diff --git a/contracts/adder/Cargo.toml b/contracts/adder/Cargo.toml
index eaae18d9..28baa40f 100644
--- a/contracts/adder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/adder/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/adder.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/adder/interact/Cargo.toml b/contracts/adder/interact/Cargo.toml
index 923d462d..b88c915e 100644
--- a/contracts/adder/interact/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/adder/interact/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ features = ["derive"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-snippets]
-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/adder/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/adder/meta/Cargo.toml
index 657af6ce..7897d951 100644
--- a/contracts/adder/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/adder/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4bc38e0d..ff8ee7b0
--- a/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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 [[package]]
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -112,27 +113,27 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.toml
index b760d3d1..8a45ed5f 100644
--- a/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/adder/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/Cargo.toml b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/Cargo.toml
index ca1386cd..eb0d38f8 100644
--- a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/bonding_curve_contract.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/meta/Cargo.toml
index fbddd3fd..d868a2e9 100644
--- a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 5e7a45b2..195e8894 100644
--- a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -113,36 +114,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 3e60652c..7d9c563d 100644
--- a/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/bonding-curve-contract/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/check-pause/Cargo.toml b/contracts/check-pause/Cargo.toml
index 3c468a52..8639dbea 100644
--- a/contracts/check-pause/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/check-pause/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ path = "src/check_pause.rs"
 num-bigint = "0.4.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/check-pause/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/check-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
index 2c331cde..1e61c9ad 100644
--- a/contracts/check-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/check-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ authors = ["Alin Cruceat <alin.cruceat@multiversx.com>"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
index c7d67b1a..100ae39b 100644
--- a/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -113,36 +114,36 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
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@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 7d71ee20..cdc63c7b 100644
--- a/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/check-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/Cargo.toml
index 74649c01..22d2fdf9 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/crowdfunding_esdt.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 num-bigint = "0.4.2"
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ num-traits = "0.2"
 hex = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/meta/Cargo.toml
index f792bdf1..aebcc941 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.lock
index bdf0cc44..6ef8cab2 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -112,27 +113,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 31580480..209f9d83 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crowdfunding-esdt/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/Cargo.toml
index 17599048..70e2b57c 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/crypto_bubbles.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/meta/Cargo.toml
index 4cea100e..0285a69e 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index f488d0a8..04a723af
--- a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -112,27 +113,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.toml
index a4455f7b..2d88b40b 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-bubbles/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/kitty/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/kitty/Cargo.toml
index f007d16d..752223a2 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/kitty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/kitty/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.random]
 version = "0.0.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/random/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/random/Cargo.toml
index df44f602..c7037899 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/random/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/common/random/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/Cargo.toml
index 13effdeb..5f2f0e4d 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 path = "../kitty-ownership"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/meta/Cargo.toml
index fcfa070a..d74a0c3e 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index ffce9f07..8262c159
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -110,9 +111,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -141,27 +142,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -192,9 +193,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -242,6 +243,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -253,3 +265,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 5dcf4e60..bb1f71ee 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-auction/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/Cargo.toml
index 658265b5..4166e545 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 path = "../common/random"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/meta/Cargo.toml
index 7d63efa8..47bd9b8c 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 42c5e11f..2e41de22
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -122,27 +123,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -223,6 +224,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -234,3 +246,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.toml
index aed4f519..ee2cb2e7 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-genetic-alg/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/Cargo.toml
index 7b74aa40..cbcf12d4 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 path = "../kitty-genetic-alg"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/meta/Cargo.toml
index 4a135431..8421def7 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/src/lib.rs b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/src/lib.rs
index d0b4d707..af18bbeb 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use random::*;
 
 #[multiversx_sc::contract]
 pub trait KittyOwnership {
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[init]
     fn init(
         &self,
@@ -569,11 +570,11 @@ pub trait KittyOwnership {
                 // send birth fee to caller
                 let fee = self.birth_fee().get();
                 self.send().direct_egld(&original_caller, &fee);
-            },
+            }
             ManagedAsyncCallResult::Err(_) => {
                 // this can only fail if the kitty_genes contract address is invalid
                 // in which case, the only thing we can do is call this again later
-            },
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e3cd38d6..5b0a4288
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -101,9 +102,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -132,27 +133,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -168,9 +169,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -183,9 +184,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -233,6 +234,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -244,3 +256,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.toml
index e5c92d8f..78210612 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-kitties/kitty-ownership/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-zombies/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-zombies/Cargo.toml
index 195d0466..d5244778 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-zombies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-zombies/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-zombies/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-zombies/meta/Cargo.toml
index d1cb8274..576c6011 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-zombies/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-zombies/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 146dbd74..49f92046
--- a/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -81,9 +82,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -112,27 +113,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 7cc2cf19..d9029caa 100644
--- a/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/crypto-zombies/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/digital-cash/Cargo.toml b/contracts/digital-cash/Cargo.toml
index 9fa6df77..094ade95 100644
--- a/contracts/digital-cash/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/digital-cash/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/digital_cash.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/digital-cash/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/digital-cash/meta/Cargo.toml
index cc347cb4..52cc0094 100644
--- a/contracts/digital-cash/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/digital-cash/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.lock
index a0d454eb..ad2f34dd 100644
--- a/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
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  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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+ "syn 1.0.109",
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+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
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@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
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+
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.toml
index bbdbeb04..0b8e5d1d 100644
--- a/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/digital-cash/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/empty/Cargo.toml b/contracts/empty/Cargo.toml
index 910fd534..c87295cd 100644
--- a/contracts/empty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/empty/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/empty.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
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 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/empty/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/empty/meta/Cargo.toml
index ebcb9e9a..88ae44d1 100644
--- a/contracts/empty/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/empty/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0356a9c6..8261996c
--- a/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
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  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
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- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
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  "proc-macro2",
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  "radix_trie",
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+ "syn 1.0.109",
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
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+
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.toml
index de4d55bf..0f65d9a9 100644
--- a/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/empty/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ panic = "abort"
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
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diff --git a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/Cargo.toml b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/Cargo.toml
index 024a4ca1..575c1ce9 100644
--- a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/meta/Cargo.toml
index 4adf5c83..ddd42e98 100644
--- a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 168665a3..d9b3ffca 100644
--- a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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+ "syn 1.0.109",
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+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
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+ "unicode-ident",
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+dependencies = [
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+
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
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diff --git a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.toml
index dabd6399..80e23b75 100644
--- a/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/esdt-transfer-with-fee/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
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diff --git a/contracts/factorial/Cargo.toml b/contracts/factorial/Cargo.toml
index f167e3d6..0287a2f5 100644
--- a/contracts/factorial/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/factorial/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
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+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/factorial/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/factorial/meta/Cargo.toml
index 255f88e7..76cc6290 100644
--- a/contracts/factorial/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/factorial/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
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diff --git a/contracts/factorial/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/factorial/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 3393a3e3..c5cc19f4
--- a/contracts/factorial/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/factorial/wasm/Cargo.lock
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  "once_cell",
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index c945baea..dc863f74 100644
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index 1819320a..9df2b0a4 100644
--- a/contracts/fractional-nfts/Cargo.toml
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index 4fcb9e98..5b978f30 100644
--- a/contracts/fractional-nfts/meta/Cargo.toml
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index 58ee3b7a..22e78ee5 100644
--- a/contracts/fractional-nfts/wasm/Cargo.toml
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index aa388016..02772feb 100644
--- a/contracts/liquid-locking/wasm/Cargo.lock
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diff --git a/contracts/lottery-esdt/Cargo.toml b/contracts/lottery-esdt/Cargo.toml
index 407bba61..44344077 100644
--- a/contracts/lottery-esdt/Cargo.toml
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index f50dcca7..57f4e43c 100644
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old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 2dfb8f7b..ebc11348
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+++ b/contracts/lottery-esdt/wasm/Cargo.lock
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index e3ec3616..5af6981e 100644
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index fee0243d..1f0d4c0a 100644
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 num-bigint = "0.4.2"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2"
 hex = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.adder]
 path = "../adder"
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ path = "../adder"
 path = "../factorial"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-wegld-swap-sc]
-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/interact/Cargo.toml b/contracts/multisig/interact/Cargo.toml
index 51e684ee..27702277 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/interact/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/interact/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ features = ["derive"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-snippets]
-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "=0.43.4"
+version = "=0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/interact/src/multisig_interact_wegld.rs b/contracts/multisig/interact/src/multisig_interact_wegld.rs
index 5cbf5198..7d9c6de9 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/interact/src/multisig_interact_wegld.rs
+++ b/contracts/multisig/interact/src/multisig_interact_wegld.rs
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ impl MultisigInteract {
                     .call(self.state.multisig().propose_async_call(
                         contract_call.basic.to,
                         0u64,
-                        contract_call.basic.endpoint_name,
-                        contract_call.basic.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
+                        contract_call.basic.function_call.function_name,
+                        contract_call.basic.function_call.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
                     ))
                     .from(&self.wallet_address)
                     .gas_limit("10,000,000"),
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/multisig/meta/Cargo.toml
index 491a5964..954daa0c 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/multicontract.toml b/contracts/multisig/sc-config.toml
similarity index 92%
rename from contracts/multisig/multicontract.toml
rename to contracts/multisig/sc-config.toml
index 7e2abb97..a05e1578 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/multicontract.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/sc-config.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ add-labels = ["multisig-external-view"]
 [contracts.view]
 name = "multisig-view"
 external-view = true
+add-unlabelled = false
 add-labels = ["multisig-external-view"]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/src/multisig_propose.rs b/contracts/multisig/src/multisig_propose.rs
index 0ebd6d8a..3bdd6a1a 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/src/multisig_propose.rs
+++ b/contracts/multisig/src/multisig_propose.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ pub trait MultisigProposeModule: crate::multisig_state::MultisigStateModule {
     /// Can send EGLD without calling anything.
     /// Can call smart contract endpoints directly.
     /// Doesn't really work with builtin functions.
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[endpoint(proposeTransferExecute)]
     fn propose_transfer_execute(
         &self,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ pub trait MultisigProposeModule: crate::multisig_state::MultisigStateModule {
     /// Can use ESDTTransfer/ESDTNFTTransfer/MultiESDTTransfer to send tokens, while also optionally calling endpoints.
     /// Works well with builtin functions.
     /// Cannot simply send EGLD directly without calling anything.
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[endpoint(proposeAsyncCall)]
     fn propose_async_call(
         &self,
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/tests/multisig_blackbox_test.rs b/contracts/multisig/tests/multisig_blackbox_test.rs
index f9bb5043..be703194 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/tests/multisig_blackbox_test.rs
+++ b/contracts/multisig/tests/multisig_blackbox_test.rs
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ impl MultisigTestState {
                 self.multisig_contract.propose_transfer_execute(
                     to,
                     egld_amount,
-                    contract_call.endpoint_name,
-                    contract_call.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
+                    contract_call.function_call.function_name,
+                    contract_call.function_call.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
                 ),
             ))
     }
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ impl MultisigTestState {
                 self.multisig_contract.propose_async_call(
                     to,
                     egld_amount,
-                    contract_call.endpoint_name,
-                    contract_call.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
+                    contract_call.function_call.function_name,
+                    contract_call.function_call.arg_buffer.into_multi_value_encoded(),
                 ),
             ))
     }
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.lock b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.lock
index 9e165fe1..30b7494e 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -113,36 +114,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.toml b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.toml
index 3da75b74..54d679eb 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-full/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.lock b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.lock
index 3c43e69c..cd056efe 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -113,36 +114,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.toml b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.toml
index 038b41a0..ef498edb 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm-multisig-view/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5080cc30..5cd5df56
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -113,36 +114,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 030c7883..d9023972 100644
--- a/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/multisig/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/Cargo.toml
index 94d8a570..26c8522e 100644
--- a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/meta/Cargo.toml
index 77f0a821..3f67c062 100644
--- a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ authors = [ "you",]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/src/lib.rs b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/src/lib.rs
index 48bc3442..23ec457d 100644
--- a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod types;
 
 #[multiversx_sc::contract]
 pub trait MvxGameSc: storage::StorageModule + owner::OwnerModule + private::PrivateModule {
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[init]
     fn init(
         &self,
diff --git a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.lock
index abc2a424..75cd60c3 100644
--- a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -191,9 +192,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62bb4feee49fdd9f707ef802e22365a35de4b7b299de4763d44bfea899442ff9"
+checksum = "942b4a808e05215192e39f4ab80813e599068285906cc91aa64f923db842bd5a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.toml
index bc6eb69b..a4808496 100644
--- a/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/mvx-game-sc/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/mystery-box/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/mystery-box/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 30caf5ba..af1b2d2c 100644
--- a/contracts/mystery-box/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/mystery-box/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/nft-escrow/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-escrow/Cargo.toml
index 1631740b..56616be3 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-escrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-escrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ publish = false
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-escrow/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-escrow/meta/Cargo.toml
index cf1cbcfd..53a9b000 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-escrow/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-escrow/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ authors = [ "you",]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.lock
index cce0feda..ad97320a 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -191,9 +192,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62bb4feee49fdd9f707ef802e22365a35de4b7b299de4763d44bfea899442ff9"
+checksum = "942b4a808e05215192e39f4ab80813e599068285906cc91aa64f923db842bd5a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 4e7db800..cbcff2ce 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-escrow/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-minter/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-minter/Cargo.toml
index d3dc6279..33c20ba2 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-minter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-minter/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
index e1043a4c..8d56b495 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-minter/src/lib.rs b/contracts/nft-minter/src/lib.rs
index 9c16cb50..c8ef5dee 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-minter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/contracts/nft-minter/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub trait NftMinter: nft_module::NftModule {
 
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     #[allow(clippy::redundant_closure)]
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[only_owner]
     #[endpoint(createNft)]
     fn create_nft(
diff --git a/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 61b964d8..b69c81c8 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
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+version = "0.8.6"
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  "once_cell",
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+ "zerocopy",
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+ "syn 1.0.109",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
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diff --git a/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
index b309e086..385bd998 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
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diff --git a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/Cargo.toml
index c5265153..8cd7c414 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
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+version = "0.44.0"
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+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/meta/Cargo.toml
index 2a016995..aa8c127f 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ publish = false
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 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 1a319677..2a308f9d
--- a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
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  "once_cell",
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+ "zerocopy",
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+ "syn 1.0.109",
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
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+
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 3677d62c..9a408836 100644
--- a/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/nft-storage-prepay/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/order-book/factory/Cargo.toml b/contracts/order-book/factory/Cargo.toml
index 4c0337eb..4fe77580 100644
--- a/contracts/order-book/factory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/order-book/factory/Cargo.toml
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+version = "0.44.0"
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/order-book/factory/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/order-book/factory/meta/Cargo.toml
index 469fa1b2..45f83deb 100644
--- a/contracts/order-book/factory/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/order-book/factory/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
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-version = "0.43.4"
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diff --git a/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 65dc65e3..7a734f5f 100644
--- a/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
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  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
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+dependencies = [
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+ "quote",
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diff --git a/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 0524f771..af0142d2 100644
--- a/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/order-book/factory/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ panic = "abort"
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diff --git a/contracts/order-book/pair/Cargo.toml b/contracts/order-book/pair/Cargo.toml
index 1be99aa0..7919392a 100644
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index b0fe762b..91e7ce19 100644
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index 538de250..d9a8782b 100644
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
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@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/order-book/pair/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/order-book/pair/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 41148076..b4c08ed0 100644
--- a/contracts/order-book/pair/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/order-book/pair/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/paymaster/Cargo.toml b/contracts/paymaster/Cargo.toml
index 0db9c936..5376f65a 100644
--- a/contracts/paymaster/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/paymaster/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ path = "src/paymaster.rs"
 num-bigint = "0.4.2"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.adder]
 path = "../adder"
diff --git a/contracts/paymaster/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/paymaster/meta/Cargo.toml
index 20157c88..014253e6 100644
--- a/contracts/paymaster/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/paymaster/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ authors = [ "you",]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 7f67dc92..86bfdad1 100644
--- a/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 065dc288..b943f004 100644
--- a/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/paymaster/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/Cargo.toml b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/Cargo.toml
index 5bd7d3d9..be885fbd 100644
--- a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/ping_pong.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/meta/Cargo.toml
index 2188b3ca..fb39d978 100644
--- a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 9a95a8d7..68d7d979
--- a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
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@@ -163,9 +164,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.toml
index feab73ae..0a69e332 100644
--- a/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/ping-pong-egld/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/price-aggregator/Cargo.toml b/contracts/price-aggregator/Cargo.toml
index 37e4a230..a6ae781f 100644
--- a/contracts/price-aggregator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/price-aggregator/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "multiversx-price-aggregator-sc"
-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
 authors = ["Claudiu-Marcel Bruda <claudiu.bruda@multiversx.com>", "MultiversX <contact@multiversx.com>"]
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.arrayvec]
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 default-features = false
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/price-aggregator/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/price-aggregator/meta/Cargo.toml
index bc60b32e..e6d30306 100644
--- a/contracts/price-aggregator/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/price-aggregator/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.lock
index e6cd8f99..9d21b8b4 100644
--- a/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-price-aggregator-sc"
-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "multiversx-sc",
@@ -83,9 +84,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
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  "hashbrown",
@@ -114,36 +115,36 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -159,9 +160,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -174,9 +175,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -217,6 +218,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -228,3 +240,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 2841d213..e21a32a8 100644
--- a/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/price-aggregator/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["."]
diff --git a/contracts/proxy-pause/Cargo.toml b/contracts/proxy-pause/Cargo.toml
index b28c387c..4d34eed7 100644
--- a/contracts/proxy-pause/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/proxy-pause/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/proxy_pause.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies.check-pause]
 path = "../check-pause"
diff --git a/contracts/proxy-pause/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/proxy-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
index c8da7107..aa5d29e0 100644
--- a/contracts/proxy-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/proxy-pause/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ authors = ["you"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
index b4e55623..9225a3db 100644
--- a/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -206,6 +207,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
index a221bd22..9b93e0ba 100644
--- a/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/proxy-pause/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/rewards-distribution/Cargo.toml b/contracts/rewards-distribution/Cargo.toml
index 4cdae769..9c47b1e2 100644
--- a/contracts/rewards-distribution/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/rewards-distribution/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/rewards_distribution.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/rewards-distribution/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/rewards-distribution/meta/Cargo.toml
index 67c6ea74..d0bc5504 100644
--- a/contracts/rewards-distribution/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/rewards-distribution/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ authors = ["Claudiu-Marcel Bruda <claudiu.bruda@multiversx.com>"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.lock
index c54b2451..39f96080 100644
--- a/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,36 +98,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -142,9 +143,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 7030a73c..4019ec1f 100644
--- a/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/rewards-distribution/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/Cargo.toml b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/Cargo.toml
index 3c5ec28f..51d7a7b6 100644
--- a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/seed_nft_minter.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
index b6b3a5ec..800d5af8 100644
--- a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ authors = ["Claudiu-Marcel Bruda <claudiu.bruda@multiversx.com>"]
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/src/seed_nft_minter.rs b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/src/seed_nft_minter.rs
index 23bb6d28..5e42c7a7 100644
--- a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/src/seed_nft_minter.rs
+++ b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/src/seed_nft_minter.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub trait SeedNftMinter:
         self.init_distribution(distribution);
     }
 
+    #[allow_multiple_var_args]
     #[only_owner]
     #[endpoint(createNft)]
     fn create_nft(
diff --git a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 92e3c5bd..8a1a16ea 100644
--- a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,36 +98,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-modules"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -142,9 +143,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.16"
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+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
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@@ -157,9 +158,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
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@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
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+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 8e8e1eb6..e7790884 100644
--- a/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/seed-nft-minter/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/token-release/Cargo.toml b/contracts/token-release/Cargo.toml
index 446c8b82..14ae7276 100644
--- a/contracts/token-release/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/token-release/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "src/token_release.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/token-release/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/token-release/meta/Cargo.toml
index 680e7fa9..73191778 100644
--- a/contracts/token-release/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/token-release/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.lock
index a516db1a..e4634730 100644
--- a/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
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 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
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  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,27 +98,27 @@ dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-derive"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
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@@ -148,9 +149,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -191,6 +192,17 @@ dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -217,3 +229,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 4995f718..a858259a 100644
--- a/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/token-release/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/wegld-swap/Cargo.toml b/contracts/wegld-swap/Cargo.toml
index 138945cd..df46569d 100644
--- a/contracts/wegld-swap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/wegld-swap/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
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-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
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 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
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@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 path = "src/wegld.rs"
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-modules]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 [dev-dependencies.multiversx-sc-scenario]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/wegld-swap/meta/Cargo.toml b/contracts/wegld-swap/meta/Cargo.toml
index 22457c25..976cd988 100644
--- a/contracts/wegld-swap/meta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/wegld-swap/meta/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ publish = false
 path = ".."
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [dependencies.multiversx-sc-meta]
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
diff --git a/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.lock b/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.lock
index 97deaf06..179d696c 100644
--- a/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.lock
+++ b/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.6"
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-checksum = "2c99f64d1e06488f620f932677e24bc6e2897582980441ae90a671415bd7ec2f"
+checksum = "91429305e9f0a25f6205c5b8e0d2db09e0708a7a6df0f42212bb56c32c8ac97a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "406939660d0c79dd191c6677f4b048df873a95f4531d8abafc9cdbe282bf1725"
+checksum = "db6c3347b9ebfa2886c866b7740dbeac14d087accd52ec0e71961d54508e819b"
 dependencies = [
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  "hashbrown",
@@ -97,43 +98,43 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "9e006240993963b482fe0682ae49b2d07255495e3c86706925d119137376cdfc"
+checksum = "cb7624ccef17a2378fb5d5d741497d224ee1650b90504d57988c1fa648f374a5"
 dependencies = [
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  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "radix_trie",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
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-checksum = "75dc2548fe5072cad37b5c816d2344d7cd12e8cafb1a0ff8bbf2bc1829054710"
+checksum = "bb542d310c66d72c0c9cab6cc78f0750322b76cd074b88d9f84fcbc42d62893d"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "multiversx-sc-wasm-adapter"
-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40e721d1bc80de2ede4099a9040519486c3c1139cb0287d8fc4f9fc3e8a3f19e"
+checksum = "25a23b0a10bf77174c11178d510555cc875e1f557d4256cbbe4d9c2dbf60d00d"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.43.3"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "multiversx-sc",
  "multiversx-sc-modules",
@@ -158,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
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-checksum = "f30b0abd723be7e2ffca1272140fac1a2f084c77ec3e123c192b66af1ee9e6c2"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
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@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -216,6 +217,17 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "2.0.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -227,3 +239,23 @@ name = "version_check"
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 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8cd369a67c0edfef15010f980c3cbe45d7f651deac2cd67ce097cd801de16557"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+version = "0.7.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2f140bda219a26ccc0cdb03dba58af72590c53b22642577d88a927bc5c87d6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.39",
+]
diff --git a/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.toml b/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 69b82bab..d72a2d5e 100644
--- a/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/wegld-swap/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ panic = "abort"
 path = ".."
 
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-version = "0.43.4"
+version = "0.44.0"