diff --git a/mutiny-core/Cargo.toml b/mutiny-core/Cargo.toml
index 52f589d41..53d8babcd 100644
--- a/mutiny-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mutiny-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "^1.0" }
 uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["v4"] }
 esplora-client = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
-lightning = { version = "0.0.117-alpha2", default-features = false, features = ["max_level_trace", "grind_signatures", "no-std"] }
-lightning-invoice = { version = "0.25.0-alpha2", default-features = false, features = ["no-std", "serde"] }
-lightning-rapid-gossip-sync = { version = "0.0.117-alpha2", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.0.117-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["max_level_trace", "grind_signatures", "no-std"] }
+lightning-invoice = { version = "0.25.0-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["no-std", "serde"] }
+lightning-rapid-gossip-sync = { version = "0.0.117-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
 chrono = "0.4.22"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
diff --git a/mutiny-core/src/event.rs b/mutiny-core/src/event.rs
index f4c7535e2..3652ea196 100644
--- a/mutiny-core/src/event.rs
+++ b/mutiny-core/src/event.rs
@@ -567,35 +567,6 @@ impl<S: MutinyStorage> EventHandler<S> {
             }
             Event::HTLCIntercepted { .. } => {}
             Event::BumpTransaction(event) => self.bump_tx_event_handler.handle_event(&event),
-            Event::InvoiceRequestFailed { payment_id } => {
-                match self
-                    .persister
-                    .read_payment_info(&payment_id.0, false, &self.logger)
-                {
-                    Some(mut saved_payment_info) => {
-                        saved_payment_info.status = HTLCStatus::Failed;
-                        saved_payment_info.last_update = crate::utils::now().as_secs();
-                        match self.persister.persist_payment_info(
-                            &payment_id.0,
-                            &saved_payment_info,
-                            false,
-                        ) {
-                            Ok(_) => (),
-                            Err(e) => log_error!(
-                                self.logger,
-                                "ERROR: could not persist payment info: {e}"
-                            ),
-                        }
-                    }
-                    None => {
-                        // we failed in a payment that we didn't have saved? ...
-                        log_warn!(
-                            self.logger,
-                            "WARN: payment failed but we did not have it stored"
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/mutiny-wasm/Cargo.toml b/mutiny-wasm/Cargo.toml
index 2c07b3e58..0480c7ec6 100644
--- a/mutiny-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mutiny-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4.33"
 serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "^1.0" }
 bitcoin = { version = "0.29.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "secp-recovery", "rand"] }
-lightning = { version = "0.0.117-alpha2", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
-lightning-invoice = { version = "0.25.0-alpha2", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
+lightning = { version = "0.0.117-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
+lightning-invoice = { version = "0.25.0-rc1", default-features = false, features = ["no-std"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 instant = { version = "0.1", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
 lnurl-rs = { version = "0.2.6", default-features = false }