diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ceeb86d..b1c1a64 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aead"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d122413f284cf2d62fb1b7db97e02edb8cda96d769b16e443a4f6195e35662b0"
+checksum = "1973cfbc1a2daf9cf550e74e1f088c28e7f7d8c1e1418fb6c9dc5184b7e84c99"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-common 0.1.7",
- "generic-array",
+ "crypto-common 0.2.2",
+ "inout",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -87,17 +87,6 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chacha20"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3613f74bd2eac03dad61bd53dbe620703d4371614fe0bc3b9f04dd36fe4e818"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cipher",
- "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "chacha20"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -105,32 +94,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d524456ba66e72eb8b115ff89e01e497f8e6d11d78b70b1aa13c0fbd97540a81"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "cipher",
  "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chacha20poly1305"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10cd79432192d1c0f4e1a0fef9527696cc039165d729fb41b3f4f4f354c2dc35"
+checksum = "9b89e1c441e926b9c82a8d023f6e1b7ae0adcfaa7d621814e4d60789bac751cb"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
- "chacha20 0.9.1",
+ "chacha20",
  "cipher",
  "poly1305",
- "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "773f3b9af64447d2ce9850330c473515014aa235e6a783b02db81ff39e4a3dad"
+checksum = "e8cf2a2c93cd704877c0858356ed03480ff301ee950b43f1cbe4573b088bfa6c"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-common 0.1.7",
+ "block-buffer 0.12.1",
+ "crypto-common 0.2.2",
  "inout",
- "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -170,7 +159,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78c8292055d1c1df0cce5d180393dc8cce0abec0a7102adb6c7b1eef6016d60a"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "typenum",
 ]
 
@@ -180,7 +168,9 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce6e4c961d6cd6c9a86db418387425e8bdeaf05b3c8bc1411e6dca4c252f1453"
 dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "hybrid-array",
+ "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -274,17 +264,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff2abc00be7fca6ebc474524697ae276ad847ad0a6b3faa4bcb027e9a4614ad0"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -344,11 +323,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "inout"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "879f10e63c20629ecabbb64a8010319738c66a5cd0c29b02d63d272b03751d01"
+checksum = "4250ce6452e92010fdf7268ccc5d14faa80bb12fc741938534c58f16804e03c7"
 dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
+ "hybrid-array",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -408,12 +387,6 @@ version = "1.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "opaque-debug"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -462,12 +435,11 @@ checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8159bd90725d2df49889a078b54f4f79e87f1f8a8444194cdca81d38f5393abf"
+checksum = "a00baa632505d05512f48a963e16051c54fda9a95cc9acea1a4e3c90991c4a2e"
 dependencies = [
- "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
- "opaque-debug",
+ "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
  "universal-hash",
 ]
 
@@ -619,7 +591,7 @@ version = "0.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c7f5fa3a058cd35567ef9bfa5e75732bee0f9e4c55fa90477bef2dfcdbc4be80"
 dependencies = [
- "chacha20 0.10.1",
+ "chacha20",
  "getrandom 0.4.3",
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
 ]
@@ -629,9 +601,6 @@ name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
@@ -756,12 +725,12 @@ checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fc1de2c688dc15305988b563c3854064043356019f97a4b46276fe734c4f07ea"
+checksum = "f4987bdc12753382e0bec4a65c50738ffaabc998b9cdd1f952fb5f39b0048a96"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-common 0.1.7",
- "subtle",
+ "crypto-common 0.2.2",
+ "ctutils",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ddbe938..08142de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pqcrypto-traits = "0.3.5"                                          # Shared trai
 env = "1.0.1"                                                      # Provides a safe interface for std::env::{set_var, remove_var}.
 once_cell = "1.21.4"                                               # Single assignment cells and lazy values.
 tokio = { version = "1.52.3", features = ["full"] }                # Fast, async I/O
-chacha20poly1305 = "0.10.1"                                        # Pure Rust implementation of the ChaCha20Poly1305 Authenticated Encryption with Additional Data Cipher (RFC 8439) with optional architecture-specific hardware acceleration
+chacha20poly1305 = "0.11.0"                                        # Pure Rust implementation of the ChaCha20Poly1305 Authenticated Encryption with Additional Data Cipher (RFC 8439) with optional architecture-specific hardware acceleration
 hkdf = "0.13.0"                                                    # HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)
 sha2 = "0.11.0"                                                    # Pure Rust implementation of the SHA-2 hash function family including SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512. 
 zeroize = "1.9.0"                                                  # Securely clear secrets from memory with a simple trait built on stable Rust primitives which guarantee memory is zeroed using an operation will not be 'optimized away' by the compiler.