diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0cdae75ef..63fdf1aab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73cd58deff2140a0a8eae87e417bd01db68a33e148aa93d1e8cd837e55e312b6"
 dependencies = [
- "object",
+ "object 0.39.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1447,27 +1447,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-assembler-x64"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9903e767cc0a95a59950de099a6b1d61e1476f774be1cdfa06d7ccdc9bfae56f"
+checksum = "c8a495ae3e4d638712a0c0378719e526e448d04d7ebbbe1745712e12c5feb4c3"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-assembler-x64-meta",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-assembler-x64-meta"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e777252ea3ec9daffa71408fbfe0793ab0a7b7bc3b2cf0f417dd0fa33964b8ef"
+checksum = "4eb2e299e844a27d799f43988e4415a37696fdb738cb463312ef5d06cae15b2a"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-srcgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-bforest"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7828208a36e6627481cea61bd24c6234e31411d5c58b48e80ca094a1d593b944"
+checksum = "f4710c34489bc844e45c1c0005d3e44d3d2b29cee77187507ba8d0bb400c621f"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-entity",
  "wasmtime-internal-core",
@@ -1475,9 +1475,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-bitset"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a58c8447cc59ef98c49096679f81392ad0acec2224cea2bef52011f5169f9d02"
+checksum = "76b63a4b0cfea80610150fffda11b1a9c3dc5a835403d9f381bf7d1a2874b4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -1486,9 +1486,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-codegen"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce520e899df1de583e7b564eafd66760fbc147d72894d2278ddac57a1489fcc0"
+checksum = "e1af881f3b3392433e6f4f9b172b8d99270c538db4effea62b28bc48f02f0833"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "cranelift-assembler-x64",
@@ -1517,9 +1517,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-codegen-meta"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d8ab23e63d78ea6bbda18ae1ed9c958bc1cb88d90fb5e95f5ba62e9c019474b"
+checksum = "24ce99c30dc7a692294613241119eea0de3c3cb4cf10ac2570ed72adf9a8c2eb"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-assembler-x64-meta",
  "cranelift-codegen-shared",
@@ -1530,24 +1530,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-codegen-shared"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24319a996b1ef40ebf8af69b39c868c790b35a42cfe38edacfd8c9deb75ea712"
+checksum = "34c2a529b638d95c347c2337403dacec86197ad6503cedc63caf53466ae5c4de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-control"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9856d68cc2cefb83229cb2c55b620dd38427555c2fe87d73f8a4421616f628"
+checksum = "570eb4e02cca190896beb3c8a0a67583dca8b6965517a9f3e04cc89e17c9a986"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-entity"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0ec225d6b79c5d61358cb5ea081a1384ec541dbf8c1a8c618d187875af326ad"
+checksum = "e73c65538d460b1062cb9a97428ee6bb4b616f5cb17be3b3ac0a3e4f1f789166"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-bitset",
  "serde",
@@ -1557,9 +1557,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-frontend"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d3a96a09bd9bd3cf6df2de2ea15d7418f493e946a8eaa1acfe39297a67ed3f3"
+checksum = "5ed70ab5849184973c42b57366f57611dc81c3e355d5b612c68a2900bea92242"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
@@ -1570,15 +1570,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-isle"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd28f593c36afbdc9aa17305c0bb66c39ce0530e1caffcf389fbec053950083e"
+checksum = "379f10a451c9b1bf4f59e4ce38061c53ca2454783041a3c1fafa6deef3c37108"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-native"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2987ca47affc261aa31ac643fb80dd7f8274cebf878003ba9f50cd6ff2c1055f"
+checksum = "4f496865b1a14bc85bcc9fb51a9539ca93b1d1f44fb92bd6a091fba02d6ab4a7"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "libc",
@@ -1587,9 +1587,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cranelift-srcgen"
-version = "0.135.1"
+version = "0.136.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7431dd8c9def94aca43b27915dee0d42103d9b13922cfb044febcd975547d68"
+checksum = "89643801d9192df80c294f174d5fe0416395e7edb0bb3024784ba10fc933e76f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crash-context"
@@ -4958,6 +4958,15 @@ name = "object"
 version = "0.39.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2e5a6c098c7a3b6547378093f5cc30bc54fd361ce711e05293a5cc589562739b"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.40.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dd229a0361b9d0d4396176e02d65897f487eebeab7caa6d443855ee152ca0b9c"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
@@ -5610,9 +5619,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pulley-interpreter"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f755d75e0809a4738a3e4880eeeb852fadbe1de5a437505b84f09c381657012a"
+checksum = "0091857bc410bd7117eb6ac042ced7714c69f994a8b9c2ae30add2f73e3a25ac"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-bitset",
  "log",
@@ -5622,9 +5631,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pulley-macros"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7e69fa1c4a555946f82e7894a7df88b0e9ee03b4266829b4811467c616ce51d"
+checksum = "8798ebc6bf0ef227e204fa3fad05b04970599a85f456fd28365450fd679b2600"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -7023,7 +7032,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -7853,9 +7862,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-encoder"
-version = "0.254.0"
+version = "0.258.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09480d646178e5fdd12bb06e812d0af9a3a191dbc9cd697fdc86687beade7393"
+checksum = "e974fe6821a8cf64575d51ea2194e2c8f77e7b66e9afe7419ce8a97f9ee0d251"
 dependencies = [
  "leb128fmt",
  "wasmparser",
@@ -7876,9 +7885,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.254.0"
+version = "0.258.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d5769a29f799fbab136aaf65b4fe5384cd7d93fe6fc9ba0dcb6c8382a1f16e27"
+checksum = "d9a61719f93a87b16d325921e251800c4833f8fab50fa21c7de73aed50086313"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.13.1",
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
@@ -7889,9 +7898,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmprinter"
-version = "0.254.0"
+version = "0.258.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64e3ba11e024f504698f87b629b2b66c22a1231758de7607754963f7d198be39"
+checksum = "3a65e30fb2cd3cc5cb7761a6064787b2abf017e6566d8d0dedf2bb7f55ad5383"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "termcolor",
@@ -7900,9 +7909,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bd39f78fe9bc82cee4025ec9d52118269e9a1498016cc60119b14f2e1d86a8d"
+checksum = "942ddd2fc5800ec01d4b11c28ad62ab00517dcd416aff728f7d73fddf75872c1"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "async-trait",
@@ -7914,7 +7923,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "mach2",
  "memfd",
- "object",
+ "object 0.40.0",
  "once_cell",
  "postcard",
  "pulley-interpreter",
@@ -7937,9 +7946,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-environ"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00c1070d95484d048994ec109cd42c4932ac07e6ee3cc1886fb90c7a18ec29da"
+checksum = "98f2ca21b23a51c1b1944297e9671a628c368e92aa6250e4c38f48e2dc251f0c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cpp_demangle",
@@ -7950,7 +7959,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
- "object",
+ "object 0.40.0",
  "postcard",
  "rustc-demangle",
  "semver",
@@ -7968,15 +7977,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-component-util"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c0fe8292115fda08875f29064ae9f7f0b2c1ffbb323146eae538ae34b8a613f"
+checksum = "294c7f12f062ceb148cd26c77170ff739552db76d1f203f6127f249684988a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-core"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "821385794cf44baf2967fd2515368429ed2bff9b9b256f62d09a0f1301474fd8"
+checksum = "64b67114739063bb72bb8ed2b4994b8b22809d354432db68553ad529850f9536"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.17.1",
  "libm",
@@ -7985,9 +7994,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-cranelift"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0238b4a52773457ad1b8a1a26be90486e0ca0108cf46b9be16cc1d8d8cabdfa1"
+checksum = "b7d19868a30cc20df6f6648c9a4b3f700fcd1ddd0a63af9a98cb75f2b58dc874"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "cranelift-control",
@@ -7997,7 +8006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gimli",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "log",
- "object",
+ "object 0.40.0",
  "pulley-interpreter",
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
@@ -8011,9 +8020,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-fiber"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "596f1d85e06cbf9c9add9c78ea135171c5753264ffe94a83dcc082a1ff49fc9b"
+checksum = "4f1999aee268c3f625666b12ba0ded55a6ac2c800b60b426af7d164d63411908"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -8025,9 +8034,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-jit-debug"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "365faed74827bb0116785bab5872372df1baaec9ec0003c83bc99ccdc595f689"
+checksum = "33ca2499301c6f11cc9eb42c2beafc8efae396ae4cb91077e3ac080dc5d765e4"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros",
@@ -8035,9 +8044,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-jit-icache-coherence"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3cce25afd9e7ac4957292a5c6a219951dd0f140b8417e7378a97f50b67c3b96f"
+checksum = "7162d829c56265e183d23b17d67afc5c6876433daaed54c137388a8078a1bb6b"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasmtime-internal-core",
@@ -8046,21 +8055,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-unwinder"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1fdea09d51e39c774984ca68a7d7486767e5b2935f5e686fa654aabcfc3c42d"
+checksum = "4e167cf144f3cee40838f7663e3a589f93bba65151efa084a2d58b2bd47469f1"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "log",
- "object",
+ "object 0.40.0",
  "wasmtime-environ",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros"
-version = "48.0.1"
+version = "49.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97e48a5f514c38c2f74249724cb3501e45548d3311ca9e3881694859fd6ba116"
+checksum = "8d09e038ad69c741dae29da4606ccfc0df66f156e62cb7f0664c8d7d1272a36d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2d4068067..36807d76a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2024"
-rust-version = "1.94"
+rust-version = "1.96"
 license = "BUSL-1.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/NodeDB-Lab/nodedb"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = [
 sha2 = { version = "0.10", features = ["oid"] }
 
 # WASM runtime
-wasmtime = { version = "48", default-features = false, features = [
+wasmtime = { version = "49", default-features = false, features = [
   "cranelift",
   "runtime",
 ] }
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/admission/registry.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/admission/registry.rs
index 7cf365d11..3e6257888 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/admission/registry.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/admission/registry.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl LimitEntry {
         let owed = u32::try_from(owed).unwrap_or(u32::MAX);
         let _ = self
             .pending_shrink
-            .fetch_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Acquire, |current| {
+            .try_update(Ordering::AcqRel, Ordering::Acquire, |current| {
                 Some(current.saturating_add(owed))
             });
     }
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/listener.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/listener.rs
index 5bc131d9b..4fac50a9c 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/listener.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/listener.rs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl Listener {
                             };
 
                             let Some(raw_connection_id) = next_connection_id
-                                .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
+                                .try_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
                                     current.checked_add(1)
                                 })
                                 .ok()
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/connection_identity.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/connection_identity.rs
index 515de855e..2fb20cdaf 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/connection_identity.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/pgwire/connection_identity.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl ConnectionIdAllocator {
     pub(crate) fn allocate(&self) -> Result<ConnectionId, ConnectionAllocationError> {
         let id = self
             .next
-            .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
+            .try_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
                 current.checked_add(1)
             })
             .map_err(|_| ConnectionAllocationError::Exhausted)?;
diff --git a/nodedb/src/control/server/sync/listener.rs b/nodedb/src/control/server/sync/listener.rs
index bbae3e044..42905c746 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/control/server/sync/listener.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/control/server/sync/listener.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl SyncSessionGuard {
     fn open(state: Arc<SyncListenerState>) -> Option<Self> {
         let sequence = state
             .connections_accepted
-            .fetch_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
+            .try_update(Ordering::Relaxed, Ordering::Relaxed, |current| {
                 current.checked_add(1)
             })
             .ok()?
diff --git a/nodedb/src/engine/kv/sorted_index/key.rs b/nodedb/src/engine/kv/sorted_index/key.rs
index ecf1adac3..27103dd69 100644
--- a/nodedb/src/engine/kv/sorted_index/key.rs
+++ b/nodedb/src/engine/kv/sorted_index/key.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl SortKeyEncoder {
         };
 
         let (lower_source, upper_source) = if descending { (max, min) } else { (min, max) };
-        let lower = lower_source.map(&framed);
+        let lower = lower_source.map(framed);
         let upper = upper_source.map(|value| {
             let mut bound = framed(value);
             bound.extend_from_slice(&[0xFF; 4]);