diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13530c27..7b1a5f74 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gerust"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.8"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo-generate",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67ff43fa..1d4e26f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gerust"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.8"
 edition = "2024"
 authors = ["Marco Otte-Witte <marco.otte-witte@mainmatter.com>"]
 description = "Gerust takes care of the accidental complexity of Rust backend projects so you can stay focused on what matters."
diff --git a/blueprint/cli/Cargo.toml.liquid b/blueprint/cli/Cargo.toml.liquid
index 227e9505..85577c78 100644
--- a/blueprint/cli/Cargo.toml.liquid
+++ b/blueprint/cli/Cargo.toml.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "{{project-name}}-cli"
 version = "0.0.1"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ doctest = false
 [[bin]]
 name = "db"
 path = "src/bin/db.rs"
+
 {% endif -%}
 [[bin]]
 name = "generate"
@@ -19,18 +20,26 @@ path = "src/bin/generate.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
-clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 cruet = "0.15"
 guppy = "0.17"
 include_dir = "0.7"
 liquid = "~0.26"
 {{project-name}}-config = { path = "../config" }
 {% unless template_type == "minimal" -%}
-regex = "1.11"
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "postgres", "macros", "uuid", "migrate", "chrono" ] }
+regex = "1.12"
+sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
+    "runtime-tokio",
+    "tls-rustls",
+    "postgres",
+    "macros",
+    "uuid",
+    "migrate",
+    "chrono",
+] }
 url = "2.5"
 {%- endunless %}
-tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.48", features = ["full"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-insta = "1.38"
+insta = "1.43"
diff --git a/blueprint/config/Cargo.toml.liquid b/blueprint/config/Cargo.toml.liquid
index 51830949..d8f54d2d 100644
--- a/blueprint/config/Cargo.toml.liquid
+++ b/blueprint/config/Cargo.toml.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "{{project-name}}-config"
 version = "0.0.1"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/blueprint/db/Cargo.toml.liquid b/blueprint/db/Cargo.toml.liquid
index c2ebe090..046c3142 100644
--- a/blueprint/db/Cargo.toml.liquid
+++ b/blueprint/db/Cargo.toml.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "{{project-name}}-db"
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ test-helpers = ["dep:fake", "dep:rand", "dep:regex"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-fake = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+fake = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 {{project-name}}-config = { path = "../config" }
 rand = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
-regex = { version = "1.10", optional = true }
+regex = { version = "1.12", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [ "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls", "postgres", "macros", "uuid", "migrate", "chrono" ] }
 thiserror = "2.0"
-uuid = { version = "1.5", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.18", features = ["serde"] }
 validator = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/blueprint/macros/Cargo.toml.liquid b/blueprint/macros/Cargo.toml.liquid
index e57ebf34..46c54b00 100644
--- a/blueprint/macros/Cargo.toml.liquid
+++ b/blueprint/macros/Cargo.toml.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "{{project-name}}-macros"
 version = "0.0.1"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/blueprint/web/Cargo.toml.liquid b/blueprint/web/Cargo.toml.liquid
index 9dbe2196..7cf600d8 100644
--- a/blueprint/web/Cargo.toml.liquid
+++ b/blueprint/web/Cargo.toml.liquid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "{{project-name}}-web"
 version = "0.0.1"
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
@@ -19,18 +19,22 @@ axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["macros"] }
 {{project-name}}-db = { path = "../db" }
 {%- endunless %}
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.48", features = ["full"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.6", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-panic = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "registry", "fmt"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = [
+    "env-filter",
+    "registry",
+    "fmt",
+] }
 {% unless template_type == "minimal" -%}
-uuid = { version = "1.6", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.18", features = ["serde"] }
 {%- endunless %}
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 thiserror = "2.0"
 tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"], optional = true }
-hyper = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"], optional = true }
+hyper = { version = "1.7", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 {% unless template_type == "minimal" -%}
 validator = "0.20"
 {%- endunless %}