diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 830dc37..5ad67d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2095,19 +2095,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "utf8-decode",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jsonpath-rust"
-version = "0.7.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69a61b87f6a55cc6c28fed5739dd36b9642321ce63e4a5e4a4715d69106f4a10"
-dependencies = [
- "pest",
- "pest_derive",
- "regex",
- "serde_json",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "keccak"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -2503,7 +2490,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "next-gen-signatures"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-bls12-381",
@@ -2519,7 +2506,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iref",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "json-ld",
- "jsonpath-rust",
  "legogroth16",
  "multibase",
  "num-bigint",
@@ -2544,7 +2530,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "next-gen-signing-service"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "next-gen-signatures",
  "paste",
@@ -2986,51 +2972,6 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b687ff7b5da449d39e418ad391e5e08da53ec334903ddbb921db208908fc372c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pest"
-version = "2.7.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "879952a81a83930934cbf1786752d6dedc3b1f29e8f8fb2ad1d0a36f377cf442"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "thiserror",
- "ucd-trie",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_derive"
-version = "2.7.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d214365f632b123a47fd913301e14c946c61d1c183ee245fa76eb752e59a02dd"
-dependencies = [
- "pest",
- "pest_generator",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_generator"
-version = "2.7.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb55586734301717aea2ac313f50b2eb8f60d2fc3dc01d190eefa2e625f60c4e"
-dependencies = [
- "pest",
- "pest_meta",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.87",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pest_meta"
-version = "2.7.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b75da2a70cf4d9cb76833c990ac9cd3923c9a8905a8929789ce347c84564d03d"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "pest",
- "sha2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -4634,12 +4575,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ucd-trie"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2896d95c02a80c6d6a5d6e953d479f5ddf2dfdb6a244441010e373ac0fb88971"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "uncased"
 version = "0.9.10"
diff --git a/next-gen-signatures/Cargo.toml b/next-gen-signatures/Cargo.toml
index 9fcb6ed..9627299 100644
--- a/next-gen-signatures/Cargo.toml
+++ b/next-gen-signatures/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "next-gen-signatures"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ bbs = [
     "dep:multibase",
     "dep:serde_json",
     "dep:serde",
+    "dep:itertools",
 
     "dep:regex",
     "dep:tokio",
@@ -76,8 +77,7 @@ regex = { version = "1.11.0", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.40.0", optional = true }
 rdf-canon = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", optional = true }
-jsonpath-rust = "0.7.3"
-itertools = "0.13.0"
+itertools = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
diff --git a/next-gen-signing-service/Cargo.toml b/next-gen-signing-service/Cargo.toml
index fbb1096..8d99d58 100644
--- a/next-gen-signing-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/next-gen-signing-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "next-gen-signing-service"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]