diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 97b633c4..f4a249fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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- "bs58 0.4.0",
+ "bs58 0.5.0",
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  "dscp-lang",
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-checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
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+checksum = "6fe2267d4ed49bc07b63801559be28c718ea06c4738b7a03c94df7386d2cde46"
 
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- "rustls 0.20.8",
- "rustls-native-certs",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.23.4",
- "webpki-roots",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -3321,7 +3305,8 @@ dependencies = [
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  "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "webpki-roots 0.25.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3588,9 +3573,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "7d291e3a5818a2384645fd9756362e6d89cf0541b0b916fa7702ea4a9833608e"
+checksum = "367a292944c07385839818bb71c8d76611138e2dedb0677d035b8da21d29c78b"
 dependencies = [
  "jsonrpsee-core",
  "jsonrpsee-http-client",
@@ -3603,9 +3588,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "965de52763f2004bc91ac5bcec504192440f0b568a5d621c59d9dbd6f886c3fb"
+checksum = "c8b3815d9f5d5de348e5f162b316dc9cdf4548305ebb15b4eb9328e66cf27d7a"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -3616,17 +3601,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "soketto",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls 0.23.4",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "webpki-roots",
+ "webpki-roots 0.25.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "a4e70b4439a751a5de7dd5ed55eacff78ebf4ffe0fc009cb1ebb11417f5b536b"
+checksum = "2b5dde66c53d6dcdc8caea1874a45632ec0fcf5b437789f1e45766a1512ce803"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -3652,13 +3637,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "cc345b0a43c6bc49b947ebeb936e886a419ee3d894421790c969cc56040542ad"
+checksum = "7e5f9fabdd5d79344728521bb65e3106b49ec405a78b66fbff073b72b389fa43"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls 0.23.2",
+ "hyper-rustls",
  "jsonrpsee-core",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
  "rustc-hash",
@@ -3671,9 +3656,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "baa6da1e4199c10d7b1d0a6e5e8bd8e55f351163b6f4b3cbb044672a69bd4c1c"
+checksum = "44e8ab85614a08792b9bff6c8feee23be78c98d0182d4c622c05256ab553892a"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -3684,9 +3669,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "1fb69dad85df79527c019659a992498d03f8495390496da2f07e6c24c2b356fc"
+checksum = "cf4d945a6008c9b03db3354fb3c83ee02d2faa9f2e755ec1dfb69c3551b8f4ba"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -3706,9 +3691,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "5bd522fe1ce3702fd94812965d7bb7a3364b1c9aba743944c5a00529aae80f8c"
+checksum = "245ba8e5aa633dd1c1e4fae72bce06e71f42d34c14a2767c6b4d173b57bee5e5"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -3720,9 +3705,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.16.3"
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-checksum = "0b83daeecfc6517cfe210df24e570fb06213533dfb990318fae781f4c7119dd9"
+checksum = "4e1b3975ed5d73f456478681a417128597acd6a2487855fdb7b4a3d4d195bf5e"
 dependencies = [
  "http",
  "jsonrpsee-client-transport",
@@ -4202,7 +4187,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rw-stream-sink",
  "soketto",
  "url",
- "webpki-roots",
+ "webpki-roots 0.22.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5518,19 +5503,20 @@ checksum = "478c572c3d73181ff3c2539045f6eb99e5491218eae919370993b890cdbdd98e"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e68e84bfb01f0507134eac1e9b410a12ba379d064eab48c50ba4ce329a527b70"
+checksum = "ae9cee2a55a544be8b89dc6848072af97a20f2422603c10865be2a42b580fff5"
 dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
  "thiserror",
  "ucd-trie",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_derive"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b79d4c71c865a25a4322296122e3924d30bc8ee0834c8bfc8b95f7f054afbfb"
+checksum = "81d78524685f5ef2a3b3bd1cafbc9fcabb036253d9b1463e726a91cd16e2dfc2"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
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@@ -5538,9 +5524,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_generator"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6c435bf1076437b851ebc8edc3a18442796b30f1728ffea6262d59bbe28b077e"
+checksum = "68bd1206e71118b5356dae5ddc61c8b11e28b09ef6a31acbd15ea48a28e0c227"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -5551,9 +5537,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pest_meta"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "745a452f8eb71e39ffd8ee32b3c5f51d03845f99786fa9b68db6ff509c505411"
+checksum = "7c747191d4ad9e4a4ab9c8798f1e82a39affe7ef9648390b7e5548d18e099de6"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "pest",
@@ -5572,18 +5558,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c95a7476719eab1e366eaf73d0260af3021184f18177925b07f54b30089ceead"
+checksum = "fda4ed1c6c173e3fc7a83629421152e01d7b1f9b7f65fb301e490e8cfc656422"
 dependencies = [
  "pin-project-internal",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-internal"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39407670928234ebc5e6e580247dd567ad73a3578460c5990f9503df207e8f07"
+checksum = "4359fd9c9171ec6e8c62926d6faaf553a8dc3f64e1507e76da7911b4f6a04405"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -7199,7 +7185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-timer",
  "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls 0.24.2",
+ "hyper-rustls",
  "libp2p",
  "log",
  "num_cpus",
@@ -7734,9 +7720,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.110"
+version = "1.0.111"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fbd975230bada99c8bb618e0c365c2eefa219158d5c6c29610fd09ff1833257"
+checksum = "176e46fa42316f18edd598015a5166857fc835ec732f5215eac6b7bdbf0a84f4"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -9100,18 +9086,18 @@ checksum = "3369f5ac52d5eb6ab48c6b4ffdc8efbcad6b89c765749064ba298f2c68a16a76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.56"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
+checksum = "d54378c645627613241d077a3a79db965db602882668f9136ac42af9ecb730ad"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.50"
+version = "1.0.56"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
+checksum = "fa0faa943b50f3db30a20aa7e265dbc66076993efed8463e8de414e5d06d3471"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -9245,17 +9231,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.23.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c43ee83903113e03984cb9e5cebe6c04a5116269e900e3ddba8f068a62adda59"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.20.8",
- "tokio",
- "webpki",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.24.1"
@@ -10191,6 +10166,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.25.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1778a42e8b3b90bff8d0f5032bf22250792889a5cdc752aa0020c84abe3aaf10"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
 version = "4.4.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a2ec4d60..52c5ee42 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ resolver = "2"
 ##############################
 # non-substrate dependencies #
 ##############################
-serde = { version = "1.0.159", default-features = false }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.108", default-features = false }
-jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16.2", features = ["server"] }
-clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive"] }
-futures = { version = "0.3.27", features = ["thread-pool"] }
-bs58 = "0.4.0"
-async-trait = "0.1.57"
-hex-literal = "0.3.4"
+serde = { version = "1.0.194", default-features = false }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.111", default-features = false }
+clap = { version = "4.4.12", features = ["derive"] }
+futures = { version = "0.3.30", features = ["thread-pool"] }
+bs58 = "0.5.0"
+async-trait = "0.1.77"
+hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 exitcode = "1.1.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-pest = "2.6"
-pest_derive = "2.6"
-thiserror = "1.0.50"
+pest = "2.7.5"
+pest_derive = "2.7.5"
+thiserror = "1.0.56"
 
-####################################
-# substrate dependencies crates.io #
-####################################
+#################################################################
+# substrate linked dependencies in crates.io that may be pinned #
+#################################################################
+jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16.3" }
 scale-info = { version = "2.10.0", default-features = false }
-parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.6.1", default-features = false }
+parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.6.9", default-features = false }
 
 ###################################
 # substrate dependencies from git #
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index deb001b6..8978db9a 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sp-keystore = { workspace = true }
 frame-system = { workspace = true }
 
 # These dependencies are used for the node template's RPCs
-jsonrpsee = { workspace = true }
+jsonrpsee = { workspace = true, features = ["server"] }
 sc-rpc = { workspace = true }
 sp-api = { workspace = true }
 sc-rpc-api = { workspace = true }