diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 24022d8a5..6fad6706b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1652,7 +1652,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
  "tonic 0.12.3",
- "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
diff --git a/lading/Cargo.toml b/lading/Cargo.toml
index 27fd22f0b..68c30c576 100644
--- a/lading/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lading/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = [
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 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["io"] }
 tonic = { version = "0.12" }
-tower = { workspace = true, features = [
-  "timeout",
-  "limit",
-  "load-shed",
-] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["std", "env-filter"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/lading_payload/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/lading_payload/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index bc314e7e3..d3d8b8520 100644
--- a/lading_payload/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/lading_payload/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ checksum = "16e62a023e7c117e27523144c5d2459f4397fcc3cab0085af8e2224f643a0193"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
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+version = "1.9.0"
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-checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
+checksum = "325918d6fe32f23b19878fe4b34794ae41fc19ddbe53b10571a4874d44ffd39b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde_json",
  "serde_tuple",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 2.0.9",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
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+version = "0.2.169"
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-checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
+checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
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@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "once_cell",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.50",
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 [[package]]
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "percent-encoding",
  "rand",
- "thiserror",
+ "thiserror 1.0.50",
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 [[package]]
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+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
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+version = "1.0.92"
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-checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
+checksum = "37d3544b3f2748c54e147655edb5025752e2303145b5aefb3c3ea2c78b973bb0"
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@@ -933,9 +933,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+checksum = "0e4dccaaaf89514f546c693ddc140f729f958c247918a13380cccc6078391acc"
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  "quote",
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+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
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+checksum = "46f71c0377baf4ef1cc3e3402ded576dccc315800fbc62dfc7fe04b009773b4a"
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 dependencies = [
- "thiserror-impl",
+ "thiserror-impl 1.0.50",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f072643fd0190df67a8bab670c20ef5d8737177d6ac6b2e9a236cb096206b2cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl 2.0.9",
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "2.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b50fa271071aae2e6ee85f842e2e28ba8cd2c5fb67f11fcb1fd70b276f9e7d4"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.43.0"
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-checksum = "e2b070231665d27ad9ec9b8df639893f46727666c6767db40317fbe920a5d998"
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 dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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+ "syn 2.0.95",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1484,7 +1504,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
+ "syn 2.0.95",
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