diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7a5775b18f..c45d540b8d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8d9a9bf8b79a749ee0b911b91b671cc2b6c670bdbc7e3dfd537576ddc94bb2a2"
 dependencies = [
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "log",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -482,13 +482,42 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "810a80b128d70e6ed2bdf3fe8ed72c0ae56f5f5948d01c2753282dd92a84fce8"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.4.0",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.0.1",
+ "hyper-util",
  "itoa",
  "matchit",
  "memchr",
@@ -516,14 +545,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
  "mime",
  "rustversion",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "de0ddc355eab88f4955090a823715df47acf0b7660aab7a69ad5ce6301ee3b73"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.68"
@@ -661,7 +710,7 @@ name = "browser-webrtc-example"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.1",
  "futures",
  "js-sys",
  "libp2p",
@@ -1467,8 +1516,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "cookie",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "hyper-rustls",
  "mime",
  "serde",
@@ -1827,7 +1876,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "slab",
  "tokio",
@@ -1835,6 +1884,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "h2"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1d308f63daf4181410c242d34c11f928dcb3aa105852019e043c9d1f4e4368a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "indexmap 2.0.0",
+ "slab",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "1.8.2"
@@ -2010,6 +2078,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b32afd38673a8016f7c9ae69e5af41a58f81b1d31689040f2f1959594ce194ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "fnv",
+ "itoa",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http-body"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -2017,15 +2096,38 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d5f38f16d184e36f2408a55281cd658ecbd3ca05cce6d6510a176eca393e26d1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cac85db508abc24a2e48553ba12a996e87244a0395ce011e62b37158745d643"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "http-body-util"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41cb79eb393015dadd30fc252023adb0b2400a0caee0fa2a077e6e21a551e840"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-range-header"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "add0ab9360ddbd88cfeb3bd9574a1d85cfdfa14db10b3e21d3700dbc4328758f"
+checksum = "3ce4ef31cda248bbdb6e6820603b82dfcd9e833db65a43e997a0ccec777d11fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
@@ -2055,9 +2157,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "h2 0.3.20",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
  "httparse",
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
@@ -2069,14 +2171,33 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "403f9214f3e703236b221f1a9cd88ec8b4adfa5296de01ab96216361f4692f56"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2 0.4.0",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
+ "itoa",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-rustls"
 version = "0.23.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1788965e61b367cd03a62950836d5cd41560c3577d90e40e0819373194d1661c"
 dependencies = [
- "http",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "log",
  "rustls 0.20.8",
  "rustls-native-certs",
@@ -2090,7 +2211,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbb958482e8c7be4bc3cf272a766a2b0bf1a6755e7a6ae777f017a31d11b13b1"
 dependencies = [
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-io-timeout",
@@ -2103,12 +2224,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "native-tls",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-util"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ca339002caeb0d159cc6e023dff48e199f081e42fa039895c7c6f38b37f2e9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "hyper 1.0.1",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "identify-example"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -2181,8 +2322,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "attohttpc",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
- "http",
- "hyper",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "log",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "tokio",
@@ -2256,7 +2397,7 @@ name = "interop-tests"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.1",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "either",
  "futures",
@@ -3092,7 +3233,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "futures",
  "futures-timer",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "libp2p",
  "prometheus-client",
  "serde",
@@ -3552,7 +3693,7 @@ name = "metrics-example"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
- "hyper",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "libp2p",
  "opentelemetry",
  "opentelemetry-otlp",
@@ -3950,7 +4091,7 @@ checksum = "7e5e5a5c4135864099f3faafbe939eb4d7f9b80ebf68a8448da961b32a7c1275"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures-core",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "opentelemetry-proto",
  "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
  "opentelemetry_api",
@@ -4711,10 +4852,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "h2 0.3.20",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
@@ -5596,7 +5737,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cookie",
  "fantoccini",
  "futures",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "log",
  "parking_lot",
@@ -5799,15 +5940,15 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3082666a3a6433f7f511c7192923fa1fe07c69332d3c6a2e6bb040b569199d5a"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
  "base64 0.21.5",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
+ "h2 0.3.20",
+ "http 0.2.9",
+ "http-body 0.4.5",
+ "hyper 0.14.27",
  "hyper-timeout",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
@@ -5842,16 +5983,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c5bb1d698276a2443e5ecfabc1008bf15a36c12e6a7176e7bf089ea9131140"
+checksum = "09e12e6351354851911bdf8c2b8f2ab15050c567d70a8b9a37ae7b8301a4080d"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bytes",
- "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
+ "http 1.0.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
  "http-range-header",
  "httpdate",
  "mime",
@@ -6354,7 +6495,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bytes",
  "cookie",
- "http",
+ "http 0.2.9",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
diff --git a/examples/browser-webrtc/Cargo.toml b/examples/browser-webrtc/Cargo.toml
index f242d7977bc..b22713fd00e 100644
--- a/examples/browser-webrtc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/browser-webrtc/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-axum = "0.6.19"
+axum = "0.7.1"
 libp2p = { path = "../../libp2p", features = [ "ed25519", "macros", "ping", "tokio"] }
 libp2p-webrtc = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
 rust-embed = { version = "8.0.0", features = ["include-exclude", "interpolate-folder-path"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["macros", "net", "rt", "signal"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["compat"] }
 tower = "0.4"
-tower-http = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["cors"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["cors"] }
 mime_guess = "2.0.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/interop-tests/Cargo.toml b/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
index eba65b782e7..bbaa9fe6b48 100644
--- a/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/interop-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-axum = "0.6"
+axum = "0.7"
 libp2p = { path = "../libp2p", features = [ "ping", "noise", "tls", "rsa", "macros", "websocket", "tokio", "yamux", "tcp", "dns", "identify", "quic"] }
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../muxers/mplex" }
 libp2p-noise = { workspace = true }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rust-embed = "8.0"
 serde_json = "1"
 thirtyfour = "=0.32.0-rc.8" # https://github.com/stevepryde/thirtyfour/issues/169
 tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.4", features = ["cors", "fs", "trace"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["cors", "fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }