diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 400db3d..8922b38 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
  "zerocopy",
@@ -1245,7 +1244,7 @@ checksum = "e9e8aabfac534be767c909e0690571677d49f41bd8465ae876fe043d52ba5292"
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-broker"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.4#398b77fb2f461218a611294e1484b7e0bd571d64"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.5#f6cc7c2fc53eaa52a4901e775d9be7ac820af72c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
@@ -1269,7 +1268,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-client"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.4#398b77fb2f461218a611294e1484b7e0bd571d64"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.5#f6cc7c2fc53eaa52a4901e775d9be7ac820af72c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
@@ -1284,7 +1283,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-marshal"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.4#398b77fb2f461218a611294e1484b7e0bd571d64"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.5#f6cc7c2fc53eaa52a4901e775d9be7ac820af72c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
@@ -1298,7 +1297,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-proto"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.4#398b77fb2f461218a611294e1484b7e0bd571d64"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.4.5#f6cc7c2fc53eaa52a4901e775d9be7ac820af72c"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-serialize",
@@ -1446,9 +1445,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "committable"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "93c989a517928da3346fce6f6f75794285420edc3ef42c995ced45519f065acd"
+checksum = "05a8809c2761232ce27226ef1ca1bc78b480b558406895848f76ab8fce04076c"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "ark-serialize",
@@ -2752,9 +2751,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashlink"
-version = "0.8.4"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8094feaf31ff591f651a2664fb9cfd92bba7a60ce3197265e9482ebe753c8f7"
+checksum = "6ba4ff7128dee98c7dc9794b6a411377e1404dba1c97deb8d1a55297bd25d8af"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
 ]
@@ -2801,9 +2800,6 @@ name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-segmentation",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -2968,8 +2964,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3016,7 +3012,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-builder-api"
 version = "0.1.7"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "clap",
@@ -3068,7 +3064,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-events-service"
 version = "0.1.38"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/hotshot-events-service.git?tag=0.1.42#9dbd231ee4492dd037a31d4b4f29cb721c6fd0e5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//hotshot-events-service.git?branch=hotshot/rc-0.5.72#1dbe403c5b70e4a6ff275f06fbfd1f99f974a465"
 dependencies = [
  "async-broadcast",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
@@ -3093,8 +3089,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-example-types"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3126,8 +3122,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-orchestrator"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
@@ -3156,8 +3152,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3171,8 +3167,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task-impls"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3209,7 +3205,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-types"
 version = "0.1.11"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-bn254",
@@ -3552,7 +3548,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rtnetlink",
  "smol",
- "system-configuration",
+ "system-configuration 0.5.1",
  "tokio",
  "windows",
 ]
@@ -3676,7 +3672,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "socket2 0.5.7",
  "widestring",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
- "winreg 0.50.0",
+ "winreg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4372,8 +4368,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-networking"
-version = "0.5.71"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.71#4058349be9bd021f8e78f4e1b71327ee61c588de"
+version = "0.5.72"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git?branch=bump/rc-0.5.72#0682a45aa9a407937317ebe6eb1cf0cbae464313"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
@@ -4623,9 +4619,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf4e226dcd58b4be396f7bd3c20da8fdee2911400705297ba7d2d7cc2c30f716"
+checksum = "0c10584274047cb335c23d3e61bcef8e323adae7c5c8c760540f73610177fc3f"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "pkg-config",
@@ -6006,9 +6002,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.12.5"
+version = "0.12.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7d6d2a27d57148378eb5e111173f4276ad26340ecc5c49a4a2152167a2d6a37"
+checksum = "f8f4955649ef5c38cc7f9e8aa41761d48fb9677197daea9984dc54f56aad5e63"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -6036,7 +6032,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
- "system-configuration",
+ "system-configuration 0.6.1",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
  "tower-service",
@@ -6044,7 +6040,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
- "winreg 0.52.0",
+ "windows-registry",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6706,6 +6702,9 @@ name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smartcow"
@@ -6759,7 +6758,7 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "38d1e02fca405f6280643174a50c942219f0bbf4dbf7d480f1dd864d6f211ae5"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.74",
@@ -6822,9 +6821,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9a2ccff1a000a5a59cd33da541d9f2fdcd9e6e8229cc200565942bff36d0aaa"
+checksum = "27144619c6e5802f1380337a209d2ac1c431002dd74c6e60aebff3c506dc4f0c"
 dependencies = [
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-macros",
@@ -6835,23 +6834,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-core"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "24ba59a9342a3d9bab6c56c118be528b27c9b60e490080e9711a04dccac83ef6"
+checksum = "a999083c1af5b5d6c071d34a708a19ba3e02106ad82ef7bbd69f5e48266b613b"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.8.11",
  "atoi",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
- "event-listener 2.5.3",
+ "event-listener 5.3.1",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-intrusive",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "hashlink",
  "hex",
  "indexmap 2.3.0",
@@ -6875,26 +6874,26 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-macros"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ea40e2345eb2faa9e1e5e326db8c34711317d2b5e08d0d5741619048a803127"
+checksum = "a23217eb7d86c584b8cbe0337b9eacf12ab76fe7673c513141ec42565698bb88"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-macros-core",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.74",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-macros-core"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5833ef53aaa16d860e92123292f1f6a3d53c34ba8b1969f152ef1a7bb803f3c8"
+checksum = "1a099220ae541c5db479c6424bdf1b200987934033c2584f79a0e1693601e776"
 dependencies = [
  "dotenvy",
  "either",
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "hex",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -6906,7 +6905,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx-mysql",
  "sqlx-postgres",
  "sqlx-sqlite",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.74",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "url",
@@ -6914,12 +6913,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-mysql"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ed31390216d20e538e447a7a9b959e06ed9fc51c37b514b46eb758016ecd418"
+checksum = "5afe4c38a9b417b6a9a5eeffe7235d0a106716495536e7727d1c7f4b1ff3eba6"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
- "base64 0.21.7",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
@@ -6957,12 +6956,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-postgres"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c824eb80b894f926f89a0b9da0c7f435d27cdd35b8c655b114e58223918577e"
+checksum = "b1dbb157e65f10dbe01f729339c06d239120221c9ad9fa0ba8408c4cc18ecf21"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
- "base64 0.21.7",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "byteorder",
  "crc",
@@ -6996,9 +6995,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-sqlite"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b244ef0a8414da0bed4bb1910426e890b19e5e9bccc27ada6b797d05c55ae0aa"
+checksum = "9b2cdd83c008a622d94499c0006d8ee5f821f36c89b7d625c900e5dc30b5c5ee"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "flume",
@@ -7011,11 +7010,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "percent-encoding",
  "serde",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
  "sqlx-core",
  "time 0.3.36",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "urlencoding",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7254,6 +7253,9 @@ name = "sync_wrapper"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7065abeca94b6a8a577f9bd45aa0867a2238b74e8eb67cf10d492bc39351394"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
@@ -7286,7 +7288,18 @@ checksum = "ba3a3adc5c275d719af8cb4272ea1c4a6d668a777f37e115f6d11ddbc1c8e0e7"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "core-foundation",
- "system-configuration-sys",
+ "system-configuration-sys 0.5.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "system-configuration-sys 0.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7299,6 +7312,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e1d1b10ced5ca923a1fcb8d03e96b8d3268065d724548c0211415ff6ac6bac4"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tagged-base64"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -8089,12 +8112,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "urlencoding"
-version = "2.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "utf-8"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -8437,6 +8454,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-registry"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e400001bb720a623c1c69032f8e3e4cf09984deec740f007dd2b03ec864804b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-strings",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-result"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d1043d8214f791817bab27572aaa8af63732e11bf84aa21a45a78d6c317ae0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-strings"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4cd9b125c486025df0eabcb585e62173c6c9eddcec5d117d3b6e8c30e2ee4d10"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-result",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -8613,16 +8660,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a277a57398d4bfa075df44f501a17cfdf8542d224f0d36095a2adc7aee4ef0a5"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wyz"
 version = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d3a3b43..271d8e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,3 +41,12 @@ hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git"
 unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
     'cfg(async_executor_impl, values("async-std", "tokio"))',
 ] }
+
+[patch."https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git"]
+hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git", branch = "bump/rc-0.5.72" }
+hotshot-builder-api = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git", branch = "bump/rc-0.5.72" }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git", branch = "bump/rc-0.5.72" }
+hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems//HotShot.git", branch = "bump/rc-0.5.72" }
+
+[patch."https://github.com/EspressoSystems/hotshot-events-service.git"]
+hotshot-events-service = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems//hotshot-events-service.git", branch = "hotshot/rc-0.5.72" }