diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16362078dc..203df9d71d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 #### Upcoming Changes
 
+* chore: update dependencies, particularly clap 3.2 -> 4.3
+  * this removes dependency on _atty_, that's no longer mantained
+
 * chore: remove unused dependencies [#1307](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1307)
   * rand_core
   * serde_bytes
-  * rusty-hook (*dev-dependency*)
+  * rusty-hook (_dev-dependency_)
 
 * chore: bump `cairo-lang-starknet` and `cairo-lang-casm` dependencies to 2.0.0 [#1313](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1313)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5a0c379db7..26bce6250b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -33,6 +33,67 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56fc6cf8dc8c4158eed8649f9b8b0ea1518eb62b544fe9490d66fa0b349eafe9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ca84f3628370c59db74ee214b3263d58f9aadd9b4fe7e711fd87dc452b7f163"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a30da5c5f2d5e72842e00bcb57657162cdabef0931f40e2deb9b4140440cecd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "938874ff5980b03a87c5524b3ae5b59cf99b1d6bc836848df7bc5ada9643c333"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5ca11d4be1bab0c8bc8734a9aa7bf4ee8316d462a08c6ac5052f888fef5b494b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.71"
@@ -48,7 +109,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ff-asm",
  "ark-ff-macros",
  "ark-serialize",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
  "derivative",
  "digest",
  "itertools",
@@ -88,21 +149,11 @@ version = "0.4.2"
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 dependencies = [
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
  "digest",
  "num-bigint",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ark-std"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1df2c09229cbc5a028b1d70e00fdb2acee28b1055dfb5ca73eea49c5a25c4e7c"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits 0.2.15",
- "rand",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-std"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -162,8 +213,8 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
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-version = "2.0.0-rc.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git?tag=v2.0.0-rc.2#6c219e9214bda2bdce1327db6ed7f66d2fa4bf02"
+version = "2.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git?tag=v2.0.0-rc.3#aada4bb4cb457677a4b8e47572ae7ca8dd44927c"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode_derive",
  "serde",
@@ -171,8 +222,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "2.0.0-rc.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git?tag=v2.0.0-rc.2#6c219e9214bda2bdce1327db6ed7f66d2fa4bf02"
+version = "2.0.0-rc.3"
+source = "git+https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git?tag=v2.0.0-rc.3#aada4bb4cb457677a4b8e47572ae7ca8dd44927c"
 dependencies = [
  "virtue",
 ]
@@ -675,7 +726,7 @@ version = "0.8.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.3.0",
+ "ark-std",
  "assert_matches",
  "bincode",
  "bitvec",
@@ -684,7 +735,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cairo-lang-starknet",
  "criterion",
  "generic-array",
- "hashbrown 0.13.2",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.0",
  "hex",
  "iai-callgrind",
  "keccak",
@@ -714,7 +765,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "bincode",
  "cairo-vm",
- "clap 3.2.25",
+ "clap",
  "mimalloc",
  "nom",
  "rstest",
@@ -740,60 +791,84 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
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-name = "clap"
-version = "2.34.0"
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.1"
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-checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+checksum = "effd91f6c78e5a4ace8a5d3c0b6bfaec9e2baaef55f3efc00e45fb2e477ee926"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "textwrap 0.11.0",
- "unicode-width",
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cdf919175532b369853f5d5e20b26b43112613fd6fe7aee757e35f7a44642656"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "defaa24ecc093c77630e6c15e17c51f5e187bf35ee514f4e2d67baaa96dae22b"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
 ]
 
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-version = "3.2.25"
+version = "4.3.10"
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-checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
+checksum = "384e169cc618c613d5e3ca6404dda77a8685a63e08660dcc64abaf7da7cb0c7a"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef137bbe35aab78bdb468ccfba75a5f4d8321ae011d34063770780545176af2d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
  "strsim",
- "termcolor",
- "textwrap 0.16.0",
 ]
 
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-version = "3.2.25"
+version = "4.3.2"
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-checksum = "ae6371b8bdc8b7d3959e9cf7b22d4435ef3e79e138688421ec654acf8c81b008"
+checksum = "b8cd2b2a819ad6eec39e8f1d6b53001af1e5469f8c177579cdaeb313115b825f"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
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-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.5.0"
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-checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
-dependencies = [
- "os_str_bytes",
-]
+checksum = "2da6da31387c7e4ef160ffab6d5e7f00c42626fe39aea70a7b0f1773f7dd6c1b"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
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-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3616f750b84d8f0de8a58bda93e08e2a81ad3f523089b05f1dffecab48c6cbd"
+checksum = "17bfac9400fe632590700de801b5dfbdca8b6944073832d1284bdbeef7f00e45"
 dependencies = [
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-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b01d6de93b2b6c65e17c634a26653a29d107b3c98c607c765bf38d041531cd8f"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
+ "anes",
  "cast",
- "clap 2.34.0",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
  "criterion-plot",
- "csv",
+ "is-terminal",
  "itertools",
- "lazy_static",
  "num-traits 0.2.15",
+ "once_cell",
  "oorandom",
  "plotters",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "serde",
- "serde_cbor",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "tinytemplate",
@@ -862,9 +937,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "criterion-plot"
-version = "0.4.5"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2673cc8207403546f45f5fd319a974b1e6983ad1a3ee7e6041650013be041876"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
 dependencies = [
  "cast",
  "itertools",
@@ -946,27 +1021,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "csv"
-version = "1.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "626ae34994d3d8d668f4269922248239db4ae42d538b14c398b74a52208e8086"
-dependencies = [
- "csv-core",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
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-
-[[package]]
-name = "csv-core"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b2466559f260f48ad25fe6317b3c8dac77b5bdb5763ac7d9d6103530663bc90"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
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 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -1147,7 +1201,7 @@ checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1267,20 +1321,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.13.2"
+version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
+checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.3",
+ "allocator-api2",
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c6201b9ff9fd90a5a3bac2e56a830d0caa509576f0e503818ee82c181b3437a"
-
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@@ -1425,7 +1474,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24fddda5af7e54bf7da53067d6e802dbcc381d0a8eef629df528e3ebf68755cb"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
- "rustix 0.38.1",
+ "rustix 0.38.2",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -1440,9 +1489,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "1.0.6"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
+checksum = "c0aa48fab2893d8a49caa94082ae8488f4e1050d73b367881dcd2198f4199fd8"
 
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 name = "js-sys"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
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-version = "3.6.1"
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-checksum = "2287753623c76f953acd29d15d8100bcab84d29db78fb6f352adb3c53e83b967"
+checksum = "756d439303e94fae44f288ba881ad29670c65b0c4b0e05674ca81061bb65f2c5"
 dependencies = [
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  "bitvec",
@@ -1771,9 +1814,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "3.6.1"
+version = "3.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b6937b5e67bfba3351b87b040d48352a2fcb6ad72f81855412ce97b45c8f110"
+checksum = "9d884d78fcf214d70b1e239fcd1c6e5e95aa3be1881918da2e488cc946c7a476"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -1862,9 +1905,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.10"
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-checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+checksum = "4c40d25201921e5ff0c862a505c6557ea88568a4e3ace775ab55e93f2f4f9d57"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -1922,30 +1965,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error-attr",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
- "version_check",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "version_check",
-]
-
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 version = "1.0.63"
@@ -2174,9 +2193,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.37.21"
+version = "0.37.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62f25693a73057a1b4cb56179dd3c7ea21a7c6c5ee7d85781f5749b46f34b79c"
+checksum = "8818fa822adcc98b18fedbb3632a6a33213c070556b5aa7c4c8cc21cff565c4c"
 dependencies = [
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  "errno",
@@ -2188,9 +2207,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.1"
+version = "0.38.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbc6396159432b5c8490d4e301d8c705f61860b8b6c863bf79942ce5401968f3"
+checksum = "aabcb0461ebd01d6b79945797c27f8529082226cb630a9865a71870ff63532a4"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2306,32 +2325,22 @@ checksum = "bebd363326d05ec3e2f532ab7660680f3b02130d780c299bca73469d521bc0ed"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.164"
+version = "1.0.165"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e8c8cf938e98f769bc164923b06dce91cea1751522f46f8466461af04c9027d"
+checksum = "c939f902bb7d0ccc5bce4f03297e161543c2dcb30914faf032c2bd0b7a0d48fc"
 dependencies = [
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-version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "half",
- "serde",
-]
-
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-version = "1.0.164"
+version = "1.0.165"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9735b638ccc51c28bf6914d90a2e9725b377144fc612c49a611fddd1b631d68"
+checksum = "6eaae920e25fffe4019b75ff65e7660e72091e59dd204cb5849bbd6a3fd343d7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2454,20 +2463,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "rfc6979",
  "sha2",
  "starknet-crypto-codegen",
- "starknet-curve",
+ "starknet-curve 0.3.0",
  "starknet-ff",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "starknet-crypto-codegen"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6dc88f1f470d9de1001ffbb90d2344c9dd1a615f5467daf0574e2975dfd9ebd"
+checksum = "af6527b845423542c8a16e060ea1bc43f67229848e7cd4c4d80be994a84220ce"
 dependencies = [
- "starknet-curve",
+ "starknet-curve 0.4.0",
  "starknet-ff",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2479,6 +2488,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "starknet-ff",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "starknet-curve"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a68a0d87ae56572abf83ddbfd44259a7c90dbeeee1629a1ffe223e7f9a8f3052"
+dependencies = [
+ "starknet-ff",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "starknet-ff"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -2529,9 +2547,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.22"
+version = "2.0.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2efbeae7acf4eabd6bcdcbd11c92f45231ddda7539edc7806bd1a04a03b24616"
+checksum = "59fb7d6d8281a51045d62b8eb3a7d1ce347b76f312af50cd3dc0af39c87c1737"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -2554,7 +2572,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
  "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
- "rustix 0.37.21",
+ "rustix 0.37.22",
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -2569,30 +2587,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be55cf8942feac5c765c2c993422806843c9a9a45d4d5c407ad6dd2ea95eb9b6"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "222a222a5bfe1bba4a77b45ec488a741b3cb8872e5e499451fd7d0129c9c7c3d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -2610,7 +2604,7 @@ checksum = "f9456a42c5b0d803c8cd86e73dd7cc9edd429499f37a3550d286d5e86720569f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2711,18 +2705,18 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f962df74c8c05a667b5ee8bcf162993134c104e96440b663c8daa176dc772d8c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -2731,9 +2725,9 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "virtue"
-version = "0.0.8"
+version = "0.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b60dcd6a64dd45abf9bd426970c9843726da7fc08f44cd6fcebf68c21220a63"
+checksum = "9dcc60c0624df774c82a0ef104151231d37da4962957d691c011c852b2473314"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wait-timeout"
@@ -2781,7 +2775,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2815,7 +2809,7 @@ checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -3007,5 +3001,5 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.22",
+ "syn 2.0.23",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02d1d446a1..4c40c4ac95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ felt = { package = "cairo-felt", path = "./felt", version = "0.8.1", default-fea
     "alloc",
 ] }
 cairo-vm = { path = "./vm", version = "0.8.1", default-features = false }
-mimalloc = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false }
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false }
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = [
     "serde",
     "rand",
 ] }
-rand = { version = "0.8.3", features = ["small_rng"], default-features = false }
+rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"], default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 num-integer = { version = "0.1.45", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], default-features = false }
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = [
     "alloc",
 ], default-features = false }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false }
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", tag = "v2.0.0-rc.2", git = "https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git", default-features = false, features = [
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", tag = "v2.0.0-rc.3", git = "https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git", default-features = false, features = [
     "serde",
 ] }
 starknet-crypto = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "signature-display",
     "alloc",
 ] }
-sha3 = { version = "0.10.1", default-features = false }
+sha3 = { version = "0.10.8", default-features = false }
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "spin_no_std",
 ] }
 nom = { version = "7", default-features = false }
-sha2 = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["compress"], default-features = false }
-generic-array = { version = "0.14.6", default-features = false }
+sha2 = { version = "0.10.7", features = ["compress"], default-features = false }
+generic-array = { version = "0.14.7", default-features = false }
 keccak = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["serde"] }
+hashbrown = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["serde"] }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.69", default-features = false }
 thiserror-no-std = { version = "2.0.2", default-features = false }
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ cairo-lang-starknet = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
 cairo-lang-casm = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false }
 
 # TODO: check these dependencies for wasm compatibility
-ark-ff = { version = "0.4.0-alpha.7", default-features = false }
-ark-std = { version = "0.3.0", default-features = false }
+ark-ff = { version = "0.4.2", default-features = false }
+ark-std = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "fat"
diff --git a/cairo-vm-cli/Cargo.toml b/cairo-vm-cli/Cargo.toml
index cbf49bab8f..27b03b4881 100644
--- a/cairo-vm-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cairo-vm-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ repository.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", tag = "v2.0.0-rc.2", git = "https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git" }
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3", tag = "v2.0.0-rc.3", git = "https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode.git" }
 cairo-vm = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
-clap = { version = "3.2.5", features = ["derive"] }
-mimalloc = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false, optional = true }
+clap = { version = "4.3.10", features = ["derive"] }
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false, optional = true }
 nom = "7"
-thiserror = { version = "1.0.32" }
+thiserror = { version = "1.0.40" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
diff --git a/cairo-vm-cli/src/main.rs b/cairo-vm-cli/src/main.rs
index a42c95eac4..552f4df39f 100644
--- a/cairo-vm-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cairo-vm-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ static ALLOC: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
 struct Args {
     #[clap(value_parser, value_hint=ValueHint::FilePath)]
     filename: PathBuf,
-    #[clap(long = "--trace_file", value_parser)]
+    #[clap(long = "trace_file", value_parser)]
     trace_file: Option<PathBuf>,
-    #[structopt(long = "--print_output")]
+    #[structopt(long = "print_output")]
     print_output: bool,
-    #[structopt(long = "--entrypoint", default_value = "main")]
+    #[structopt(long = "entrypoint", default_value = "main")]
     entrypoint: String,
-    #[structopt(long = "--memory_file")]
+    #[structopt(long = "memory_file")]
     memory_file: Option<PathBuf>,
-    #[clap(long = "--layout", default_value = "plain", validator=validate_layout)]
+    #[clap(long = "layout", default_value = "plain", value_parser=validate_layout)]
     layout: String,
-    #[structopt(long = "--proof_mode")]
+    #[structopt(long = "proof_mode")]
     proof_mode: bool,
-    #[structopt(long = "--secure_run")]
+    #[structopt(long = "secure_run")]
     secure_run: Option<bool>,
 }
 
-fn validate_layout(value: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+fn validate_layout(value: &str) -> Result<String, String> {
     match value {
         "plain"
         | "small"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn validate_layout(value: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
         | "recursive_large_output"
         | "all_cairo"
         | "all_solidity"
-        | "dynamic" => Ok(()),
+        | "dynamic" => Ok(value.to_string()),
         _ => Err(format!("{value} is not a valid layout")),
     }
 }
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ mod tests {
         ];
 
         for layout in valid_layouts {
-            assert_eq!(validate_layout(layout), Ok(()));
+            assert_eq!(validate_layout(layout), Ok(layout.to_string()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/felt/Cargo.toml b/felt/Cargo.toml
index ab8425fdac..36ea5e42db 100644
--- a/felt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/felt/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], default-features = false }
 lambdaworks-math = { version = "0.1.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-proptest = "1.1.0"
+proptest = "1.2.0"
 rstest = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/vm/Cargo.toml b/vm/Cargo.toml
index bddc75d616..1a667bdb6d 100644
--- a/vm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.34"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
 iai-callgrind = "0.3.1"
-criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
+criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["html_reports"] }
 proptest = "1.0.0"
 
 [[bench]]