diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5a9de5dd..09c6d2cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -326,18 +326,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "apalis-sql"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.7"
-dependencies = [
- "apalis-core",
- "chrono",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror 2.0.18",
- "time",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "apalis-workflow"
 version = "0.1.0-rc.7"
@@ -616,10 +604,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c673075a2e0e5f4a1dde27ce9dee1ea4558c7ffe648f576438a20ca1d2acc4b0"
 dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone",
- "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
- "serde",
- "wasm-bindgen",
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
@@ -720,7 +705,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7cd812cc2bc1d69d4764bd80df88b4317eaef9e773c75226407d9bc0876b211c"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
- "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3153,9 +3137,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.50.0"
+version = "1.51.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "27ad5e34374e03cfffefc301becb44e9dc3c17584f414349ebe29ed26661822d"
+checksum = "f66bf9585cda4b724d3e78ab34b73fb2bbaba9011b9bfdf69dc836382ea13b8c"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "libc",
@@ -3170,9 +3154,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.6.1"
+version = "2.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c55a2eff8b69ce66c84f85e1da1c233edc36ceb85a2058d11b0d6a3c7e7569c"
+checksum = "385a6cb71ab9ab790c5fe8d67f1645e6c450a7ce006a33de03daa956cf70a496"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
index 80fa0fbb..d79a0049 100644
--- a/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/opentelemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 axum = { version = "0.8.8", features = [ "macros" ] }
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.51", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/prometheus/Cargo.toml b/examples/prometheus/Cargo.toml
index 59f6aa4d..c2d6a802 100644
--- a/examples/prometheus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/prometheus/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 axum = "0.8.8"
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.51", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["env-filter"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/utils/apalis-file-storage/Cargo.toml b/utils/apalis-file-storage/Cargo.toml
index d44c2faf..90cb3b2f 100644
--- a/utils/apalis-file-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/apalis-file-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ apalis-codec = { path = "../apalis-codec", version = "0.1.0-rc.7", default-featu
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.51.1", features = ["full"] }
 apalis-workflow = { path = "../../apalis-workflow" } # For json backend tests
 
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