diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f865845761..03768ad86a 100755
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -305,16 +305,6 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-buffer"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4152116fd6e9dadb291ae18fc1ec3575ed6d84c29642d97890f4b4a3417297e4"
-dependencies = [
- "block-padding",
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -324,12 +314,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block-padding"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d696c370c750c948ada61c69a0ee2cbbb9c50b1019ddb86d9317157a99c2cae"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bonding-curve-contract"
 version = "0.0.0"
@@ -650,16 +634,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crypto-mac"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1d1a86f49236c215f271d40892d5fc950490551400b02ef360692c29815c714"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
- "subtle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-zombies"
 version = "0.0.0"
@@ -685,7 +659,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
  "curve25519-dalek-derive",
- "digest 0.10.7",
+ "digest",
  "fiat-crypto",
  "platforms",
  "rustc_version",
@@ -714,23 +688,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "digest"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d3dd60d1080a57a05ab032377049e0591415d2b31afd7028356dbf3cc6dcb066"
-dependencies = [
- "generic-array",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
- "block-buffer 0.10.4",
+ "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -768,7 +734,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "curve25519-dalek",
  "ed25519",
  "serde",
- "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "sha2",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -1330,12 +1296,11 @@ checksum = "6fe2267d4ed49bc07b63801559be28c718ea06c4738b7a03c94df7386d2cde46"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hmac"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a2a2320eb7ec0ebe8da8f744d7812d9fc4cb4d09344ac01898dbcb6a20ae69b"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-mac",
- "digest 0.9.0",
+ "digest",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1495,9 +1460,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
+checksum = "25db6b064527c5d482d0423354fcd07a89a2dfe07b67892e62411946db7f07b0"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
@@ -1833,7 +1798,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha3 0.9.1",
+ "sha3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1850,8 +1815,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "rand",
  "rand_seeder",
- "sha2 0.10.8",
- "sha3 0.10.8",
+ "sha2",
+ "sha3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1975,7 +1940,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pathdiff",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2 0.10.8",
+ "sha2",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -2018,8 +1983,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
- "sha3 0.9.1",
+ "sha2",
+ "sha3",
  "tokio",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -2184,12 +2149,6 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "opaque-debug"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.59"
@@ -2339,20 +2298,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pbkdf2"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f05894bce6a1ba4be299d0c5f29563e08af2bc18bb7d48313113bed71e904739"
+checksum = "f8ed6a7761f76e3b9f92dfb0a60a6a6477c61024b775147ff0973a02653abaf2"
 dependencies = [
- "crypto-mac",
+ "digest",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pem"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "3.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8835c273a76a90455d7344889b0964598e3316e2a79ede8e36f16bdcf2228b8"
+checksum = "3163d2912b7c3b52d651a055f2c7eec9ba5cd22d26ef75b8dd3a59980b185923"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
+ "base64 0.21.5",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2955,19 +2915,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "set-repeat",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha2"
-version = "0.9.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d58a1e1bf39749807d89cf2d98ac2dfa0ff1cb3faa38fbb64dd88ac8013d800"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer 0.9.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest 0.9.0",
- "opaque-debug",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -2976,19 +2923,7 @@ checksum = "793db75ad2bcafc3ffa7c68b215fee268f537982cd901d132f89c6343f3a3dc8"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures",
- "digest 0.10.7",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "sha3"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f81199417d4e5de3f04b1e871023acea7389672c4135918f05aa9cbf2f2fa809"
-dependencies = [
- "block-buffer 0.9.0",
- "digest 0.9.0",
- "keccak",
- "opaque-debug",
+ "digest",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2997,7 +2932,7 @@ version = "0.10.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "75872d278a8f37ef87fa0ddbda7802605cb18344497949862c0d4dcb291eba60"
 dependencies = [
- "digest 0.10.7",
+ "digest",
  "keccak",
 ]
 
diff --git a/framework/scenario/Cargo.toml b/framework/scenario/Cargo.toml
index 43593cd420..4d6b2cb1bc 100644
--- a/framework/scenario/Cargo.toml
+++ b/framework/scenario/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10.6"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 pathdiff = "0.2.1"
-itertools = "0.11"
+itertools = "0.12.0"
 colored = "2.0"
 clap = { version = "4.4.7", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/sdk/core/Cargo.toml b/sdk/core/Cargo.toml
index 5298c0cb80..a5cbe7ddd3 100644
--- a/sdk/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ serde_repr = "0.1.8"
 anyhow = "1.0.44"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["rand"] }
-sha2 = "0.9.8"
-sha3 = "0.9.1"
-hmac = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["std"] }
+sha2 = "0.10.8"
+sha3 = "0.10.8"
+hmac = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["std"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
-pbkdf2 = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false }
+pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12.2", default-features = false }
 zeroize = "1.4.2"
 bech32 = "0.9"
-itertools = "0.11"
-pem = "1.0.1"
+itertools = "0.12.0"
+pem = "3.0.2"
diff --git a/sdk/core/src/wallet.rs b/sdk/core/src/wallet.rs
index 469f4be106..ab1b0a2f37 100644
--- a/sdk/core/src/wallet.rs
+++ b/sdk/core/src/wallet.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ extern crate rand;
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use bip39::{Language, Mnemonic};
-use hmac::{Hmac, Mac, NewMac};
+use hmac::{Hmac, Mac};
 use pbkdf2::pbkdf2;
 use serde_json::json;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha512};
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl Wallet {
 
         let mut seed = [0u8; 64];
 
-        pbkdf2::<Hmac<Sha512>>(
+        let _ = pbkdf2::<Hmac<Sha512>>(
             mnemonic.to_string().as_bytes(),
             salt.as_bytes(),
             2048,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl Wallet {
 
     pub fn from_pem_file_contents(contents: String) -> Result<Self> {
         let x = pem::parse(contents)?;
-        let x = x.contents[..PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH].to_vec();
+        let x = x.contents()[..PRIVATE_KEY_LENGTH].to_vec();
         let priv_key_str = std::str::from_utf8(x.as_slice())?;
         let pri_key = PrivateKey::from_hex_str(priv_key_str)?;
         Ok(Self { priv_key: pri_key })
diff --git a/sdk/scenario-format/Cargo.toml b/sdk/scenario-format/Cargo.toml
index ee69b43256..76f0751bdc 100644
--- a/sdk/scenario-format/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/scenario-format/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 num-bigint = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 hex = "0.4"
-sha3 = "0.9"
+sha3 = "0.10.8"
 bech32 = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/vm/Cargo.toml b/vm/Cargo.toml
index 450080de57..08e964a8aa 100644
--- a/vm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sha3 = "0.10.6"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_seeder = "0.2.2"
 ed25519-dalek = "2.0.0"
-itertools = "0.11"
+itertools = "0.12.0"
 hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 bitflags = "1.3.2"