diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce67d09945..e46a0808ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -329,13 +329,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-channel"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "81953c529336010edd6d8e358f886d9581267795c61b19475b71314bffa46d35"
+checksum = "1ca33f4bc4ed1babef42cad36cc1f51fa88be00420404e5b1e80ab1b18f7678c"
 dependencies = [
  "concurrent-queue",
  "event-listener",
+ "event-listener-strategy",
  "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -895,11 +897,20 @@ version = "4.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7191c27c2357d9b7ef96baac1773290d4ca63b24205b82a3fd8a0637afcf0362"
 dependencies = [
- "error-code",
+ "error-code 2.3.1",
  "str-buf",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clipboard-win"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c57002a5d9be777c1ef967e33674dac9ebd310d8893e4e3437b14d5f0f6372cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-code 3.0.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard_macos"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1406,22 +1417,6 @@ version = "0.8.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "248e3bacc7dc6baa3b21e405ee045c3047101a49145e7e9eca583ab4c2ca5345"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossterm"
-version = "0.26.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a84cda67535339806297f1b331d6dd6320470d2a0fe65381e79ee9e156dd3d13"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "crossterm_winapi",
- "libc",
- "mio",
- "parking_lot 0.12.1",
- "signal-hook",
- "signal-hook-mio",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm"
 version = "0.27.0"
@@ -1955,6 +1950,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "str-buf",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-code"
+version = "3.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "281e452d3bad4005426416cdba5ccfd4f5c1280e10099e21db27f7c1c28347fc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "euc"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -1975,9 +1976,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
-version = "2.5.3"
+version = "4.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
+checksum = "67b215c49b2b248c855fb73579eb1f4f26c38ffdc12973e20e07b91d78d5646e"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener-strategy"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "958e4d70b6d5e81971bebec42271ec641e7ff4e170a6fa605f2b8a8b65cb97d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fallible-iterator"
@@ -1999,13 +2015,13 @@ checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fd-lock"
-version = "3.0.13"
+version = "4.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef033ed5e9bad94e55838ca0ca906db0e043f517adda0c8b79c7a8c66c93c1b5"
+checksum = "7e5768da2206272c81ef0b5e951a41862938a6070da63bcea197899942d3b947"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3789,17 +3805,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memoffset 0.6.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.26.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "598beaf3cc6fdd9a5dfb1630c2800c7acd31df7aaf0f565796fba2b53ca1af1b"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.27.1"
@@ -4285,6 +4290,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb813b8af86854136c6922af0598d719255ecb2179515e6e7730d468f05c9cae"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -4870,7 +4881,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "cassowary",
  "compact_str",
- "crossterm 0.27.0",
+ "crossterm",
  "indoc",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "lru",
@@ -5365,21 +5376,20 @@ checksum = "7ffc183a10b4478d04cbbbfc96d0873219d962dd5accaff2ffbd4ceb7df837f4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustyline"
-version = "12.0.0"
+version = "13.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "994eca4bca05c87e86e15d90fc7a91d1be64b4482b38cb2d27474568fe7c9db9"
+checksum = "02a2d683a4ac90aeef5b1013933f6d977bd37d51ff3f4dad829d4931a7e6be86"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "clipboard-win 4.5.0",
+ "clipboard-win 5.0.0",
  "fd-lock",
  "home",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "memchr",
- "nix 0.26.4",
+ "nix 0.27.1",
  "radix_trie",
- "scopeguard",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
  "utf8parse",
@@ -6435,18 +6445,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "toml"
-version = "0.7.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd79e69d3b627db300ff956027cc6c3798cef26d22526befdfcd12feeb6d2257"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
- "toml_datetime",
- "toml_edit 0.19.15",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.10"
@@ -6475,8 +6473,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.2.2",
- "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow",
 ]
@@ -7039,7 +7035,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "specs",
  "tar",
  "timer-queue",
- "toml 0.7.8",
+ "toml 0.8.10",
  "tracing",
  "vek 0.15.8",
  "veloren-common",
@@ -7240,7 +7236,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cansi",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
- "crossterm 0.26.1",
+ "crossterm",
  "hyper",
  "lazy_static",
  "mimalloc",
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index f459225045..5f4f252810 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ authc = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/auth.git", rev = "abb1a705827984e117
 
 #TODO: put bot in a different crate
 #bot only
-async-channel = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
+async-channel = { version = "2.1", optional = true }
 voxygen-i18n-helpers = { package = "veloren-voxygen-i18n-helpers", path = "../voxygen/i18n-helpers", optional = true }
 client-i18n = { package = "veloren-client-i18n", path = "i18n", optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = [ "rc" ], optional = true }
 ron = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-rustyline = { version = "12.0.0", optional = true }
+rustyline = { version = "13.0.0", optional = true }
 ## logging
 common-frontend = { package = "veloren-common-frontend", path = "../common/frontend", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/common/state/Cargo.toml b/common/state/Cargo.toml
index a94ba64808..faa4b6e95b 100644
--- a/common/state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/state/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ specs = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "storage-event-control", "deriv
 # Plugins
 scopeguard = "1.1.0"
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-toml = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
+toml = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 tar = { version = "0.4.37", optional = true }
 wasmer = { version = "4.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["sys", "wat", "cranelift"] }
 bincode = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/network/Cargo.toml b/network/Cargo.toml
index 0fd16d0228..7aca6938e6 100644
--- a/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 prometheus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 #async
 futures-util = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
-async-channel = "1.6" #use for .close() channels
+async-channel = "2.1" #use for .close() channels
 #mpsc channel registry
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/network/protocol/Cargo.toml b/network/protocol/Cargo.toml
index de820f2a85..3f9522c6b8 100644
--- a/network/protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bytes = "^1"
 hashbrown = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-channel = "1.6"
+async-channel = "2.1"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", default-features=false, features=["rayon", "cargo_bench_support", "async_tokio"]}
 
diff --git a/server-cli/Cargo.toml b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
index e6b7ca3028..9621edcc3f 100644
--- a/server-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 num_cpus = "1.0"
 cansi = "2.2.1"
 clap = { workspace = true }
-crossterm = "0.26"
+crossterm = "0.27"
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 signal-hook = "0.3.6"
 shell-words = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/server-cli/src/web/mod.rs b/server-cli/src/web/mod.rs
index a73f95b456..eac86e37c8 100644
--- a/server-cli/src/web/mod.rs
+++ b/server-cli/src/web/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use axum::{extract::State, response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Router};
 use core::{future::Future, ops::Deref};
-use hyper::{header, http, Body, StatusCode};
+use hyper::{body::Body, header, http, StatusCode};
 use prometheus::{Registry, TextEncoder};
 use server::chat::ChatCache;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub async fn run<S, F, R>(
 ) -> Result<(), hyper::Error>
 where
     S: Into<SocketAddr>,
-    F: Future<Output = ()>,
+    F: Future<Output = ()> + Send,
     R: Deref<Target = Registry> + Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
     let metrics = Router::new()