diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d8f5f53957..639f006f79 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.5 and should not be changed by hand.
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aiofiles"
-version = "24.1.0"
-description = "File support for asyncio."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "aiofiles-24.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b4ec55f4195e3eb5d7abd1bf7e061763e864dd4954231fb8539a0ef8bb8260e5"},
-    {file = "aiofiles-24.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:22a075c9e5a3810f0c2e48f3008c94d68c65d763b9b03857924c99e57355166c"},
-]
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiohappyeyeballs"
@@ -222,20 +211,17 @@ yaml = ["PyYAML (>=3.10)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aries-askar"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.2"
 description = ""
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.3"
 files = [
-    {file = "aries_askar-0.3.2-py3-none-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:02ddbe1773ce72c57edafff5777a1337d4a678da7484596712949170fb3ca1dc"},
-    {file = "aries_askar-0.3.2-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:176eebcf833bb9974a162fd931c8d67669e4f0145b351ce9cb1289fd2d5a345c"},
-    {file = "aries_askar-0.3.2-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:63f9ab97db4778ced830a6d1135e1f8bd1ca564de27218bd114f1cffbd31b04c"},
-    {file = "aries_askar-0.3.2-py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:6b4253377d5ed167ed94790e49c58584b68f897d2541ac4bb18fd37e9264164b"},
+    {file = "aries_askar-0.4.2-py3-none-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:bd2dd4a3f9c25724de5685fc06e72d246acedb0e611201d1a21739ff83c0a5fa"},
+    {file = "aries_askar-0.4.2-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:38df09770913ba21a23f6dc5848529cb3ccdf21a4ad2602f1d028f29ffe3e83a"},
+    {file = "aries_askar-0.4.2-py3-none-manylinux2014_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1ef586e6c68d54e983b0adc17c3e6c686494583984cb84b211e328bd934c0ed7"},
+    {file = "aries_askar-0.4.2-py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:f9f86568c107e5c37719ffd7f698c8a0c1bee0c937e9d053f1edd02a6e3f8590"},
 ]
 
-[package.dependencies]
-cached-property = ">=1.5.2,<1.6.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "attrs"
 version = "24.3.0"
@@ -301,17 +287,6 @@ typing-validation = ">=1.1.0"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["base58", "mypy", "pylint", "pytest", "pytest-cov"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cached-property"
-version = "1.5.2"
-description = "A decorator for caching properties in classes."
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-files = [
-    {file = "cached-property-1.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9fa5755838eecbb2d234c3aa390bd80fbd3ac6b6869109bfc1b499f7bd89a130"},
-    {file = "cached_property-1.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:df4f613cf7ad9a588cc381aaf4a512d26265ecebd5eb9e1ba12f1319eb85a6a0"},
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cachetools"
 version = "5.5.1"
@@ -879,23 +854,26 @@ base58 = ">=2.1.1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "did-webvh"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 description = "This repository includes Python libraries for working with `did:webvh` (did:web + Verified History) DID documents and the underlying log format."
 optional = false
-python-versions = "<4.0,>=3.10"
-files = [
-    {file = "did_webvh-0.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4c4a84d3c7bda8d82eed1cb181dea1fc0fe4c23d6fe65e3622ff7f61dd7688a3"},
-    {file = "did_webvh-0.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2e731a594d9b7ff509f70d2595f1435873985b29ce2a489e98ead1a872264892"},
-]
+python-versions = ">= 3.10, <4"
+files = []
+develop = false
 
 [package.dependencies]
-aiofiles = ">=24.1.0,<25.0.0"
 aiohttp = ">=3.10.5,<4.0.0"
-aries-askar = ">=0.3.2,<0.4.0"
+aries-askar = ">=0.3.2"
 base58 = ">=2.1.0,<2.2.0"
 jsoncanon = ">=0.2.3,<0.3.0"
 multiformats = ">=0.3.1,<0.4.0"
 
+[package.source]
+type = "git"
+url = "https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didwebvh-py.git"
+reference = "HEAD"
+resolved_reference = "2ac2b83d5626aaa55307104558a296be41b6528a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "didcomm-messaging"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3099,4 +3077,4 @@ didcommv2 = ["didcomm-messaging"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "e55ebe3303a5543f08b0794b17de0fca13f65fd1363edc14422f045cf0f52c8d"
+content-hash = "999a2c13a3bccddaaaff566974e9f6a6d30ffabae07ec72b968fa57da172b03b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8eb9c6a7e4..43359f9430 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ uuid_utils = "^0.10.0"
 # did libraries
 did-peer-2 = "^0.1.2"
 did-peer-4 = "^0.1.4"
-did-webvh = "^0.2.1"
+did-webvh = ">=0.3.0"
 
 # Verifiable Credentials
 indy-credx = "~1.1.1"
 anoncreds = "~0.2.0"
 
 # askar
-aries-askar = "~0.3.2"
+aries-askar = ">=0.4.2"
 
 # indy 
 indy-vdr = "~0.4.0"