diff --git a/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml b/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
index 63b7edbf2d..023d8b1cc3 100644
--- a/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ identity_stronghold = { path = "../../identity_stronghold", features = [
 identity_sui_name_tbd = { path = "../../identity_sui_name_tbd" }
 iota-sdk = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["stronghold"] }
 iota-sdk-move = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.git", package = "iota-sdk" }
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 prost = "0.13"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "alloc"] }
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index b8011a5e88..d00009ef0b 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ iota-sdk-legacy = { package = "iota-sdk", version = "1.0", default-features = fa
   "stronghold",
 ] }
 json-proof-token.workspace = true
-primitive-types = "0.12.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 sd-jwt-payload = { version = "0.2.1", default-features = false, features = [
   "sha",
diff --git a/identity_core/Cargo.toml b/identity_core/Cargo.toml
index 02d46938f8..0d11810b3d 100644
--- a/identity_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ strum.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 time = { version = "0.3.23", default-features = false, features = ["std", "serde", "parsing", "formatting"] }
 url = { version = "2.4", default-features = false, features = ["serde"] }
-zeroize = { version = "1.6", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(target_os = "wasi")))'.dependencies]
 js-sys = { version = "0.3.55", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity_credential/Cargo.toml b/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
index fd3323db9e..bff6cb356b 100644
--- a/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_credential/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "An implementation of the Verifiable Credentials standard."
 
 [dependencies]
+bls12_381_plus = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", default-features = false, features = ["rust_backend"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 identity_core = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_core", default-features = false }
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0.62"
 identity_eddsa_verifier = { path = "../identity_eddsa_verifier", default-features = false, features = ["ed25519"] }
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ed25519", "std", "random"] }
 proptest = { version = "1.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.35.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # To build locally:
diff --git a/identity_document/Cargo.toml b/identity_document/Cargo.toml
index 3c2779e04b..cd02c58728 100644
--- a/identity_document/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_document/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "Method-agnostic implementation of the Decentralized Identifiers (DID) standard."
 
 [dependencies]
-did_url_parser = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["std", "serde"] }
 identity_core = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_core" }
 identity_did = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_did" }
 identity_verification = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_verification", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity_iota/Cargo.toml b/identity_iota/Cargo.toml
index d07ddb24ef..de6baac5b7 100644
--- a/identity_iota/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_iota/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ identity_resolver = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_resolver", default
 identity_storage = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_storage", default-features = false, features = ["iota-document"] }
 identity_verification = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_verification", default-features = false }
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.64"
-iota-sdk = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["tls", "client"] }
-rand = "0.8.5"
-tokio = { version = "1.29.0", features = ["full"] }
-
 [features]
 default = ["revocation-bitmap", "client", "iota-client", "kinesis-client", "resolver"]
 
diff --git a/identity_iota_core/Cargo.toml b/identity_iota_core/Cargo.toml
index 271ac07bcd..67bfff956e 100644
--- a/identity_iota_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_iota_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,29 +12,25 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 description = "An IOTA Ledger integration for the IOTA DID Method."
 
 [dependencies]
-anyhow = { version = "1.0.57" }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.56", default-features = false, optional = true }
-futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 identity_core = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_core", default-features = false }
 identity_credential = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_credential", default-features = false, features = ["validator"] }
 identity_did = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_did", default-features = false }
 identity_document = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_document", default-features = false }
 identity_verification = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_verification", default-features = false }
-iota-sdk = { version = "1.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"], optional = true }
+iota-sdk = { version = "1.1.5", default-features = false, features = ["serde", "std"], optional = true }
 num-derive = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 once_cell = { version = "1.18", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 prefix-hex = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 ref-cast = { version = "1.0.14", default-features = false }
 serde.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
 strum.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["bip39", "bip39-en"] }
 proptest = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # To build locally:
diff --git a/identity_jose/Cargo.toml b/identity_jose/Cargo.toml
index 2258b87947..00c7826304 100644
--- a/identity_jose/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_jose/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ identity_core = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_core", default-feature
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["std", "sha"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-subtle = { version = "2.5", default-features = false }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 zeroize = { version = "1.6", default-features = false, features = ["std", "zeroize_derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-anyhow = "1"
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23", features = ["ed25519", "random", "hmac"] }
 p256 = { version = "0.13.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "ecdsa", "ecdsa-core"] }
 signature = { version = "2", default-features = false }
diff --git a/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml b/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
index 88fab622eb..0f63e2e521 100644
--- a/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_resolver/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ identity_credential = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_credential", def
 identity_did = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_did", default-features = false }
 identity_document = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_document", default-features = false }
 identity_sui_name_tbd = { path = "../identity_sui_name_tbd", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 strum.workspace = true
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/identity_sui_name_tbd/Cargo.toml b/identity_sui_name_tbd/Cargo.toml
index 925ef6b4dd..93098dc582 100644
--- a/identity_sui_name_tbd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity_sui_name_tbd/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ identity_eddsa_verifier = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_eddsa_verifi
 identity_iota_core = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_iota_core" }
 identity_jose = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_jose" }
 identity_verification = { version = "=1.2.0", path = "../identity_verification" }
-iota-config = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.git", package = "iota-config", tag = "v0.7.0-alpha" }
 iota-crypto = { version = "0.23" }
 iota-sdk = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.git", package = "iota-sdk", tag = "v0.7.0-alpha" }
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 move-core-types = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/iota.git", package = "move-core-types", tag = "v0.7.0-alpha" }
-rand = "0.8.5"
 secret-storage = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/secret-storage.git", branch = "main" }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde-aux = "4.5.0"