diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6bdc9c9..c85cbcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -435,19 +435,15 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "36eaf5d7b090263e8150820482d5d93cd964a81e4019913c972f4edcc6edb740"
 dependencies = [
- "bincode_derive",
  "serde",
  "unty",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "bincode_derive"
-version = "2.0.1"
+name = "bincode"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf95709a440f45e986983918d0e8a1f30a9b1df04918fc828670606804ac3c09"
-dependencies = [
- "virtue",
-]
+checksum = "fd6a120d2e16b3e1b4a24bd70f23b12d3e16b81f113364a26935f8db7245452d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bip39"
@@ -2122,7 +2118,7 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1f59e967f3f675997e4a4a6b99d2a75148d59d64c46211b78b4f34ebb951b273"
 dependencies = [
- "bincode",
+ "bincode 2.0.1",
  "bytes",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "serde",
@@ -5811,7 +5807,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "async-trait",
- "bincode",
+ "bincode 3.0.0",
  "bytes",
  "chitchat",
  "chrono",
@@ -7165,12 +7161,6 @@ version = "0.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b928f33d975fc6ad9f86c8f283853ad26bdd5b10b7f1542aa2fa15e2289105a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "virtue"
-version = "0.0.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "051eb1abcf10076295e815102942cc58f9d5e3b4560e46e53c21e8ff6f3af7b1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "vsimd"
 version = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0bf4e5e..d322514 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ crossbeam-deque  = "0.8"
 dyn-clone        = "1"          # DynClone supertrait for Box<dyn DynamicRole>
 chitchat         = "0.10"       # §8 scuttlebutt gossip for awareness
 foca             = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "tracing", "bincode-codec"] }  # §8 SWIM liveness
-bincode          = "2"          # foca 1.0's BincodeCodec wire format (matches foca's internal dep)
+bincode          = "3"          # foca 1.0's BincodeCodec wire format (matches foca's internal dep)
 
 # ── Concurrency ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 dashmap          = "6.1"