diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16b3d58381a..0fb070fb49d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1481,6 +1481,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bincode",
+ "bincode_derive",
  "bs58",
  "byteorder",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/packages/rs-dpp/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-dpp/Cargo.toml
index 31fc771deee..3a33517a4b8 100644
--- a/packages/rs-dpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-dpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ jsonschema = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/jsonschema-rs", branch = "confi
 ], optional = true }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4" }
 num_enum = "0.7"
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode_derive = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3" }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 regex = { version = "1.10.4" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -298,3 +299,7 @@ extended-document = [
 
 factories = []
 client = ["factories", "state-transitions"]
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+# bincode_derive is referenced here to ensure that we use correct version =2.0.0-rc.3; otherwise it gets updated to 2.0.1
+ignored = ["bincode_derive"]
diff --git a/packages/rs-drive-abci/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-drive-abci/Cargo.toml
index e931deaa49f..a3636465167 100644
--- a/packages/rs-drive-abci/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-drive-abci/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 arc-swap = "1.7.0"
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 ciborium = { version = "0.2.2" }
 chrono = "0.4.35"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/packages/rs-drive-proof-verifier/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-drive-proof-verifier/Cargo.toml
index 8e9134ad6bf..f2b1fe0310d 100644
--- a/packages/rs-drive-proof-verifier/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-drive-proof-verifier/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ mocks = [
   "dep:platform-serialization-derive",
   "dpp/document-serde-conversion",
   "indexmap/serde",
-  "dpp/data-contract-serde-conversion"
+  "dpp/data-contract-serde-conversion",
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
 
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.63" }
 dapi-grpc = { path = "../dapi-grpc", default-features = false, features = [
-  "platform", "client"
+  "platform",
+  "client",
 ] }
 
 drive = { path = "../rs-drive", default-features = false, features = [
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ dpp = { path = "../rs-dpp", features = [
   #  "extended-document",
   "core-types-serialization",
 ], default-features = false }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 platform-serialization-derive = { path = "../rs-platform-serialization-derive", optional = true }
 platform-serialization = { path = "../rs-platform-serialization" }
 tenderdash-abci = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/rs-tenderdash-abci", version = "1.3.0", tag = "v1.3.0+1.3.0", features = [
diff --git a/packages/rs-drive/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-drive/Cargo.toml
index ff2d86357d4..b6908320de0 100644
--- a/packages/rs-drive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-drive/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 resolver = "2"
 
 [dependencies]
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 platform-version = { path = "../rs-platform-version" }
 # used to convert integers to bytes, needed in verifier
 integer-encoding = { version = "4.0.0" }
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ enum-map = { version = "2.0.3", optional = true }
 intmap = { version = "3.0.1", features = ["serde"], optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.35", optional = true }
 itertools = { version = "0.13", optional = true }
-grovedb = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true, default-features = false }
-grovedb-costs = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true }
-grovedb-path = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
-grovedb-storage = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true }
-grovedb-version = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
-grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
+grovedb = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true, default-features = false }
+grovedb-costs = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true }
+grovedb-path = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
+grovedb-storage = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc", optional = true }
+grovedb-version = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
+grovedb-epoch-based-storage-flags = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5"
@@ -117,4 +117,9 @@ server = [
 full = ["server", "ciborium", "serde", "bs58", "tempfile", "base64", "chrono"]
 cbor_query = ["ciborium", "dpp/platform-value-cbor", "dpp/cbor"]
 grovedb_operations_logging = []
-verify = ["grovedb/verify", "grovedb-costs", "dpp/state-transitions", "dpp/system_contracts"]
+verify = [
+  "grovedb/verify",
+  "grovedb-costs",
+  "dpp/state-transitions",
+  "dpp/system_contracts",
+]
diff --git a/packages/rs-platform-serialization/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-platform-serialization/Cargo.toml
index 163c60f03b9..74bb8ef4c24 100644
--- a/packages/rs-platform-serialization/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-platform-serialization/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 platform-version = { path = "../rs-platform-version" }
diff --git a/packages/rs-platform-value/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-platform-value/Cargo.toml
index 358a60e334d..32e62cb1e0b 100644
--- a/packages/rs-platform-value/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-platform-value/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 ciborium = { version = "0.2.2", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.64"
 bs58 = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/packages/rs-platform-version/Cargo.toml b/packages/rs-platform-version/Cargo.toml
index a00c9f92057..6692c09e017 100644
--- a/packages/rs-platform-version/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/rs-platform-version/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = { version = "1.0.63" }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3" }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3" }
 versioned-feature-core = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/versioned-feature-core", version = "1.0.0" }
-grovedb-version = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev= "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
+grovedb-version = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/grovedb", rev = "f89e03e4e0ac12aa2feea5c94b38c09f4909facc" }
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/packages/simple-signer/Cargo.toml b/packages/simple-signer/Cargo.toml
index 3628098b200..8d57b031ddb 100644
--- a/packages/simple-signer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/simple-signer/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 dashcore-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/dashpay/rust-dashcore", tag = "v0.38.0" }
 dpp = { path = "../rs-dpp", features = ["abci"] }
 base64 = { version = "0.22.1" }
diff --git a/packages/strategy-tests/Cargo.toml b/packages/strategy-tests/Cargo.toml
index cade4d223ac..f7f70e3c461 100644
--- a/packages/strategy-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/strategy-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 [dependencies]
 tracing = "0.1.4"
 futures = "0.3"
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 drive = { path = "../rs-drive", default-features = false, features = [
   "verify",
 ] }
diff --git a/packages/wasm-dpp/Cargo.toml b/packages/wasm-dpp/Cargo.toml
index c3f34c02254..af22e67df82 100644
--- a/packages/wasm-dpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/wasm-dpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ anyhow = { version = "1.0.75" }
 # required, cargo-machete false positive
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.49"
 async-trait = "0.1.59"
-bincode = "2.0.0-rc.3"
+bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3" }
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
 opt-level = 'z'