diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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+ "target-lexicon",
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+ "wasmparser 0.246.2",
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+
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+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "mach2",
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+ "object 0.38.1",
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- "wasmtime-environ",
- "wasmtime-internal-core",
- "wasmtime-internal-unwinder",
- "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros",
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+ "wasmtime-internal-unwinder 43.0.1",
+ "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros 43.0.1",
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "cranelift-frontend 0.131.0",
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+ "smallvec",
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+ "wasmtime-internal-unwinder 44.0.0",
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- "wasmtime-environ",
- "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros",
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+ "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros 43.0.1",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "wasmtime-environ 44.0.0",
+ "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros 44.0.0",
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- "object",
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+
+[[package]]
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- "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros",
+ "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros 44.0.0",
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  "cfg-if 1.0.4",
  "libc",
- "wasmtime-internal-core",
+ "wasmtime-internal-core 43.0.1",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-internal-jit-icache-coherence"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fd683a94490bf755d016a09697b0955602c50106b1ded97d16983ab2ded9fed"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 1.0.4",
+ "libc",
+ "wasmtime-internal-core 44.0.0",
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- "cranelift-codegen",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.130.1",
  "log",
- "object",
- "wasmtime-environ",
+ "object 0.38.1",
+ "wasmtime-environ 43.0.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-internal-unwinder"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+ "cranelift-codegen 0.131.0",
+ "log",
+ "object 0.39.1",
+ "wasmtime-environ 44.0.0",
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@@ -7089,21 +7466,49 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-internal-versioned-export-macros"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6af582ec18b674bf7a17775d6fbfbddfcc143f0edbd89c9c1778239c8aa92ed"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.117",
+]
+
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- "cranelift-codegen",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.130.1",
  "gimli",
  "log",
- "object",
+ "object 0.38.1",
  "target-lexicon",
  "wasmparser 0.245.1",
- "wasmtime-environ",
- "wasmtime-internal-cranelift",
- "winch-codegen",
+ "wasmtime-environ 43.0.1",
+ "wasmtime-internal-cranelift 43.0.1",
+ "winch-codegen 43.0.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-internal-winch"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d31be8916bb60ea756d2f0ae1f634d9258442aa71e773c893e2f4cead30501b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.131.0",
+ "gimli",
+ "log",
+ "object 0.39.1",
+ "target-lexicon",
+ "wasmparser 0.246.2",
+ "wasmtime-environ 44.0.0",
+ "wasmtime-internal-cranelift 44.0.0",
+ "winch-codegen 44.0.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7119,6 +7524,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-parser 0.245.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasmtime-internal-wit-bindgen"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2150e63d502ab2d64754e5abe8eb737ae674b7dd4ad53144fd16bbeceaf4a19"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bitflags 2.11.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "indexmap 2.14.0",
+ "wit-parser 0.246.2",
+]
+
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 name = "wasmtime-wasi"
 version = "43.0.1"
@@ -7143,7 +7561,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "wasmtime",
+ "wasmtime 43.0.1",
  "wasmtime-wasi-io",
  "wiggle",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
@@ -7159,7 +7577,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "tracing",
- "wasmtime",
+ "wasmtime 43.0.1",
 ]
 
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@@ -7231,8 +7649,8 @@ dependencies = [
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  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tracing",
- "wasmtime",
- "wasmtime-environ",
+ "wasmtime 43.0.1",
+ "wasmtime-environ 43.0.1",
  "wiggle-macro",
 ]
 
@@ -7246,7 +7664,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
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- "wasmtime-environ",
+ "wasmtime-environ 43.0.1",
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- "cranelift-assembler-x64",
- "cranelift-codegen",
+ "cranelift-assembler-x64 0.130.1",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.130.1",
  "gimli",
  "regalloc2",
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "wasmparser 0.245.1",
- "wasmtime-environ",
- "wasmtime-internal-core",
- "wasmtime-internal-cranelift",
+ "wasmtime-environ 43.0.1",
+ "wasmtime-internal-core 43.0.1",
+ "wasmtime-internal-cranelift 43.0.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winch-codegen"
+version = "44.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9339858ad222412200fd8b1af9e270712201aaec440c7618991443af3446481f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cranelift-assembler-x64 0.131.0",
+ "cranelift-codegen 0.131.0",
+ "gimli",
+ "regalloc2",
+ "smallvec",
+ "target-lexicon",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "wasmparser 0.246.2",
+ "wasmtime-environ 44.0.0",
+ "wasmtime-internal-core 44.0.0",
+ "wasmtime-internal-cranelift 44.0.0",
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 [[package]]
@@ -7838,6 +8275,25 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.246.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd979042b5ff288607ccf3b314145435453f20fc67173195f91062d2289b204d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
+ "id-arena",
+ "indexmap 2.14.0",
+ "log",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "unicode-xid",
+ "wasmparser 0.246.2",
+]
+
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 version = "0.9.1"
diff --git a/crates/akua-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/akua-cli/Cargo.toml
index c27ff004..4d8c0229 100644
--- a/crates/akua-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/akua-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ schemars = { version = "1", optional = true }
 # engine-host-wasm (helm, kustomize) — one Config, one Engine, many
 # Stores — matching the wasmtime docs' canonical pattern. Nested
 # Engines trip process-global trap-handler TLS; avoid.
-wasmtime = "43"
+wasmtime = "44"
 wasmtime-wasi = "43"
 engine-host-wasm = { path = "../engine-host-wasm" }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ engine-host-wasm = { path = "../engine-host-wasm" }
 # use the same wasmtime version + Config shape as the runtime host
 # or Module::deserialize fails the compat-hash check. Uses
 # engine-host-wasm::shared_config so Config matches runtime exactly.
-wasmtime = "43"
+wasmtime = "44"
 engine-host-wasm = { path = "../engine-host-wasm" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/engine-host-wasm/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine-host-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 566bab42..292197e1 100644
--- a/crates/engine-host-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine-host-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ repository.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 
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-wasmtime = "43"
+wasmtime = "44"
 wasmtime-wasi = "43"
 thiserror = { workspace = true }