diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e5ced780120..ed25208ff48 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -244,35 +244,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum"
-version = "0.5.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "acee9fd5073ab6b045a275b3e709c163dd36c90685219cb21804a147b58dba43"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "axum-core 0.2.9",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "itoa",
- "matchit 0.5.0",
- "memchr",
- "mime",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "serde",
- "sync_wrapper",
- "tokio",
- "tower",
- "tower-http",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
 version = "0.6.20"
@@ -280,7 +251,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core 0.3.4",
+ "axum-core",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes 1.5.0",
  "futures-util",
@@ -288,7 +259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "itoa",
- "matchit 0.7.3",
+ "matchit",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -301,22 +272,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37e5939e02c56fecd5c017c37df4238c0a839fa76b7f97acdd7efb804fd181cc"
-dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "mime",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -923,15 +878,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.50"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a31c789563b815f77f4250caee12365734369f942439b7defd71e18a48197130"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "color_quant"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -982,8 +928,8 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2895653b4d9f1538a83970077cb01dfc77a4810524e51a110944688e916b18e"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.11.9",
- "prost-types 0.11.9",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
  "tonic 0.9.2",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
@@ -1000,7 +946,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "hdrhistogram",
  "humantime 2.1.0",
- "prost-types 0.11.9",
+ "prost-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thread_local",
@@ -2417,12 +2363,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "http-range-header"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "add0ab9360ddbd88cfeb3bd9574a1d85cfdfa14db10b3e21d3700dbc4328758f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -3000,12 +2940,6 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matchit"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73cbba799671b762df5a175adf59ce145165747bb891505c43d09aefbbf38beb"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -3119,8 +3053,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "borsh",
  "chrono",
  "log",
- "prost 0.10.0",
- "prost-types 0.10.1",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
  "rand",
  "rcgen",
  "subtle",
@@ -3132,7 +3066,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_utilities",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
  "tonic-build",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -3156,7 +3090,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_utilities",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3228,7 +3162,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_utilities",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
  "tui",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
@@ -3271,7 +3205,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_utilities",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
  "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -3297,7 +3231,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "minotari_app_utilities",
  "native-tls",
  "num_cpus",
- "prost-types 0.9.0",
+ "prost-types",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3309,7 +3243,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_utilities",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3372,7 +3306,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "toml 0.5.11",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3404,7 +3338,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "libsqlite3-sys",
  "log",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3480,7 +3414,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tari_common_types",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4424,26 +4358,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "444879275cb4fd84958b1a1d5420d15e6fcf7c235fe47f053c9c2a80aceb6001"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "prost-derive 0.9.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "prost"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bd5316aa8f5c82add416dfbc25116b84b748a21153f512917e8143640a71bbd"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "prost-derive 0.10.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -4451,77 +4365,31 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b82eaa1d779e9a4bc1c3217db8ffbeabaae1dca241bf70183242128d48681cd"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.5.0",
- "prost-derive 0.11.9",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-build"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62941722fb675d463659e49c4f3fe1fe792ff24fe5bbaa9c08cd3b98a1c354f5"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "heck 0.3.3",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "multimap",
- "petgraph 0.6.4",
- "prost 0.9.0",
- "prost-types 0.9.0",
- "regex",
- "tempfile",
- "which",
+ "prost-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-build"
-version = "0.10.4"
+version = "0.11.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ae5a4388762d5815a9fc0dea33c56b021cdc8dde0c55e0c9ca57197254b0cab"
+checksum = "119533552c9a7ffacc21e099c24a0ac8bb19c2a2a3f363de84cd9b844feab270"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.5.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "cmake",
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "petgraph 0.6.4",
- "prost 0.10.0",
- "prost-types 0.10.1",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-types",
  "regex",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
  "tempfile",
  "which",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9cc1a3263e07e0bf68e96268f37665207b49560d98739662cdfaae215c720fe"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b670f45da57fb8542ebdbb6105a925fe571b67f9e7ed9f47a06a84e72b4e7cc"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
 version = "0.11.9"
@@ -4535,33 +4403,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "534b7a0e836e3c482d2693070f982e39e7611da9695d4d1f5a4b186b51faef0a"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "prost 0.9.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d0a014229361011dc8e69c8a1ec6c2e8d0f2af7c91e3ea3f5b2170298461e68"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "prost 0.10.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
 version = "0.11.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "213622a1460818959ac1181aaeb2dc9c7f63df720db7d788b3e24eacd1983e13"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.11.9",
+ "prost",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5789,7 +5637,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log4rs",
  "multiaddr",
  "path-clean",
- "prost-build 0.9.0",
+ "prost-build",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml 0.9.27",
@@ -5861,7 +5709,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "once_cell",
  "pin-project 1.1.3",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -5911,7 +5759,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph 0.5.1",
  "pin-project 0.4.30",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "tari_common",
@@ -5937,7 +5785,7 @@ version = "1.0.0-pre.4"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.29",
  "proc-macro2",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
  "tari_comms",
@@ -5957,7 +5805,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "num-derive 0.3.3",
  "num-traits",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -6012,7 +5860,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "once_cell",
  "primitive-types",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "quickcheck",
  "rand",
  "randomx-rs",
@@ -6121,7 +5969,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
  "time",
  "tokio",
- "tonic 0.7.2",
+ "tonic 0.8.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6221,7 +6069,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lmdb-zero",
  "log",
  "pgp",
- "prost 0.10.0",
+ "prost",
  "rand",
  "reqwest",
  "rustls",
@@ -6654,13 +6502,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5be9d60db39854b30b835107500cf0aca0b0d14d6e1c3de124217c23a29c2ddb"
+checksum = "8f219fad3b929bef19b1f86fbc0358d35daed8f2cac972037ac0dc10bbb8d5fb"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
- "axum 0.5.17",
+ "axum",
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bytes 1.5.0",
  "futures-core",
@@ -6672,8 +6520,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-timeout",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project 1.1.3",
- "prost 0.10.0",
- "prost-derive 0.10.1",
+ "prost",
+ "prost-derive",
  "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-pemfile 1.0.3",
  "tokio",
@@ -6694,7 +6542,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3082666a3a6433f7f511c7192923fa1fe07c69332d3c6a2e6bb040b569199d5a"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum 0.6.20",
+ "axum",
  "base64 0.21.5",
  "bytes 1.5.0",
  "futures-core",
@@ -6706,7 +6554,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-timeout",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project 1.1.3",
- "prost 0.11.9",
+ "prost",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
@@ -6717,13 +6565,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-build"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9263bf4c9bfaae7317c1c2faf7f18491d2fe476f70c414b73bf5d445b00ffa1"
+checksum = "5bf5e9b9c0f7e0a7c027dcfaba7b2c60816c7049171f679d99ee2ff65d0de8c4"
 dependencies = [
  "prettyplease",
  "proc-macro2",
- "prost-build 0.10.4",
+ "prost-build",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
@@ -6762,25 +6610,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.3.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f873044bf02dd1e8239e9c1293ea39dad76dc594ec16185d0a1bf31d8dc8d858"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "bytes 1.5.0",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-range-header",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tower",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
index 806a41ae971..41a317584d5 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_app_grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ base64 = "0.13.0"
 borsh = "1.2"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4"
-prost = "0.10"
-prost-types = "0.10"
+prost = "0.11.9"
+prost-types = "0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 rcgen = "0.11.3"
 subtle = { version = "2.5.0", features = ["core_hint_black_box"] }
 thiserror = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["fs"] }
-tonic = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["tls"]}
+tonic = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["tls"]}
 zeroize = "1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-tonic-build = "0.7.2"
+tonic-build = "0.8.4"
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 ignored = ["prost"] # this is so we can run cargo machete without getting false positive about macro dependancies
diff --git a/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
index accad136881..4758ff3c725 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_app_utilities/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["signal"] }
 serde = "1.0.126"
 thiserror = "^1.0.26"
 dialoguer = { version = "0.10" }
-tonic = "0.7.2"
+tonic = "0.8.3"
 
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
index 73623f8fa3c..07dee067386 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_console_wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10"
 strum = "0.22"
 strum_macros = "0.22"
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
-tonic = "0.7.2"
+tonic = "0.8.3"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.6.0"
 unicode-width = "0.1"
 zeroize = "1"
diff --git a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
index 73db17da9bc..3a77842e22b 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_merge_mining_proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.106", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.57"
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["macros"] }
-tonic = "0.7.2"
+tonic = "0.8.3"
 tracing = "0.1"
 url = "2.1.1"
 
diff --git a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
index 8e314521cc4..6eb4d96ee00 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_miner/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", default_features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.57"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.23", default_features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
-tonic = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["tls", "tls-roots" ] }
+tonic = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["tls", "tls-roots" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-prost-types = "0.9"
+prost-types = "0.11.9"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false }
 config = "0.13.0"
 
diff --git a/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml b/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
index 04c4408bd99..6dac212aa61 100644
--- a/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/applications/minotari_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ serde = "1.0.136"
 strum = { version = "0.22", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "^1.0.26"
 tokio = { version = "1.23", features = ["signal"] }
-tonic = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["tls", "tls-roots" ] }
+tonic = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["tls", "tls-roots" ] }
 
 # Metrics
 tari_metrics = { path = "../../infrastructure/metrics", optional = true, features = ["server"] }
diff --git a/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
index 4a52f8f822d..051507c5751 100644
--- a/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/contacts/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ futures = { version = "^0.3.1", features = ["compat", "std"] }
 log = "0.4.6"
 num-derive = "0.3.3"
 num-traits = "0.2.15"
-prost = "0.10"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0.136"
 serde_json = "1.0.79"
diff --git a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
index 3187c634187..2863e34ece5 100644
--- a/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2.15"
 num-derive = "0.3.3"
 num-format = "0.4.0"
 once_cell = "1.8.0"
-prost = "0.10"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 randomx-rs = { version = "1.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.106", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
index 52f046d7a2f..9dcbdb3d5c2 100644
--- a/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/p2p/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ futures = { version = "^0.3.1" }
 lmdb-zero = "0.4.4"
 log = "0.4.6"
 pgp = { version = "0.10", optional = true }
-prost = "=0.10.0"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rustls = "0.20.2"
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml b/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
index 964049bbb77..43247743d56 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ strum_macros = "0.22"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
 tower = "0.4"
-prost = "0.10"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
 chacha20poly1305 = "0.10.1"
 zeroize = "1"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ tari_comms_dht = {  path = "../../comms/dht", features = ["test-mocks"] }
 tari_test_utils = {  path = "../../infrastructure/test_utils" }
 tari_core = { path = "../../base_layer/core",  default-features = false, features = ["transactions", "mempool_proto", "base_node_proto", "base_node"] }
 env_logger = "0.7.1"
-prost = "0.10.0"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 
 [features]
 default = ["bundled_sqlite"]
diff --git a/clients/rust/wallet_grpc_client/Cargo.toml b/clients/rust/wallet_grpc_client/Cargo.toml
index d7d4e0db8d5..0a17c9a9fc8 100644
--- a/clients/rust/wallet_grpc_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/rust/wallet_grpc_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ minotari_app_grpc = { path = "../../../applications/minotari_app_grpc" }
 tari_common_types = { path = "../../../base_layer/common_types" }
 
 thiserror = "1.0.35"
-tonic = { version = "0.7.2", default-features = false, features = ["codegen", "transport", "tls"] }
+tonic = { version = "0.8.3", default-features = false, features = ["codegen", "transport", "tls"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index 55d04d58df2..6422193ddc7 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ log = "0.4.8"
 log4rs = { git = "https://github.com/tari-project/log4rs.git", default_features = false, features = ["config_parsing", "threshold_filter", "yaml_format"] }
 multiaddr = { version = "0.14.0" }
 path-clean = "0.1.0"
-prost-build = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
+prost-build = { version = "0.11.9", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.106", default_features = false }
 serde_json = "1.0.51"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.17"
diff --git a/comms/core/Cargo.toml b/comms/core/Cargo.toml
index f28dadad494..1e7c69cc2d6 100644
--- a/comms/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ multiaddr = { version = "0.14.0" }
 nom = { version = "7.1", features = ["std"], default-features = false }
 once_cell = "1.8.0"
 pin-project = "1.0.8"
-prost = "=0.10.0"
+prost = "=0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0.119"
 serde_derive = "1.0.119"
diff --git a/comms/dht/Cargo.toml b/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
index fe363f75f3a..fb8a6f11880 100644
--- a/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/dht/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ digest = "0.10"
 futures = "^0.3.1"
 log = "0.4.8"
 log-mdc = "0.1.0"
-prost = "=0.10.0"
+prost = "=0.11.9"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = "1.0.90"
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
diff --git a/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml b/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
index 535ade44f31..68adb6e678a 100644
--- a/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/comms/rpc_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ tari_comms = {  path = "../core", features = ["rpc"] }
 tari_test_utils = {  path = "../../infrastructure/test_utils" }
 
 futures = "0.3.5"
-prost = "0.10.0"
+prost = "0.11.9"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
 tower-service = "0.3"
diff --git a/comms/rpc_macros/tests/macro.rs b/comms/rpc_macros/tests/macro.rs
index 0c363559428..fa39623f59e 100644
--- a/comms/rpc_macros/tests/macro.rs
+++ b/comms/rpc_macros/tests/macro.rs
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ pub trait Test: Sync + Send + 'static {
     fn some_non_rpc_method(&self);
 }
 
-#[derive(prost::Message)]
-pub struct CustomMessage;
+#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, prost::Message)]
+pub struct CustomMessage {}
 
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct TestService {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ async fn it_correctly_maps_the_method_nums() {
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(*spy.read().await.get("request_response").unwrap(), 1);
     server
-        .call(Request::new(2.into(), CustomMessage.to_encoded_bytes().into()))
+        .call(Request::new(2.into(), CustomMessage {}.to_encoded_bytes().into()))
         .await
         .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(*spy.read().await.get("server_streaming").unwrap(), 1);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ async fn it_generates_client_calls() {
     // This is a test that the correct client functions are generated - if this test compiles then it has already passed
     task::spawn(async move {
         let _result = client.request_response(111).await;
-        let mut streaming_resp = client.server_streaming(CustomMessage).await.unwrap();
+        let mut streaming_resp = client.server_streaming(CustomMessage {}).await.unwrap();
         streaming_resp.next().await;
         let _result = client.unit().await;
     });
diff --git a/integration_tests/Cargo.toml b/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
index 4ed37507313..c9ce21a052b 100644
--- a/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integration_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ tempfile = "3.3.0"
 thiserror = "^1.0.20"
 time = "0.3.15"
 tokio = { version = "1.10", features = ["macros", "time", "sync", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tonic = "0.7.0"
+tonic = "0.8.3"
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 ignored = ["minotari_wallet_ffi", "minotari_chat_ffi"]