diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 246922c8fd..d77343faa8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ checksum = "fb00293ba84f51ce3bd026bd0de55899c4e68f0a39a5728cebae3a73ffdc0a4f"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ checksum = "c775f0d12169cba7aae4caeb547bb6a50781c7449a8aa53793827c9ec4abf488"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ checksum = "a22f4561524cd949590d78d7d4c5df8f592430d221f7f3c9497bbafd8972120f"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-bls12-377",
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-relations",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize",
  "ark-snark",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
  "blake2",
  "derivative",
  "digest 0.10.7",
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ checksum = "defd9a439d56ac24968cca0571f598a61bc8c55f71d50a89cda591cb750670ba"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-poly",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "derivative",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-bls12-377",
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-bls12-381",
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-bn254",
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ checksum = "ec847af850f44ad29048935519032c33da8aa03340876d351dfab5660d2966ba"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ff-asm",
  "ark-ff-macros",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "derivative",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "itertools 0.10.5",
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ checksum = "760ecac12a00211188c9101b63bd284b80da5abcc5d97d9d2b3803bca1f63a52"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d320bfc44ee185d899ccbadfa8bc31aab923ce1558716e1997a1e74057fe86bf"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "derivative",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
  "rayon",
@@ -419,44 +419,22 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "00796b6efc05a3f48225e59cb6a2cda78881e7c390872d5786aaf112f31fb4f0"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-std",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ark-serialize"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d6c2b318ee6e10f8c2853e73a83adc0ccb88995aa978d8a3408d492ab2ee671"
-dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize-derive 0.3.0",
- "ark-std 0.3.0",
- "digest 0.9.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-serialize"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adb7b85a02b83d2f22f89bd5cac66c9c89474240cb6207cb1efc16d098e822a5"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize-derive 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize-derive",
+ "ark-std",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "num-bigint",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ark-serialize-derive"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8dd4e5f0bf8285d5ed538d27fab7411f3e297908fd93c62195de8bee3f199e82"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-serialize-derive"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -476,18 +454,8 @@ checksum = "84d3cc6833a335bb8a600241889ead68ee89a3cf8448081fb7694c0fe503da63"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-relations",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ark-std"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1df2c09229cbc5a028b1d70e00fdb2acee28b1055dfb5ca73eea49c5a25c4e7c"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
- "rand 0.8.5",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1310,19 +1278,18 @@ checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 [[package]]
 name = "commit"
 version = "0.2.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/commit?tag=0.2.2#7e938186607f87da5fd642ce36313aaeab0cfaca"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/commit?tag=0.2.3#fa1d0cb00bda1cc06c239aaf3a692014489d88c8"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
- "ark-serialize 0.3.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
  "bitvec",
  "derivative",
  "derive_more",
  "funty",
- "generic-array",
  "hex",
  "serde",
  "sha3",
- "tagged-base64 0.2.4",
+ "tagged-base64 0.3.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2390,7 +2357,6 @@ version = "0.14.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
 dependencies = [
- "serde",
  "typenum",
  "version_check",
 ]
@@ -2680,8 +2646,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-pallas",
  "ark-poly",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "bincode",
  "bitvec",
  "ethereum-types",
@@ -2721,8 +2687,8 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-bn254",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "bincode",
  "bitvec",
  "digest 0.10.7",
@@ -2822,8 +2788,8 @@ name = "hotshot-types"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
  "async-lock",
  "async-std",
@@ -3302,8 +3268,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-pallas",
  "ark-poly",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "blst",
  "chacha20poly1305 0.10.1",
  "crypto_kx",
@@ -3341,8 +3307,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
  "ark-poly",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "derivative",
  "displaydoc",
  "downcast-rs",
@@ -3362,8 +3328,8 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/jellyfish#30752c6c1af7b933e2536
 dependencies = [
  "ark-ec",
  "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "rayon",
  "serde",
@@ -6333,28 +6299,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tagged-base64"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/tagged-base64?tag=0.2.4#9b9a5fae1e2fd41db8573657cfe169e8284eb6c9"
-dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize 0.3.0",
- "base64 0.13.1",
- "crc-any",
- "serde",
- "snafu",
- "tagged-base64-macros 0.2.0",
- "wasm-bindgen",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tagged-base64"
 version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "50189d4e81e3a3850799299cc908f28fb15740adccf8bd620f855be396e6e730"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "crc-any",
  "serde",
@@ -6368,8 +6320,8 @@ name = "tagged-base64"
 version = "0.3.4"
 source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/tagged-base64?tag=0.3.4#93be6f0f5c0ec8458f13dede3d2b68dcce12a608"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
- "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-std",
  "base64 0.21.3",
  "crc-any",
  "serde",
@@ -6378,16 +6330,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tagged-base64-macros"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/tagged-base64?tag=0.2.4#9b9a5fae1e2fd41db8573657cfe169e8284eb6c9"
-dependencies = [
- "ark-std 0.3.0",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tagged-base64-macros"
 version = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95023bb203..abc933b2fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bitvec = { version = "1.0.1", default-features = false, features = [
         "serde",
 ] }
 blake3 = "1.4"
-commit = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/commit", tag = "0.2.2" }
+commit = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/commit", tag = "0.2.3" }
 custom_debug = "0.5"
 digest = "0.10"
 either = { version = "1.8" }