diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5aceef9b..992e9c72 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c0f8140..a5eb1e9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
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 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/dfinity/stable-structures"
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+version = "0.6.9"
 
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diff --git a/examples/Cargo.lock b/examples/Cargo.lock
index 1c887ab9..9364b8bd 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/Cargo.lock
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
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diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 7c0474bd..9011f2e6 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
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-]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
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-dependencies = [
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-
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-
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@@ -88,16 +45,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
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- "crypto-common",
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@@ -114,16 +61,6 @@ version = "2.1.0"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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@@ -132,7 +69,7 @@ checksum = "1b43ede17f21864e81be2fa654110bf1e793774238d86ef8555c37e6519c0403"
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.6.9"
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@@ -155,13 +92,6 @@ name = "ic_principal"
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- "data-encoding",
- "serde",
- "sha2",
- "thiserror",
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 [[package]]
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
-]
-
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