diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 83ece12..8793461 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "num-traits",
  "rusticata-macros",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
 ]
 
@@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ checksum = "9ac0150caa2ae65ca5bd83f25c7de183dea78d4d366469f148435e2acfbad0da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.1.36"
+version = "1.1.31"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baee610e9452a8f6f0a1b6194ec09ff9e2d85dea54432acdae41aa0761c95d70"
+checksum = "c2e7962b54006dcfcc61cb72735f4d89bb97061dd6a7ed882ec6b8ee53714c6f"
 dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iroh-quinn",
  "quic-rpc",
  "rustls",
- "serde",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "types",
@@ -416,9 +415,9 @@ checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "608697df725056feaccfa42cffdaeeec3fccc4ffc38358ecd19b243e716a78e0"
+checksum = "0ca741a962e1b0bff6d724a1a0958b686406e853bb14061f218562e1896f95e6"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -727,14 +726,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "educe"
-version = "0.4.23"
+version = "0.5.11"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f0042ff8246a363dbe77d2ceedb073339e85a804b9a47636c6e016a9a32c05f"
+checksum = "e4bd92664bf78c4d3dba9b7cdafce6fa15b13ed3ed16175218196942e99168a8"
 dependencies = [
  "enum-ordinalize",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -782,12 +781,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-ordinalize"
-version = "3.1.15"
+version = "4.3.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bf1fa3f06bbff1ea5b1a9c7b14aa992a39657db60a2759457328d7e058f49ee"
+checksum = "fea0dcfa4e54eeb516fe454635a95753ddd39acda650ce703031c6973e315dd5"
+dependencies = [
+ "enum-ordinalize-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-ordinalize-derive"
+version = "4.3.1"
+source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d28318a75d4aead5c4db25382e8ef717932d0346600cacae6357eb5941bc5ff"
 dependencies = [
- "num-bigint",
- "num-traits",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.87",
@@ -872,9 +878,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "2.1.1"
+version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8c02a5121d4ea3eb16a80748c74f5549a5665e4c21333c6098f283870fbdea6"
+checksum = "486f806e73c5707928240ddc295403b1b93c96a02038563881c4a2fd84b81ac4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ff"
@@ -1017,11 +1023,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-lite"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f1fa2f9765705486b33fd2acf1577f8ec449c2ba1f318ae5447697b7c08d210"
+checksum = "cef40d21ae2c515b51041df9ed313ed21e572df340ea58a922a0aefe7e8891a1"
 dependencies = [
- "fastrand 2.1.1",
+ "fastrand 2.2.0",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
  "parking",
@@ -1272,7 +1278,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ipnet",
  "once_cell",
  "rand",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
  "tinyvec",
  "tokio",
@@ -1296,7 +1302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "resolv-conf",
  "smallvec",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -1753,7 +1759,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core",
  "serde",
  "ssh-key",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "ttl_cache",
  "url",
  "zeroize",
@@ -1808,7 +1814,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "duct",
  "futures-buffered",
  "futures-concurrency",
- "futures-lite 2.4.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.5.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "genawaiter",
@@ -1853,7 +1859,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum",
  "stun-rs",
  "surge-ping",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
@@ -1885,7 +1891,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
  "socket2",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -1903,7 +1909,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls",
  "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "slab",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tinyvec",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -1937,7 +1943,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "combine",
  "jni-sys",
  "log",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -1967,9 +1973,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.161"
+version = "0.2.164"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e9489c2807c139ffd9c1794f4af0ebe86a828db53ecdc7fea2111d0fed085d1"
+checksum = "433bfe06b8c75da9b2e3fbea6e5329ff87748f0b144ef75306e674c3f6f7c13f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -2061,7 +2067,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_bencode",
  "serde_bytes",
  "sha1_smol",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -2203,7 +2209,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
  "paste",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2217,7 +2223,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "netlink-packet-core",
  "netlink-sys",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -2243,7 +2249,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
- "futures-lite 2.4.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.5.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "libc",
@@ -2255,7 +2261,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rtnetlink",
  "serde",
  "socket2",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -2553,7 +2559,7 @@ source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "879952a81a83930934cbf1786752d6dedc3b1f29e8f8fb2ad1d0a36f377cf442"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "ucd-trie",
 ]
 
@@ -2640,7 +2646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mainline",
  "self_cell",
  "simple-dns",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tracing",
  "ureq",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -2739,7 +2745,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
- "futures-lite 2.4.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.5.0",
  "futures-util",
  "igd-next",
  "iroh-metrics",
@@ -2750,7 +2756,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "smallvec",
  "socket2",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -2936,15 +2942,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "bincode",
  "bytes",
+ "cc",
  "derive_more",
- "educe",
  "flume",
  "futures",
  "futures-buffered",
- "futures-lite 2.4.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.5.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
- "hex",
  "hyper 0.14.31",
  "iroh-net",
  "iroh-quinn",
@@ -2957,6 +2962,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "testresult",
  "thousands",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-serde",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -2985,9 +2991,9 @@ checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
-version = "0.11.5"
+version = "0.11.6"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c7c5fdde3cdae7203427dc4f0a68fe0ed09833edc525a03456b153b79828684"
+checksum = "62e96808277ec6f97351a2380e6c25114bc9e67037775464979f3037c92d05ef"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -2996,26 +3002,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
  "socket2",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 2.0.3",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn-proto"
-version = "0.11.8"
+version = "0.11.9"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fadfaed2cd7f389d0161bb73eeb07b7b78f8691047a6f3e73caaeae55310a4a6"
+checksum = "a2fe5ef3495d7d2e377ff17b1a8ce2ee2ec2a18cde8b6ad6619d65d0701c135d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "getrandom",
  "rand",
  "ring",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
  "slab",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 2.0.3",
  "tinyvec",
  "tracing",
+ "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3132,7 +3141,7 @@ checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.4.8",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
  "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
 ]
 
@@ -3147,9 +3156,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.4.9"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "368758f23274712b504848e9d5a6f010445cc8b87a7cdb4d7cbee666c1288da3"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -3286,7 +3295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "netlink-proto",
  "netlink-sys",
  "nix",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -3322,9 +3331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.39"
+version = "0.38.41"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "375116bee2be9ed569afe2154ea6a99dfdffd257f533f187498c2a8f5feaf4ee"
+checksum = "d7f649912bc1495e167a6edee79151c84b1bad49748cb4f1f1167f459f6224f6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
@@ -3335,9 +3344,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.16"
+version = "0.23.17"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee87ff5d9b36712a58574e12e9f0ea80f915a5b0ac518d322b24a465617925e"
+checksum = "7f1a745511c54ba6d4465e8d5dfbd81b45791756de28d4981af70d6dca128f1e"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -3375,6 +3384,9 @@ name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "16f1201b3c9a7ee8039bcadc17b7e605e2945b27eee7631788c1bd2b0643674b"
+dependencies = [
+ "web-time",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-platform-verifier"
@@ -3446,9 +3458,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "schannel"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01227be5826fa0690321a2ba6c5cd57a19cf3f6a09e76973b58e61de6ab9d1c1"
+checksum = "1f29ebaa345f945cec9fbbc532eb307f0fdad8161f281b6369539c8d84876b3d"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
@@ -3495,9 +3507,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea4a292869320c0272d7bc55a5a6aafaff59b4f63404a003887b679a2e05b4b6"
+checksum = "fa39c7303dc58b5543c94d22c1766b0d31f2ee58306363ea622b10bbc075eaa2"
 dependencies = [
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -3517,9 +3529,9 @@ checksum = "61697e0a1c7e512e84a621326239844a24d8207b4669b41bc18b32ea5cbf988b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.214"
+version = "1.0.215"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f55c3193aca71c12ad7890f1785d2b73e1b9f63a0bbc353c08ef26fe03fc56b5"
+checksum = "6513c1ad0b11a9376da888e3e0baa0077f1aed55c17f50e7b2397136129fb88f"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -3545,9 +3557,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.214"
+version = "1.0.215"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "de523f781f095e28fa605cdce0f8307e451cc0fd14e2eb4cd2e98a355b147766"
+checksum = "ad1e866f866923f252f05c889987993144fb74e722403468a4ebd70c3cd756c0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3556,9 +3568,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.132"
+version = "1.0.133"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d726bfaff4b320266d395898905d0eba0345aae23b54aee3a737e260fd46db03"
+checksum = "c7fceb2473b9166b2294ef05efcb65a3db80803f0b03ef86a5fc88a2b85ee377"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -3608,7 +3620,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quic-rpc",
  "rcgen 0.13.1",
  "rustls",
- "serde",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "types",
@@ -3888,7 +3899,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pnet_packet",
  "rand",
  "socket2",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -3975,12 +3986,12 @@ checksum = "42a4d50cdb458045afc8131fd91b64904da29548bcb63c7236e0844936c13078"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.13.0"
+version = "3.14.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0f2c9fc62d0beef6951ccffd757e241266a2c833136efbe35af6cd2567dca5b"
+checksum = "28cce251fcbc87fac86a866eeb0d6c2d536fc16d06f184bb61aeae11aa4cee0c"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "fastrand 2.1.1",
+ "fastrand 2.2.0",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
@@ -4003,18 +4014,38 @@ checksum = "614b328ff036a4ef882c61570f72918f7e9c5bee1da33f8e7f91e01daee7e56c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.68"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02dd99dc800bbb97186339685293e1cc5d9df1f8fae2d0aecd9ff1c77efea892"
+checksum = "b6aaf5339b578ea85b50e080feb250a3e8ae8cfcdff9a461c9ec2904bc923f52"
 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.69",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.3"
+source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c006c85c7651b3cf2ada4584faa36773bd07bac24acfb39f3c431b36d7e667aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.69"
+source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fee6c4efc90059e10f81e6d42c60a18f76588c3d74cb83a0b242a2b6c7504c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.68"
+version = "2.0.3"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7c61ec9a6f64d2793d8a45faba21efbe3ced62a886d44c36a009b2b519b4c7e"
+checksum = "f077553d607adc1caf65430528a576c757a71ed73944b66ebb58ef2bbd243568"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -4095,9 +4126,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.41.0"
+version = "1.41.1"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "145f3413504347a2be84393cc8a7d2fb4d863b375909ea59f2158261aa258bbb"
+checksum = "22cfb5bee7a6a52939ca9224d6ac897bb669134078daa8735560897f69de4d33"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -4135,9 +4166,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-serde"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "911a61637386b789af998ee23f50aa30d5fd7edcec8d6d3dedae5e5815205466"
+checksum = "caf600e7036b17782571dd44fa0a5cea3c82f60db5137f774a325a76a0d6852b"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bytes",
@@ -4182,7 +4213,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "httparse",
  "js-sys",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-tungstenite",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -4350,7 +4381,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rand",
  "sha1",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "url",
  "utf-8",
 ]
@@ -4366,7 +4397,6 @@ name = "types"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "derive_more",
- "futures",
  "quic-rpc",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -4593,7 +4623,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "event-listener",
  "futures-util",
  "parking_lot",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4606,6 +4636,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+/~https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.26.6"
@@ -4941,7 +4981,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "log",
  "serde",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "windows 0.58.0",
  "windows-core 0.58.0",
 ]
@@ -4971,7 +5011,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "oid-registry",
  "rusticata-macros",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "time",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 13650f2..5959609 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ description = "A streaming rpc system based on quic"
 rust-version = "1.76"
 
 [dependencies]
+cc = "=1.1.31" # enforce cc version, because of /~https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/1278
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3", optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "1", optional = true }
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0-beta.6", features = ["from", "try_into", "display"] }
@@ -24,18 +25,17 @@ hyper = { version = "0.14.16", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 iroh-net = { version = "0.28.1", optional = true }
 pin-project = "1"
 quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.12", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0.183", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "sync"] }
-tokio-serde = { version = "0.8", features = ["bincode"], optional = true }
+tokio-serde = { version = "0.9", features = ["bincode"], optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["rt"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-hex = "0.4.3"
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", optional = true }
 anyhow = "1.0.73"
 
 # Indirect dependencies, is needed to make the minimal crates versions work
-educe = "0.4.20" # tokio-serde
 slab = "0.4.9" # iroh-quinn
+time = "0.3.36" # serde
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.73"
diff --git a/examples/split/client/Cargo.toml b/examples/split/client/Cargo.toml
index 255f262..a4a12ab 100644
--- a/examples/split/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/split/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ quic-rpc = { path = "../../..", features = ["quinn-transport", "macros"] }
 quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.12" }
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 types = { path = "../types" }
diff --git a/examples/split/server/Cargo.toml b/examples/split/server/Cargo.toml
index f5db77d..aca3b48 100644
--- a/examples/split/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/split/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,5 @@ quic-rpc = { path = "../../..", features = ["quinn-transport", "macros"] }
 quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.12" }
 rcgen = "0.13"
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 types = { path = "../types" }
diff --git a/examples/split/types/Cargo.toml b/examples/split/types/Cargo.toml
index 2adb90f..e5e7d5d 100644
--- a/examples/split/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/split/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-futures = "0.3.26"
 quic-rpc = { path = "../../..", features = ["macros"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 derive_more = { version = "1.0.0-beta.6", features = ["from", "try_into"] }