diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35f4db3d..70962e50 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@
 v5 maintenance branch is on `v5_maintenance` after `5.2.0`  
 v4 commits split out to branch `v4_maintenance` starting with `4.0.16`
 
+## debouncer-full 0.3.1 (2023-08-21)
+
+- CHANGE: remove serde binary experiment opt-out after it got removed [#530]
+
+## debouncer-mini 0.4.1 (2023-08-21)
+
+- CHANGE: remove serde binary experiment opt-out after it got removed [#530]
+
+## notify 6.1.1 (2023-08-21)
+
+- CHANGE: remove serde binary experiment opt-out after it got removed [#530]
+
+## file-id 0.2.1 (2023-08-21)
+
+- CHANGE: remove serde binary experiment opt-out after it got removed [#530]
+
+[#530]: https://github.com/notify-rs/notify/pull/530
+
 ## debouncer-full 0.3.0 (2023-08-18)
 
 - CHANGE: opt-out of the serde binary experiment by restricting it to < 1.0.172 [#528]
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index b81cd0da..ad2a691f 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ publish = false
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-notify = { version = "6.1.0", path = "../notify" }
-notify-debouncer-mini = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../notify-debouncer-mini" }
-notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../notify-debouncer-full" }
+notify = { version = "6.1.1", path = "../notify" }
+notify-debouncer-mini = { version = "0.4.1", path = "../notify-debouncer-mini" }
+notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.3.1", path = "../notify-debouncer-full" }
 futures = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
diff --git a/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml b/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
index 382abbed..88944eb8 100644
--- a/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 tide = "0.16.0"
 async-std = { version = "1.6.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-serde = "1.0.115, < 1.0.172"
-notify = { version = "6.1.0", features = ["serde"], path = "../../notify" }
+serde = "1.0.115"
+notify = { version = "6.1.1", features = ["serde"], path = "../../notify" }
 
 # required to prevent mixing with workspace
 # hack to prevent cargo audit from catching this
diff --git a/file-id/Cargo.toml b/file-id/Cargo.toml
index 209b6c7a..cacb747e 100644
--- a/file-id/Cargo.toml
+++ b/file-id/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "file-id"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 rust-version = "1.60"
 description = "Utility for reading inode numbers (Linux, MacOS) and file IDs (Windows)"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/notify"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ name = "file-id"
 path = "bin/file_id.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0.89, < 1.0.172", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.89", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { version = "0.48.0", features = ["Win32_Storage_FileSystem", "Win32_Foundation"] }
diff --git a/notify-debouncer-full/Cargo.toml b/notify-debouncer-full/Cargo.toml
index b23f3d50..2fd08a09 100644
--- a/notify-debouncer-full/Cargo.toml
+++ b/notify-debouncer-full/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "notify-debouncer-full"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.60"
 description = "notify event debouncer optimized for ease of use"
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ default = ["crossbeam"]
 crossbeam = ["crossbeam-channel","notify/crossbeam-channel"]
 
 [dependencies]
-notify = { version = "6.1.0", path = "../notify" }
+notify = { version = "6.1.1", path = "../notify" }
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
-file-id = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../file-id" }
+file-id = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../file-id" }
 walkdir = "2.2.2"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 log = "0.4.17"
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ log = "0.4.17"
 pretty_assertions = "1.3.0"
 mock_instant = "0.3.0"
 rstest = "0.17.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0.89, < 1.0.172", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.89", features = ["derive"] }
 deser-hjson = "1.1.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/notify-debouncer-full/src/lib.rs b/notify-debouncer-full/src/lib.rs
index 182928e6..7d2595d5 100644
--- a/notify-debouncer-full/src/lib.rs
+++ b/notify-debouncer-full/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
-//! notify-debouncer-full = "0.3.0"
+//! notify-debouncer-full = "0.3.1"
 //! ```
 //!
 //! In case you want to select specific features of notify,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 //! Otherwise you can just use the re-export of notify from debouncer-full.
 //!
 //! ```toml
-//! notify-debouncer-full = "0.3.0"
+//! notify-debouncer-full = "0.3.1"
 //! notify = { version = "..", features = [".."] }
 //! ```
 //!  
diff --git a/notify-debouncer-mini/Cargo.toml b/notify-debouncer-mini/Cargo.toml
index 579634bd..030c73f8 100644
--- a/notify-debouncer-mini/Cargo.toml
+++ b/notify-debouncer-mini/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "notify-debouncer-mini"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.60"
 description = "notify mini debouncer for events"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ default = ["crossbeam"]
 crossbeam = ["crossbeam-channel","notify/crossbeam-channel"]
 
 [dependencies]
-notify = { version = "6.1.0", path = "../notify" }
+notify = { version = "6.1.1", path = "../notify" }
 crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0.89, < 1.0.172", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.89", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 log = "0.4.17"
diff --git a/notify-debouncer-mini/src/lib.rs b/notify-debouncer-mini/src/lib.rs
index 6abf885e..4bcd9a3c 100644
--- a/notify-debouncer-mini/src/lib.rs
+++ b/notify-debouncer-mini/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
-//! notify-debouncer-mini = "0.4.0"
+//! notify-debouncer-mini = "0.4.1"
 //! ```
 //! In case you want to select specific features of notify,
 //! specify notify as dependency explicitly in your dependencies.
 //! Otherwise you can just use the re-export of notify from debouncer-mini.
 //! ```toml
-//! notify-debouncer-mini = "0.4.0"
+//! notify-debouncer-mini = "0.4.1"
 //! notify = { version = "..", features = [".."] }
 //! ```
 //!  
diff --git a/notify/Cargo.toml b/notify/Cargo.toml
index 37f886ab..daf04f6d 100644
--- a/notify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/notify/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "notify"
-version = "6.1.0"
+version = "6.1.1"
 rust-version = "1.60"
 description = "Cross-platform filesystem notification library"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/notify"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 filetime = "0.2.22"
 libc = "0.2.4"
 log = "0.4.17"
-serde = { version = "1.0.89, < 1.0.172", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.89", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 walkdir = "2.2.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os="linux", target_os="android"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/notify/src/lib.rs b/notify/src/lib.rs
index 1a3cfc8a..9002640d 100644
--- a/notify/src/lib.rs
+++ b/notify/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! ```toml
 //! [dependencies]
-//! notify = "6.1.0"
+//! notify = "6.1.1"
 //! ```
 //!
 //! If you want debounced events (or don't need them in-order), see [notify-debouncer-mini](https://docs.rs/notify-debouncer-mini/latest/notify_debouncer_mini/)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 //! Events are serializable via [serde](https://serde.rs) if the `serde` feature is enabled:
 //!
 //! ```toml
-//! notify = { version = "6.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
+//! notify = { version = "6.1.1", features = ["serde"] }
 //! ```
 //!
 //! ### Crossbeam-Channel & Tokio
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 //! You can disable crossbeam-channel, letting notify fallback to std channels via
 //!
 //! ```toml
-//! notify = { version = "6.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["macos_kqueue"] }
+//! notify = { version = "6.1.1", default-features = false, features = ["macos_kqueue"] }
 //! // Alternatively macos_fsevent instead of macos_kqueue
 //! ```
 //! Note the `macos_kqueue` requirement here, otherwise no native backend is available on macos.