diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4f79217b..68186c23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           7z a ${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.target }}.zip target\${{ matrix.target }}\release\${{ matrix.name }}.exe
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ matrix.target }}
           path: |
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./artifacts
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52dac066..798bb936 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower 0.5.0",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower 0.5.0",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "url",
  "wasmtimer",
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-json-abi",
  "alloy-sol-macro-input",
  "const-hex",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "indexmap",
  "proc-macro-error2",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-json-abi",
  "const-hex",
  "dunce",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde_json",
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 2.0.6",
  "tokio",
- "tower 0.5.0",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "url",
  "wasmtimer",
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-transport",
  "reqwest",
  "serde_json",
- "tower 0.5.0",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tracing",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -985,14 +985,14 @@ checksum = "0c4b4d0bd25bd0b74681c0ad21497610ce1b7c91b1022cd21c80c6fbdd9476b0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
+checksum = "6d6fd624c75e18b3b4c6b9caf42b1afe24437daaee904069137d8bab077be8b8"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "axum-macros",
  "bytes",
+ "form_urlencoded",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tokio",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1020,11 +1020,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a15c63fd72d41492dc4f497196f5da1fb04fb7529e631d73630d1b491e47a2e3"
+checksum = "df1362f362fd16024ae199c1970ce98f9661bf5ef94b9808fee734bc3698b733"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -1033,7 +1032,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
- "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1041,9 +1040,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-extra"
-version = "0.9.3"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0be6ea09c9b96cb5076af0de2e383bd2bc0c18f827cf1967bdd353e0b910d733"
+checksum = "460fc6f625a1f7705c6cf62d0d070794e94668988b1c38111baeec177c715f7b"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "axum-core",
@@ -1056,19 +1055,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "serde",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-macros"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00c055ee2d014ae5981ce1016374e8213682aa14d9bf40e48ab48b5f3ef20eaa"
+checksum = "604fde5e028fea851ce1d8570bbdc034bec850d157f7569d10f347d06808c05c"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.90",
@@ -1305,6 +1302,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aes 0.8.4",
  "alloy",
+ "async-trait",
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bimap",
@@ -1485,7 +1483,7 @@ version = "4.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "528131438037fd55894f62d6e9f068b8f45ac57ffa77517819645d10aed04f64"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.90",
@@ -2449,12 +2447,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2849,9 +2841,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -4132,7 +4124,7 @@ version = "0.26.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4c6bee85a5a24955dc440386795aa378cd9cf82acd5f764469152d2270e581be"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
@@ -4498,16 +4490,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "36b837f86b25d7c0d7988f00a54e74739be6477f2aac6201b8f429a7569991b7"
+checksum = "d039ad9159c98b70ecfd540b2573b97f7f52c3e8d9f8ad57a24b916a536975f9"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
+ "tokio",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4518,9 +4512,9 @@ checksum = "121c2a6cda46980bb0fcd1647ffaf6cd3fc79a013de288782836f6df9c48780e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
+checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c8e5ecc3..cd60da32 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ ssz_types = "0.8"
 ethereum_serde_utils = "0.7.0"
 
 # networking
-axum = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["macros"] }
-axum-extra = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["typed-header"] }
+axum = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["macros"] }
+axum-extra = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["typed-header"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json", "stream"] }
 headers = "0.4.0"
 
diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 5cb8a410..1ff1c979 100644
--- a/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ reqwest.workspace = true
 
 # async / threads
 tokio.workspace = true
+async-trait.workspace = true
 
 # serialization
 toml.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/common/src/pbs/constants.rs b/crates/common/src/pbs/constants.rs
index 07f9faf4..3da8d96d 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/pbs/constants.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/pbs/constants.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::constants::COMMIT_BOOST_VERSION;
 
 pub const BUILDER_API_PATH: &str = "/eth/v1/builder";
 
-pub const GET_HEADER_PATH: &str = "/header/:slot/:parent_hash/:pubkey";
+pub const GET_HEADER_PATH: &str = "/header/{slot}/{parent_hash}/{pubkey}";
 pub const GET_STATUS_PATH: &str = "/status";
 pub const REGISTER_VALIDATOR_PATH: &str = "/validators";
 pub const SUBMIT_BLOCK_PATH: &str = "/blinded_blocks";
diff --git a/crates/common/src/pbs/event.rs b/crates/common/src/pbs/event.rs
index f7954907..d4049781 100644
--- a/crates/common/src/pbs/event.rs
+++ b/crates/common/src/pbs/event.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use alloy::{primitives::B256, rpc::types::beacon::relay::ValidatorRegistration};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
 use axum::{
-    async_trait,
     extract::State,
     response::{IntoResponse, Response},
     routing::post,