diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d1cca5..3f0ed45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.7"
+version = "0.8.11"
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-checksum = "77c3a9648d43b9cd48db467b3f87fdd6e146bcc88ab0180006cef2179fe11d01"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.1.80"
+version = "0.1.81"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6fa2087f2753a7da8cc1c0dbfcf89579dd57458e36769de5ac750b4671737ca"
+checksum = "6e0c28dcc82d7c8ead5cb13beb15405b57b8546e93215673ff8ca0349a028107"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "samples_proto",
  "service_discovery_proto",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -494,10 +494,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "intent_brokering_common",
  "intent_brokering_proto",
  "keyvalue",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
+ "prost-types 0.12.6",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -946,13 +946,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "intent_brokering_common",
  "intent_brokering_proto",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
+ "prost-types 0.12.6",
  "test-case",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
  "tonic-reflection",
  "tracing",
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "uuid",
 ]
@@ -983,9 +983,9 @@ dependencies = [
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 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
- "tonic",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
+ "prost-types 0.12.6",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
 ]
 
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "intent_brokering_proto",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.5.0"
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-checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "rand_distr",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -1153,9 +1153,9 @@ checksum = "523dc4f511e55ab87b694dc30d0f820d60906ef06413f93d4d7a1385599cc149"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "metrics"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd71d9db2e4287c3407fa04378b8c2ee570aebe0854431562cdd89ca091854f4"
+checksum = "884adb57038347dfbaf2d5065887b6cf4312330dc8e94bc30a1a839bd79d3261"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "portable-atomic",
@@ -1163,9 +1163,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "metrics-util"
-version = "0.16.3"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b07a5eb561b8cbc16be2d216faf7757f9baf3bfb94dbb0fae3df8387a5bb47f"
+checksum = "4259040465c955f9f2f1a4a8a16dc46726169bca0f88e8fb2dbeced487c3e828"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "crossbeam-epoch",
@@ -1295,9 +1295,9 @@ checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
-version = "0.12.2"
+version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e4af0ca4f6caed20e900d564c242b8e5d4903fdacf31d3daf527b66fe6f42fb"
+checksum = "f1bf18183cf54e8d6059647fc3063646a1801cf30896933ec2311622cc4b9a27"
 dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
  "parking_lot_core",
@@ -1460,7 +1460,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "deb1435c188b76130da55f17a466d252ff7b1418b2ad3e037d127b94e3411f29"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "prost-derive",
+ "prost-derive 0.12.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac47baaef3631368888abc13a62cb6d42b88bfd5c3fc6f920a9cbe4d7d3ddc9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "prost-derive 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1477,8 +1487,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "petgraph",
  "prettyplease",
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
+ "prost-types 0.12.6",
  "regex",
  "syn 2.0.48",
  "tempfile",
@@ -1498,13 +1508,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.48",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-derive"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c5834058badd2cf6cfcd9c92998ceb2bab614f012cccf3728de3edf2c57b9132"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "itertools",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
 version = "0.12.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9091c90b0a32608e984ff2fa4091273cbdd755d54935c51d520887f4a1dbd5b0"
 dependencies = [
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "prost-types"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "36c1964ef64b94480df8c92ae14e5764d470014ad951d2f99e5a6c0c7712710c"
+dependencies = [
+ "prost 0.13.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1514,7 +1546,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "samples_proto",
  "service_discovery_proto",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -1634,9 +1666,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.4"
+version = "1.10.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c117dbdfde9c8308975b6a18d71f3f385c89461f7b3fb054288ecf2a2058ba4c"
+checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1720,9 +1752,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "samples_proto"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
 ]
 
@@ -1734,18 +1766,18 @@ checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.202"
+version = "1.0.204"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "226b61a0d411b2ba5ff6d7f73a476ac4f8bb900373459cd00fab8512828ba395"
+checksum = "bc76f558e0cbb2a839d37354c575f1dc3fdc6546b5be373ba43d95f231bf7c12"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.202"
+version = "1.0.204"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6048858004bcff69094cd972ed40a32500f153bd3be9f716b2eed2e8217c4838"
+checksum = "e0cd7e117be63d3c3678776753929474f3b04a43a080c744d6b0ae2a8c28e222"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1754,9 +1786,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.117"
+version = "1.0.120"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "455182ea6142b14f93f4bc5320a2b31c1f266b66a4a5c858b013302a5d8cbfc3"
+checksum = "4e0d21c9a8cae1235ad58a00c11cb40d4b1e5c784f1ef2c537876ed6ffd8b7c5"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -1808,10 +1840,10 @@ name = "service_discovery"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
  "service_discovery_proto",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -1821,9 +1853,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "service_discovery_proto"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tonic-build",
 ]
 
@@ -1854,7 +1886,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "intent_brokering_common",
  "intent_brokering_proto",
  "tokio",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.11.0",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
@@ -2041,9 +2073,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.37.0"
+version = "1.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1adbebffeca75fcfd058afa480fb6c0b81e165a0323f9c9d39c9697e37c46787"
+checksum = "ba4f4a02a7a80d6f274636f0aa95c7e383b912d41fe721a31f29e29698585a4a"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -2069,9 +2101,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
+checksum = "5f5ae998a069d4b5aba8ee9dad856af7d520c3699e6159b185c2acd48155d39a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2120,7 +2152,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-timeout",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
- "prost",
+ "prost 0.12.6",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
@@ -2129,6 +2161,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tonic"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f738b6a169a29bca4e39656db89c44a08e09c5b700b896ee9e7459f0652e81dd"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64 0.22.0",
+ "bytes",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project",
+ "prost 0.13.0",
+ "tokio-stream",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-build"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -2144,15 +2197,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic-reflection"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "548c227bd5c0fae5925812c4ec6c66ffcfced23ea370cb823f4d18f0fc1cb6a7"
+checksum = "87e0d3c6688e3b0be22d877b9c6ba86a7c5409e6b505ec8f7c99f026ae09530a"
 dependencies = [
- "prost",
- "prost-types",
+ "prost 0.13.0",
+ "prost-types 0.13.0",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tonic",
+ "tonic 0.12.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2278,9 +2331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31e6302e3bb753d46e83516cae55ae196fc0c309407cf11ab35cc51a4c2a4633"
+checksum = "22784dbdf76fdde8af1aeda5622b546b422b6fc585325248a2bf9f5e41e94d6c"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -2289,9 +2342,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a183cf7feeba97b4dd1c0d46788634f6221d87fa961b305bed08c851829efcc0"
+checksum = "5de17fd2f7da591098415cff336e12965a28061ddace43b59cb3c430179c9439"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b296ef3..e93aae7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 intent_brokering_common = { path = "./intent_brokering/common/" }
 intent_brokering_proto = { path = "./intent_brokering/proto.rs/" }
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-parking_lot = "0.12.2"
+lazy_static = "1.5.0"
+parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 prost = "0.12"
 prost-types = "0.12"
 regex = "1.10"
-serde = "1.0.202"
-serde_json = "1.0.117"
-tokio = { version = "1.37", features = ["macros"] }
+serde = "1.0.204"
+serde_json = "1.0.120"
+tokio = { version = "1.38", features = ["macros"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7"
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["net"] }
 tonic = "0.11"
 tonic-build = "0.10"
 tracing = { version = "0.1" }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
-uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.9.1", features = ["v4"] }
 url = "2.5"
 test-case = "2.2.2"
 
diff --git a/intent_brokering/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/Cargo.toml
index 19412f7..e585aeb 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ prost-types = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
-tonic-reflection = "0.11"
+tonic-reflection = "0.12"
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
index ca113d5..0a41610 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/invoke-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ tonic = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = "1.0.117"
+serde_json = "1.0.120"
diff --git a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
index 130eec0..ca7825c 100644
--- a/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/intent_brokering/examples/applications/lt-consumer/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bollard = "0.16"
 intent_brokering_common = { workspace = true }
 examples-common = { path = "../../common/" }
 futures-util = "0.3"
-metrics-util = "0.16"
+metrics-util = "0.17"
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }