diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 87462c80c..f96303c08 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -411,9 +411,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1be3f42a67d6d345ecd59f675f3f012d6974981560836e938c22b424b85ce1be"
+checksum = "8f68f53c83ab957f72c32642f3868eec03eb974d1fb82e453128456482613d36"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -822,9 +822,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8566979429cf69b49a5c740c60791108e86440e8be149bbea4fe54d2c32d6e2"
+checksum = "0e60eed09d8c01d3cee5b7d30acb059b76614c918fa0f992e0dd6eeb10daad6f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "portable-atomic",
  "postcard",
  "proptest",
- "quic-rpc",
+ "quic-rpc 0.18.0",
  "quic-rpc-derive",
  "rand",
  "range-collections",
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ version = "0.27.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2eb04e9c688eff1c89d72b407f168cf79bb9e867a9d3323ed6c01519eb9cc053"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@ checksum = "14cae93065090804185d3b75f0bf93b8eeda30c7a9b4a33d3bdb3988d6229e50"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
  "bit-vec",
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-traits",
  "rand",
@@ -3421,6 +3421,28 @@ name = "quic-rpc"
 version = "0.17.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8649f6353ef952672f35ddaf586c1a57152373f3d5b0767c5140b08f2d7ec6f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "document-features",
+ "flume",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "serde",
+ "slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "time",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quic-rpc"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc1e89cb44e77e732e6220d5184dfa8d1771614a7df7fd6c1258b4e4f444c9fb"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -3451,7 +3473,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5a32e88a525c7616b2bfce4be94a875eeac46bf20faea5e580cb54dc739e64e5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quic-rpc",
+ "quic-rpc 0.17.3",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
@@ -3590,7 +3612,7 @@ version = "11.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c6928fa44c097620b706542d428957635951bade7143269085389d42c8a4927e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3621,7 +3643,7 @@ version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03a862b389f93e68874fbf580b9de08dd02facb9a788ebadaf4a3fd33cf58834"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3893,7 +3915,7 @@ version = "0.38.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a78891ee6bf2340288408954ac787aa063d8e8817e9f53abb37c695c6d834ef6"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -4102,7 +4124,7 @@ version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -4313,7 +4335,7 @@ version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "84330be8d9f218c15b4583c74d809643fb82bdcbbd48302a36469ea5b63a1d69"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4617,7 +4639,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.7.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "system-configuration-sys",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ecc359ade..9d5d12298 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ postcard = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
     "use-std",
     "experimental-derive",
 ] }
-quic-rpc = { version = "0.17.3", optional = true }
+quic-rpc = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 quic-rpc-derive = { version = "0.17", optional = true }
 quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.12", features = ["ring"] }
 rand = "0.8"