diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 000e793b3..e7b5a2e71 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ruint",
  "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.10.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_bare",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.10.9",
  "subtle",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "uint-zigzag",
@@ -2288,6 +2288,12 @@ version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const-oid"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6ef517f0926dd24a1582492c791b6a4818a4d94e789a334894aa15b0d12f55c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const_format"
 version = "0.2.34"
@@ -2707,7 +2713,7 @@ version = "0.7.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f55bf8e7b65898637379c1b74eb1551107c8294ed26d855ceb9fd1a09cfc9bc0"
 dependencies = [
- "const-oid",
+ "const-oid 0.9.6",
  "pem-rfc7468",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -2844,7 +2850,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer 0.10.4",
- "const-oid",
+ "const-oid 0.9.6",
  "crypto-common 0.1.6",
  "subtle",
 ]
@@ -2856,6 +2862,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4850db49bf08e663084f7fb5c87d202ef91a3907271aff24a94eb97ff039153c"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer 0.12.0",
+ "const-oid 0.10.2",
  "crypto-common 0.2.1",
 ]
 
@@ -3197,7 +3204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.10.9",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "uuid 0.8.2",
 ]
@@ -3229,7 +3236,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.10.9",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "uint 0.9.5",
 ]
@@ -5240,6 +5247,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "cpufeatures 0.2.17",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "keccak"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e24a010dd405bd7ed803e5253182815b41bf2e6a80cc3bfc066658e03a198aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "keccak-asm"
 version = "0.1.6"
@@ -5977,7 +5994,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "58c38e2799fc0978b65dfff8023ec7843e2330bb462f19198840b34b6582397d"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "keccak",
+ "keccak 0.1.6",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -8783,12 +8800,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sha3"
-version = "0.10.8"
+version = "0.10.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75872d278a8f37ef87fa0ddbda7802605cb18344497949862c0d4dcb291eba60"
+checksum = "77fd7028345d415a4034cf8777cd4f8ab1851274233b45f84e3d955502d93874"
 dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "keccak",
+ "keccak 0.1.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sha3"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc9bad02c26382724b2d2692c6f179285e4b54eeecd7968f52a50059c3c11759"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest 0.11.2",
+ "keccak 0.2.0",
+ "sponge-cursor",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9133,6 +9161,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sponge-cursor"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a0219bd7d979d58245a4f41f695e1ac9f8befdffadd7f61f1bae9e39abc6620"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -10231,7 +10265,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "serde",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.10.9",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -11317,7 +11351,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.12.0",
  "strum 0.28.0",
  "strum_macros 0.28.0",
  "tempfile",
@@ -11538,7 +11572,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_repr",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
- "sha3",
+ "sha3 0.12.0",
  "sled",
  "tap-caip",
  "tempfile",
diff --git a/z2/Cargo.toml b/z2/Cargo.toml
index 8877d17f4..c04efbabc 100644
--- a/z2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/z2/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.150", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
-sha3 = "0.10.8"
+sha3 = "0.12.0"
 strum = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["derive"] }
 strum_macros = "0.28.0"
 tempfile = "3.27.0"
diff --git a/zilliqa/Cargo.toml b/zilliqa/Cargo.toml
index 1adb0b087..f24888148 100644
--- a/zilliqa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zilliqa/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.150", features = [
     "arbitrary_precision",
 ] }
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
-sha3 = "0.10.8"
+sha3 = "0.12.0"
 tempfile = "3.27.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.52.3", features = [
     "macros",