diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb4c22b..1366e9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vbs"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.75.0"
 authors = ["Espresso Systems <hello@espressosys.com>"]
diff --git a/src/binary_serializer.rs b/src/binary_serializer.rs
index 194f346..9a6d791 100644
--- a/src/binary_serializer.rs
+++ b/src/binary_serializer.rs
@@ -15,17 +15,13 @@ pub trait BinarySerializer {
 
     // TODO: `Versioned` trait
 
-    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize;
+    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
 
     fn deserialize_no_version<'a, T>(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<T>
     where
         T: Deserialize<'a>;
 
-    fn serialize<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize;
+    fn serialize<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
 
     fn deserialize<'a, T>(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<T>
     where
diff --git a/src/bincode_serializer.rs b/src/bincode_serializer.rs
index ac3d397..a220723 100644
--- a/src/bincode_serializer.rs
+++ b/src/bincode_serializer.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ pub struct BincodeSerializer<VER: StaticVersionType>(PhantomData<VER>);
 impl<VER: StaticVersionType> BinarySerializer for BincodeSerializer<VER> {
     const MAJOR: u16 = VER::MAJOR;
     const MINOR: u16 = VER::MINOR;
-    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize,
-    {
+    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         Ok(bincode::serialize(value)?)
     }
 
@@ -26,10 +23,7 @@ impl<VER: StaticVersionType> BinarySerializer for BincodeSerializer<VER> {
         Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes)?)
     }
 
-    fn serialize<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize,
-    {
+    fn serialize<T: ?Sized + Serialize>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         let mut vec = Self::version().serialize();
         bincode::serialize_into(vec.by_ref(), value)?;
         Ok(vec)
@@ -80,17 +74,13 @@ pub trait VersionedBinarySerializer {
 
     // TODO: `Versioned` trait
 
-    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize + Versioned;
+    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized + Serialize + Versioned>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
 
     fn deserialize_no_version<'a, T>(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<T>
     where
         T: Deserialize<'a> + Versioned;
 
-    fn serialize<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize + Versioned;
+    fn serialize<T: ?Sized + Serialize + Versioned>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>;
 
     fn deserialize<'a, T>(bytes: &'a [u8]) -> Result<T>
     where
@@ -103,10 +93,7 @@ impl<VER: StaticVersionType> VersionedBinarySerializer for VersionedBincodeSeria
     const MINOR: u16 = VER::MINOR;
     type StaticVersion = VER;
 
-    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize + Versioned,
-    {
+    fn serialize_no_version<T: ?Sized + Serialize + Versioned>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         #[allow(clippy::let_unit_value)]
         let _ = VersionChecker::<VER, T>::VERSION_MISMATCH;
 
@@ -123,10 +110,7 @@ impl<VER: StaticVersionType> VersionedBinarySerializer for VersionedBincodeSeria
         Ok(bincode::deserialize(bytes)?)
     }
 
-    fn serialize<T: ?Sized>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
-    where
-        T: Serialize + Versioned,
-    {
+    fn serialize<T: ?Sized + Serialize + Versioned>(value: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
         #[allow(clippy::let_unit_value)]
         let _ = VersionChecker::<VER, T>::VERSION_MISMATCH;
 
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
index f2ed797..9e5da58 100644
--- a/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ use core::fmt::Debug;
 use derive_more::Display;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Display, Eq, Hash, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+#[derive(
+    Clone, Copy, Debug, Deserialize, Display, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Serialize,
+)]
 /// Type for protocol version number
 #[display(fmt = "{major}.{minor}")]
 pub struct Version {
@@ -89,6 +91,24 @@ mod private {
 mod test {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_compare_version() {
+        let v1 = Version { major: 1, minor: 3 };
+        let v2 = Version { major: 1, minor: 2 };
+
+        assert!(v1 > v2);
+
+        let v3 = Version { major: 2, minor: 3 };
+        let v4 = Version { major: 1, minor: 3 };
+
+        assert!(v3 > v4);
+
+        let v5 = Version { major: 2, minor: 2 };
+        let v6 = Version { major: 1, minor: 3 };
+
+        assert!(v5 > v6);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_version_display() {
         assert_eq!("1.2", Version { major: 1, minor: 2 }.to_string());