diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1489afac..c60752c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.8.4 (2024-03-17)
+
+* Re-added unintentionally removed re-exported liballoc macros (`vec` and `format` macros).
+
 # 0.8.3 (2024-03-17)
 
 * Re-added unintentionally removed re-exported liballoc macros (#292).
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b466003d..42c3375f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "miden-crypto"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 description = "Miden Cryptographic primitives"
 authors = ["miden contributors"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/miden-crypto/0.8.3"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/miden-crypto/0.8.4"
 categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 keywords = ["miden", "crypto", "hash", "merkle"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/src/utils/mod.rs b/src/utils/mod.rs
index 588e6d23..df2a1cff 100644
--- a/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ mod kv_map;
 
 // RE-EXPORTS
 // ================================================================================================
+
+#[deprecated(since = "0.8.3", note = "You should prefer to import from `alloc::*`")]
+pub use alloc::{format, vec};
+
 pub use winter_utils::{
     boxed, string, uninit_vector, Box, ByteReader, ByteWriter, Deserializable,
     DeserializationError, Serializable, SliceReader,