diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 05c1017..c745441 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -737,9 +737,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "freenet-stdlib"
-version = "0.6.1"
+version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4aa02deacddb55332a7dcb6ef3b3afef6e633d4fcbc3730df4f1e34cd7ce84d2"
+checksum = "b62aeba7634d1ae5c2d02f78db33ee40442511858275be5be2099d24a13b2559"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "blake3",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 791a705..e9c27a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 rpassword = "7"
 
 # Freenet
-freenet-stdlib = { version = "0.6.0" }
+freenet-stdlib = { version = "0.8.5" }
 
 # Shared upgrade-migration machinery — BUILD half only (registry schema,
 # build-time hash validation, codegen, and the re-key CI guard). It has no