diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8f08a200..4bc80da14 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "account-compression",
  "anchor-lang",
  "anchor-spl",
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "light-batched-merkle-tree",
  "light-bloom-filter",
  "light-bounded-vec",
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloc-no-stdlib",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "683d7910e743518b0e34f1186f92494becacb047c7b6bf616c96772180fef923"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anchor-attribute-access-control"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -449,7 +455,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d1da02abba9f9063d786eab1509833ebb2fac0f966862ca59439c76b9c566760"
 dependencies = [
  "include_dir",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -462,9 +468,20 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a22f4561524cd949590d78d7d4c5df8f592430d221f7f3c9497bbafd8972120f"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-ec",
- "ark-ff",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-ec 0.4.2",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-bn254"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d69eab57e8d2663efa5c63135b2af4f396d66424f88954c21104125ab6b3e6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "ark-ec 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.5.0",
+ "ark-std 0.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -473,13 +490,34 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "defd9a439d56ac24968cca0571f598a61bc8c55f71d50a89cda591cb750670ba"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-ff",
- "ark-poly",
- "ark-serialize",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
+ "ark-poly 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
  "derivative",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "num-traits",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-ec"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43d68f2d516162846c1238e755a7c4d131b892b70cc70c471a8e3ca3ed818fce"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "ark-ff 0.5.0",
+ "ark-poly 0.5.0",
+ "ark-serialize 0.5.0",
+ "ark-std 0.5.0",
+ "educe 0.6.0",
+ "fnv",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "num-bigint 0.4.6",
+ "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -490,13 +528,13 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec847af850f44ad29048935519032c33da8aa03340876d351dfab5660d2966ba"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-ff-asm",
- "ark-ff-macros",
- "ark-serialize",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-ff-asm 0.4.2",
+ "ark-ff-macros 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
  "derivative",
  "digest 0.10.7",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "num-traits",
  "paste",
@@ -504,6 +542,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-ff"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a177aba0ed1e0fbb62aa9f6d0502e9b46dad8c2eab04c14258a1212d2557ea70"
+dependencies = [
+ "ark-ff-asm 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff-macros 0.5.0",
+ "ark-serialize 0.5.0",
+ "ark-std 0.5.0",
+ "arrayvec",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "educe 0.6.0",
+ "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "num-bigint 0.4.6",
+ "num-traits",
+ "paste",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-ff-asm"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -514,6 +572,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-ff-asm"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62945a2f7e6de02a31fe400aa489f0e0f5b2502e69f95f853adb82a96c7a6b60"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-ff-macros"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -527,27 +595,68 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-ff-macros"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09be120733ee33f7693ceaa202ca41accd5653b779563608f1234f78ae07c4b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint 0.4.6",
+ "num-traits",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-poly"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d320bfc44ee185d899ccbadfa8bc31aab923ce1558716e1997a1e74057fe86bf"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
  "derivative",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-poly"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "579305839da207f02b89cd1679e50e67b4331e2f9294a57693e5051b7703fe27"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "ark-ff 0.5.0",
+ "ark-serialize 0.5.0",
+ "ark-std 0.5.0",
+ "educe 0.6.0",
+ "fnv",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-serialize"
 version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "adb7b85a02b83d2f22f89bd5cac66c9c89474240cb6207cb1efc16d098e822a5"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-serialize-derive",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-serialize-derive 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
+ "digest 0.10.7",
+ "num-bigint 0.4.6",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-serialize"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f4d068aaf107ebcd7dfb52bc748f8030e0fc930ac8e360146ca54c1203088f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "ark-serialize-derive 0.5.0",
+ "ark-std 0.5.0",
+ "arrayvec",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
 ]
@@ -563,6 +672,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-serialize-derive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "213888f660fddcca0d257e88e54ac05bca01885f258ccdf695bafd77031bb69d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-std"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -574,6 +694,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ark-std"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "246a225cc6131e9ee4f24619af0f19d67761fff15d7ccc22e42b80846e69449a"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -1809,12 +1939,24 @@ version = "0.4.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0f0042ff8246a363dbe77d2ceedb073339e85a804b9a47636c6e016a9a32c05f"
 dependencies = [
- "enum-ordinalize",
+ "enum-ordinalize 3.1.15",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "educe"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d7bc049e1bd8cdeb31b68bbd586a9464ecf9f3944af3958a7a9d0f8b9799417"
+dependencies = [
+ "enum-ordinalize 4.3.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -1869,6 +2011,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.85",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-ordinalize"
+version = "4.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fea0dcfa4e54eeb516fe454635a95753ddd39acda650ce703031c6973e315dd5"
+dependencies = [
+ "enum-ordinalize-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enum-ordinalize-derive"
+version = "4.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d28318a75d4aead5c4db25382e8ef717932d0346600cacae6357eb5941bc5ff"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.85",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2260,10 +2422,10 @@ version = "0.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acc65a9ef90161a41b67cd4611e113d09f3819a1d488e4effafde92fca70861d"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ec",
- "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-bn254 0.4.0",
+ "ark-ec 0.4.2",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
  "solana-program",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -2348,6 +2510,15 @@ version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.15.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "headers"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -2776,6 +2947,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -3012,8 +3192,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "light-concurrent-merkle-tree"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "borsh 0.10.3",
  "bytemuck",
  "light-bounded-vec",
@@ -3036,8 +3216,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "light-hash-set"
 version = "1.2.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "light-heap",
  "light-utils",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
@@ -3051,7 +3231,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "light-hasher"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
  "light-poseidon",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "sha3 0.10.8",
@@ -3129,8 +3309,8 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c9a85a9752c549ceb7578064b4ed891179d20acd85f27318573b64d2d7ee7ee"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.4.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "num-bigint 0.4.6",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -3170,9 +3350,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "light-prover-client"
 version = "1.2.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-serialize",
- "ark-std",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
+ "ark-std 0.4.0",
  "env_logger 0.11.5",
  "groth16-solana",
  "light-batched-merkle-tree",
@@ -3289,7 +3469,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anchor-lang",
  "anchor-spl",
  "anyhow",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "async-trait",
  "create-address-test-program",
  "forester-utils",
@@ -3332,8 +3512,8 @@ name = "light-utils"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "borsh 0.10.3",
  "bytemuck",
  "light-bounded-vec",
@@ -4249,7 +4429,7 @@ checksum = "59230a63c37f3e18569bdb90e4a89cbf5bf8b06fea0b84e65ea10cc4df47addd"
 dependencies = [
  "difflib",
  "float-cmp",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "normalize-line-endings",
  "predicates-core",
  "regex",
@@ -5419,7 +5599,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "im",
  "index_list",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "lz4",
@@ -5856,10 +6036,10 @@ name = "solana-program"
 version = "1.18.22"
 source = "git+https://github.com/lightprotocol/agave?branch=v1.18.22-enforce-cpi-tracking#79188f6896dfd827db58491c05217c1ec4b3c9b0"
 dependencies = [
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ec",
- "ark-ff",
- "ark-serialize",
+ "ark-bn254 0.4.0",
+ "ark-ec 0.4.2",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
+ "ark-serialize 0.4.2",
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bincode",
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
@@ -5875,7 +6055,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "console_log",
  "curve25519-dalek",
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "js-sys",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
@@ -5914,7 +6094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "eager",
  "enum-iterator",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "num-derive 0.4.2",
@@ -5993,7 +6173,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-mutex",
  "async-trait",
  "futures",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "quinn",
@@ -6117,7 +6297,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "im",
  "index_list",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "lru",
@@ -6192,7 +6372,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek-bip32",
  "generic-array",
  "hmac 0.12.1",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "js-sys",
  "lazy_static",
  "libsecp256k1",
@@ -6284,7 +6464,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "histogram",
  "indexmap 2.5.0",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "nix",
@@ -6414,7 +6594,7 @@ version = "1.18.22"
 source = "git+https://github.com/lightprotocol/agave?branch=v1.18.22-enforce-cpi-tracking#79188f6896dfd827db58491c05217c1ec4b3c9b0"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "log",
  "rustc_version",
  "serde",
@@ -6472,7 +6652,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "curve25519-dalek",
  "getrandom 0.1.16",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "merlin",
  "num-derive 0.4.2",
@@ -7535,7 +7715,7 @@ checksum = "911a61637386b789af998ee23f50aa30d5fd7edcec8d6d3dedae5e5815205466"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "bytes",
- "educe",
+ "educe 0.4.23",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "pin-project",
@@ -8487,8 +8667,8 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "account-compression",
  "anyhow",
- "ark-bn254",
- "ark-ff",
+ "ark-bn254 0.5.0",
+ "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "clap 4.5.23",
  "groth16-solana",
  "light-concurrent-merkle-tree",
diff --git a/circuit-lib/light-prover-client/Cargo.toml b/circuit-lib/light-prover-client/Cargo.toml
index 0e4451f56..5f2ae3810 100644
--- a/circuit-lib/light-prover-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/circuit-lib/light-prover-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ light-bounded-vec = { path = "../../merkle-tree/bounded-vec", version = "1.1.0"
 light-utils = { path = "../../utils", version = "1.1.0" }
 # ark dependencies
 ark-serialize = "0.4.2"
-ark-bn254 = { version = "0.4" }
+ark-bn254 = { version = "0.5" }
 ark-std = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["parallel"] }
 light-batched-merkle-tree = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/merkle-tree/concurrent/Cargo.toml b/merkle-tree/concurrent/Cargo.toml
index dfba68e5e..e09d0cfc0 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/concurrent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merkle-tree/concurrent/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ solana-program = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ark-bn254 = "0.4"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5"
 ark-ff = "0.4"
 light-merkle-tree-reference = { path = "../reference", version = "1.1.0" }
 light-hash-set = { workspace = true, features = ["solana"] }
diff --git a/merkle-tree/hash-set/Cargo.toml b/merkle-tree/hash-set/Cargo.toml
index 95875de99..82ed1ffaa 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/hash-set/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merkle-tree/hash-set/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ thiserror = "1.0"
 light-heap = { path = "../../heap", version = "1.1.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ark-bn254 = "0.4"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5"
 ark-ff = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
diff --git a/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml b/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
index 8d132ca94..9f40d331b 100644
--- a/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merkle-tree/hasher/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ solana-program = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "solana"))'.dependencies]
-ark-bn254 = "0.4.0"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5.0"
 sha2 = "0.10"
 sha3 = "0.10"
 
diff --git a/test-programs/account-compression-test/Cargo.toml b/test-programs/account-compression-test/Cargo.toml
index 4d73c3734..6e5569858 100644
--- a/test-programs/account-compression-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-programs/account-compression-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ default = ["custom-heap"]
 [dependencies]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ark-bn254 = "0.4.0"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5.0"
 ark-ff = "0.4.0"
 solana-program-test =  { workspace = true}
 light-test-utils = { version = "1.2.0", path = "../../test-utils", features=["devenv"] }
diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index e2ad7e3d9..4f66a8920 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ light-hasher = {workspace = true}
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4", features = ["rand"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 solana-program = { workspace = true }
-ark-bn254 = "0.4.0"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index ba5472e68..ff3525a7f 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 account-compression = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = "1.0"
-ark-bn254 = "0.4"
+ark-bn254 = "0.5"
 ark-ff = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 groth16-solana = "0.0.3"