diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b156c16..f24eeb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "simd_cesu8",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "walkdir",
+ "windows-link",
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- "rustls-platform-verifier",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier 0.7.0",
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+ "jni 0.21.1",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier-android",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "webpki-root-certs",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-platform-verifier"
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+checksum = "26d1e2536ce4f35f4846aa13bff16bd0ff40157cdb14cc056c7b14ba41233ba0"
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+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "jni 0.22.4",
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  "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-pemfile",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier 0.6.2",
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  "serde",
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@@ -4761,6 +4813,22 @@ dependencies = [
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+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94f90157bb87cddf702797c5dadfa0be7d266cdf49e22da2fcaa32eff75b2c33"
+dependencies = [
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+ "simdutf8",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
+
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  "toml_datetime",
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- "winnow 1.0.1",
+ "winnow 1.0.2",
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 [[package]]
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 checksum = "a2abe9b86193656635d2411dc43050282ca48aa31c2451210f4202550afb7526"
 dependencies = [
- "winnow 1.0.1",
+ "winnow 1.0.2",
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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+version = "1.0.3+wasi-0.2.9"
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-checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
+checksum = "20064672db26d7cdc89c7798c48a0fdfac8213434a1186e5ef29fd560ae223d6"
 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.57.1",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
- "wit-bindgen",
+ "wit-bindgen 0.51.0",
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+version = "0.2.120"
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-checksum = "0bf938a0bacb0469e83c1e148908bd7d5a6010354cf4fb73279b7447422e3a89"
+checksum = "df52b6d9b87e0c74c9edfa1eb2d9bf85e5d63515474513aa50fa181b3c4f5db1"
 dependencies = [
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  "once_cell",
@@ -5479,9 +5547,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.4.68"
+version = "0.4.70"
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-checksum = "f371d383f2fb139252e0bfac3b81b265689bf45b6874af544ffa4c975ac1ebf8"
+checksum = "af934872acec734c2d80e6617bbb5ff4f12b052dd8e6332b0817bce889516084"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -5489,9 +5557,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.118"
+version = "0.2.120"
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-checksum = "eeff24f84126c0ec2db7a449f0c2ec963c6a49efe0698c4242929da037ca28ed"
+checksum = "78b1041f495fb322e64aca85f5756b2172e35cd459376e67f2a6c9dffcedb103"
 dependencies = [
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  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -5499,9 +5567,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.2.120"
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-checksum = "9d08065faf983b2b80a79fd87d8254c409281cf7de75fc4b773019824196c904"
+checksum = "9dcd0ff20416988a18ac686d4d4d0f6aae9ebf08a389ff5d29012b05af2a1b41"
 dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
@@ -5512,9 +5580,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.118"
+version = "0.2.120"
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-checksum = "5fd04d9e306f1907bd13c6361b5c6bfc7b3b3c095ed3f8a9246390f8dbdee129"
+checksum = "49757b3c82ebf16c57d69365a142940b384176c24df52a087fb748e2085359ea"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -5569,9 +5637,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.3.95"
+version = "0.3.97"
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-checksum = "4f2dfbb17949fa2088e5d39408c48368947b86f7834484e87b73de55bc14d97d"
+checksum = "2eadbac71025cd7b0834f20d1fe8472e8495821b4e9801eb0a60bd1f19827602"
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@@ -6037,9 +6105,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
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-checksum = "09dac053f1cd375980747450bfc7250c264eaae0583872e845c0c7cd578872b5"
+checksum = "2ee1708bef14716a11bae175f579062d4554d95be2c6829f518df847b7b3fdd0"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -6053,6 +6121,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.57.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
+
 [[package]]
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b38f538..f625afb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Wire protocol for the Autonomi decentralized network (WithAutonomi fork)"
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 # these through `ant_protocol::{transport, pqc, evm}` re-exports so the
 # version is pinned in exactly one place. Changing these versions is a
 # breaking change for both downstream crates.
-saorsa-core = "0.24.0"
+saorsa-core = "0.24.1"
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-evmlib = "0.8"
+evmlib = "0.8.1"
 
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