diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9367c06..0a54b99 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.60"
@@ -324,12 +330,49 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f98d2aa92eebf49b69786be48e4477826b256916e84a57ff2a4f21923b48eb4c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "seq-macro"
 version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3f0bf26fd526d2a95683cd0f87bf103b8539e2ca1ef48ce002d67aad59aa0b4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.194"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b114498256798c94a0689e1a15fec6005dee8ac1f41de56404b67afc2a4b773"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.194"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3385e45322e8f9931410f01b3031ec534c3947d0e94c18049af4d9f9907d4e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.46",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.111"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "176e46fa42316f18edd598015a5166857fc835ec732f5215eac6b7bdbf0a84f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shell-words"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -344,18 +387,18 @@ checksum = "43b2853a4d09f215c24cc5489c992ce46052d359b5109343cbafbf26bc62f8a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallstr"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e922794d168678729ffc7e07182721a14219c65814e66e91b839a272fe5ae4f"
+checksum = "63b1aefdf380735ff8ded0b15f31aab05daf1f70216c01c02a12926badd1df9d"
 dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.10.0"
+version = "1.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a507befe795404456341dfab10cef66ead4c041f62b8b11bbb92bffe5d0953e0"
+checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
@@ -512,13 +555,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yrs"
-version = "0.16.10"
+version = "0.17.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c48071f2693893c866cffdad3e6a931aefcd14e4400d45353a0e3f91a96e80b"
+checksum = "68aea14c6c33f2edd8a5ff9415360cfa5b98d90cce30c5ee3be59a8419fb15a9"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic_refcell",
- "lib0",
  "rand",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "smallstr",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/ext/yrb/Cargo.toml b/ext/yrb/Cargo.toml
index 56ad03d..e74cbbd 100644
--- a/ext/yrb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ext/yrb/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/y-crdt/yrb"
 lib0 = "0.16.10" # must match yrs version
 magnus = "0.6.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
-yrs = "=0.16.10"
+yrs = "=0.17.2"
 y-sync = "=0.3.1"
 rb-sys = "0.9.86"