diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0926927..892269c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -67,17 +67,6 @@ version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.89"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -86,14 +75,14 @@ checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.9"
+version = "0.8.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edca88bc138befd0323b20752846e6587272d3b03b0343c8ea28a6f819e6e71f"
+checksum = "31b698c5f9a010f6573133b09e0de5408834d0c82f8d7475a89fc1867a71cd90"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -106,15 +95,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sha1",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tokio-tungstenite 0.29.0",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -123,19 +111,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.5"
+version = "0.5.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "09f2bd6146b97ae3359fa0cc6d6b376d9539582c7b4220f041a33ec24c226199"
+checksum = "08c78f31d7b1291f7ee735c1c6780ccde7785daae9a9206026862dab7d8792d1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
- "futures-util",
+ "futures-core",
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "http-body-util",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
@@ -864,9 +850,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -1191,7 +1177,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tokio-tungstenite 0.24.0",
  "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -1264,7 +1250,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls",
  "serde",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tokio-tungstenite 0.24.0",
  "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -1771,10 +1757,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
- "tungstenite",
+ "tungstenite 0.24.0",
  "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-tungstenite"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f72a05e828585856dacd553fba484c242c46e391fb0e58917c942ee9202915c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "log",
+ "tokio",
+ "tungstenite 0.29.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.18"
@@ -1922,6 +1920,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "utf-8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tungstenite"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c01152af293afb9c7c2a57e4b559c5620b421f6d133261c60dd2d0cdb38e6b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "data-encoding",
+ "http",
+ "httparse",
+ "log",
+ "rand 0.9.4",
+ "sha1",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.20.0"
diff --git a/crates/relaykit-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/relaykit-server/Cargo.toml
index 0011c01..633bc90 100644
--- a/crates/relaykit-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/relaykit-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
-axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["ws"] }
+axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["ws"] }
 base64.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 hyper.workspace = true