diff --git a/core/Cargo.lock b/core/Cargo.lock
index d17bd0b..a4e86c7 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/core/Cargo.lock
@@ -65,12 +65,9 @@ checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bincode"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
+checksum = "fd6a120d2e16b3e1b4a24bd70f23b12d3e16b81f113364a26935f8db7245452d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
@@ -872,7 +869,7 @@ checksum = "67b1b7a3b5fe4f1376887184045fcf45c69e92af734b7aaddc05fb777b6fbd03"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stratarouter-core"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 73cacd4..7fb95ad 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rayon       = "1.8"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 
 # Serialization
-bincode = "1.3"
+bincode = "3.0"
 
 # Text processing
 regex     = "1.10"