cargo-platform 0.3.2",
- "cargo-util-schemas",
- "semver 1.0.27",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
 version = "0.23.1"
@@ -2442,17 +2411,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "erased-serde"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89e8918065695684b2b0702da20382d5ae6065cf3327bc2d6436bd49a71ce9f3"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_core",
- "typeid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.14"
@@ -3704,7 +3662,7 @@ name = "ink_e2e"
 version = "6.0.0-beta.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "cargo_metadata 0.22.0",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.23.1",
  "contract-build",
  "frame-support 42.0.0",
  "funty",
@@ -4782,15 +4740,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ordered-float"
-version = "2.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68f19d67e5a2795c94e73e0bb1cc1a7edeb2e28efd39e2e1c9b7a40c1108b11c"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "os_pipe"
 version = "1.2.3"
@@ -6762,28 +6711,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde-untagged"
-version = "0.1.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9faf48a4a2d2693be24c6289dbe26552776eb7737074e6722891fadbe6c5058"
-dependencies = [
- "erased-serde",
- "serde",
- "serde_core",
- "typeid",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "serde-value"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
-dependencies = [
- "ordered-float",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.19"
@@ -9171,12 +9098,6 @@ version = "2.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ea3136b675547379c4bd395ca6b938e5ad3c3d20fad76e7fe85f9e0d011419c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "typeid"
-version = "1.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc7d623258602320d5c55d1bc22793b57daff0ec7efc270ea7d55ce1d5f5471c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.19.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e25f91893a..ae7674e79b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rust-version = "1.88"
 arrayref = { version = "0.3" }
 array-init = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10" }
-cargo_metadata = { version = "0.22.0" }
+cargo_metadata = { version = "0.23.1" }
 cfg-if = { version = "1.0" }
 contract-build = { version = "6.0.0-beta.2" }
 darling = { version = "0.21.3" }