diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e085d96..3372642 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f0e0fee31ef5ed1ba1316088939cea399010ed7731dba877ed44aeb407a75ea"
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
+]
+
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+checksum = "8b2a41393f66f16b0823bb79094d54ac5fbd34ab292ddafb9a0456ac9f87d201"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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+checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
+
 [[package]]
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+checksum = "139ef39800118c7683f2fd3c98c1b23c09ae076556b435f8e9064ae108aaeeec"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
+ "wasip2",
+ "wasip3",
+]
+
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+dependencies = [
+ "foldhash",
+]
+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
 [[package]]
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  "hashbrown",
+ "serde",
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+checksum = "09edd9e8b54e49e587e4f6295a7d29c3ea94d469cb40ab8ca70b288248a81db2"
+
 [[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "479ca8adacdd7ce8f1fb39ce9ecccbfe93a3f1344b3d0d97f20bc0196208f62b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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- "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_chacha",
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-checksum = "9fbfd9d094a40bf3ae768db9361049ace4c0e04a4fd6b359518bd7b73a73dd97"
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- "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "chacha20",
+ "getrandom 0.4.1",
+ "rand_core 0.10.0",
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 [[package]]
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-dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
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-dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
+
 [[package]]
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-checksum = "07cec4dc2d2e357ca1e610cfb07de2fa7a10fc3e9fe89f72545f3d244ea87753"
+checksum = "5792d209c2eac902426c0c4a166c9f72147db453af548cf9bf3242644c4d4fe3"
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1500,7 +1578,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1509,7 +1587,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ndarray 0.17.1",
  "ort",
- "rand 0.9.1",
+ "rand 0.10.0",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1541,6 +1619,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasip2"
+version = "1.0.2+wasi-0.2.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9517f9239f02c069db75e65f174b3da828fe5f5b945c4dd26bd25d89c03ebcf5"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasip3"
+version = "0.4.0+wasi-0.3.0-rc-2026-01-06"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5428f8bf88ea5ddc08faddef2ac4a67e390b88186c703ce6dbd955e1c145aca5"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -1599,6 +1695,40 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-encoder"
+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "990065f2fe63003fe337b932cfb5e3b80e0b4d0f5ff650e6985b1048f62c8319"
+dependencies = [
+ "leb128fmt",
+ "wasmparser",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-metadata"
+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb0e353e6a2fbdc176932bbaab493762eb1255a7900fe0fea1a2f96c296cc909"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "indexmap",
+ "wasm-encoder",
+ "wasmparser",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmparser"
+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47b807c72e1bac69382b3a6fb3dbe8ea4c0ed87ff5629b8685ae6b9a611028fe"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "hashbrown",
+ "indexmap",
+ "semver",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-root-certs"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1657,31 +1787,30 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.61.1"
+version = "0.62.2"
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-checksum = "c5ee8f3d025738cb02bad7868bbb5f8a6327501e870bf51f1b455b0a2454a419"
+checksum = "527fadee13e0c05939a6a05d5bd6eec6cd2e3dbd648b9f8e447c6518133d8580"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-collections",
  "windows-core",
  "windows-future",
- "windows-link",
  "windows-numerics",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.2"
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-checksum = "3beeceb5e5cfd9eb1d76b381630e82c4241ccd0d27f1a39ed41b2760b255c5e8"
+checksum = "23b2d95af1a8a14a3c7367e1ed4fc9c20e0a26e79551b1454d72583c97cc6610"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
 [[package]]
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+version = "0.62.2"
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-checksum = "c0fdd3ddb90610c7638aa2b3a3ab2904fb9e5cdbecc643ddb3647212781c4ae3"
+checksum = "b8e83a14d34d0623b51dce9581199302a221863196a1dde71a7663a4c2be9deb"
 dependencies = [
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  "windows-interface",
@@ -1692,9 +1821,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
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-checksum = "fc6a41e98427b19fe4b73c550f060b59fa592d7d686537eebf9385621bfbad8e"
+checksum = "e1d6f90251fe18a279739e78025bd6ddc52a7e22f921070ccdc67dde84c605cb"
 dependencies = [
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  "windows-link",
@@ -1703,9 +1832,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.60.0"
+version = "0.60.2"
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-checksum = "a47fddd13af08290e67f4acabf4b459f647552718f683a7b415d290ac744a836"
+checksum = "053e2e040ab57b9dc951b72c264860db7eb3b0200ba345b4e4c3b14f67855ddf"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
@@ -1714,9 +1843,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.59.1"
+version = "0.59.3"
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-checksum = "bd9211b69f8dcdfa817bfd14bf1c97c9188afa36f4750130fcdf3f400eca9fa8"
+checksum = "3f316c4a2570ba26bbec722032c4099d8c8bc095efccdc15688708623367e358"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
@@ -1725,15 +1854,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.1"
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-checksum = "76840935b766e1b0a05c0066835fb9ec80071d4c09a16f6bd5f7e655e3c14c38"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
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-checksum = "9150af68066c4c5c07ddc0ce30421554771e528bde427614c61038bc2c92c2b1"
+checksum = "6e2e40844ac143cdb44aead537bbf727de9b044e107a0f1220392177d15b0f26"
 dependencies = [
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  "windows-link",
@@ -1741,18 +1870,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.4.1"
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-checksum = "56f42bd332cc6c8eac5af113fc0c1fd6a8fd2aa08a0119358686e5160d0586c6"
+checksum = "7781fa89eaf60850ac3d2da7af8e5242a5ea78d1a11c49bf2910bb5a73853eb5"
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-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.5.1"
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-checksum = "56e6c93f3a0c3b36176cb1327a4958a0353d5d166c2a35cb268ace15e91d3b57"
+checksum = "7837d08f69c77cf6b07689544538e017c1bfcf57e34b4c0ff58e6c2cd3b37091"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1784,9 +1913,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
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-checksum = "b66463ad2e0ea3bbf808b7f1d371311c80e115c0b71d60efc142cafbcfb057a6"
+checksum = "3949bd5b99cafdf1c7ca86b43ca564028dfe27d66958f2470940f73d86d75b37"
 dependencies = [
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 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.51.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7249219f66ced02969388cf2bb044a09756a083d0fab1e566056b04d9fbcaa5"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen-rust-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-core"
+version = "0.51.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea61de684c3ea68cb082b7a88508a8b27fcc8b797d738bfc99a82facf1d752dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "heck",
+ "wit-parser",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
 version = "0.39.0"
@@ -1848,6 +1997,74 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rust"
+version = "0.51.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7c566e0f4b284dd6561c786d9cb0142da491f46a9fbed79ea69cdad5db17f21"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "heck",
+ "indexmap",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-metadata",
+ "wit-bindgen-core",
+ "wit-component",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen-rust-macro"
+version = "0.51.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c0f9bfd77e6a48eccf51359e3ae77140a7f50b1e2ebfe62422d8afdaffab17a"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "prettyplease",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wit-bindgen-core",
+ "wit-bindgen-rust",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-component"
+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9d66ea20e9553b30172b5e831994e35fbde2d165325bec84fc43dbf6f4eb9cb2"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bitflags",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "wasm-encoder",
+ "wasm-metadata",
+ "wasmparser",
+ "wit-parser",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-parser"
+version = "0.244.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ecc8ac4bc1dc3381b7f59c34f00b67e18f910c2c0f50015669dde7def656a736"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "id-arena",
+ "indexmap",
+ "log",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "unicode-xid",
+ "wasmparser",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
 version = "0.8.25"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 20c496b..e474d17 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "valentinus"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["n12n <nigel.christian@hiahatf.org>"]
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/valentinus"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ort            = { version = "2.0.0-rc.11", features = ["ndarray"] }
 regex          = "1.10.5"
 serde          = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json     = "1.0.120"
-sysinfo        = "0.37.0" 
+sysinfo        = "0.38.1" 
 thiserror      = "2.0.3"
 tokenizers     = { version = ">=0.13.4", default-features = false, features = [ "onig" ] }
 uuid           = { version = "1.10.0", features = [ "v4"] }
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ uuid           = { version = "1.10.0", features = [ "v4"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 csv            = "1.3.0"
 env_logger     = "0.11.5"
-rand           = "0.9.0"
+rand           = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d367710..db11af6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A thread-safe vector database for model inference inside LMDB.
 
 ### dependencies
 
-* bincode/serde  - serialize/deserialize
+* wincode/serde  - serialize/deserialize
 * lmdb-rs        - database bindings
 * ndarray        - numpy equivalent
 * ort/onnx       - embeddings
diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index a303118..7b26936 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,12 @@ impl DatabaseEnvironment {
 }
 
 /// Writes a value as a series of chunks within a given transaction.
-pub fn write_chunks_in_txn(txn: &Transaction, h: &DbHandle, k: &[u8], v: &[u8]) -> Result<(), MdbError> {
+pub fn write_chunks_in_txn(
+    txn: &Transaction,
+    h: &DbHandle,
+    k: &[u8],
+    v: &[u8],
+) -> Result<(), MdbError> {
     let s = System::new_all();
     let chunk_size = (s.available_memory() as f32 * CHUNK_SIZE_MEMORY_RATIO) as usize;
 
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@ pub fn delete_in_txn(txn: &Transaction, h: &DbHandle, k: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Md
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use rand::{rng, RngCore};
+    use rand::{Rng, rng};
     use std::{fs, path::Path};
 
     // Helper to set up a clean test environment for database tests
@@ -208,7 +213,10 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Verify deletion
         let after_delete = read(&db.env, &db.handle, &k.to_vec())?;
-        assert!(after_delete.is_none(), "read should return None after deletion");
+        assert!(
+            after_delete.is_none(),
+            "read should return None after deletion"
+        );
 
         Ok(())
     }