diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9c18a84..673000d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ on:
   pull_request: {}
 
 
+env:
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+  CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
+  RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
+  RUST_BACKTRACE: short
+
+
 jobs:
 
   build:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5daa93d..bea928b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,24 +6,24 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.0.1-alpha.3"
+version = "0.0.1-alpha.4"
 authors = ["Benedikt Schwab <benedikt.schwab@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/envis-space/erosbag"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-epoint = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3" }
-eimage = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3" }
-ecoord = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3" }
+epoint = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4" }
+eimage = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4" }
+ecoord = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4" }
 
-clap = "4.5.9"
+clap = "4.5.13"
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
-diesel = "~2.1.6"
-diesel_migrations = "~2.1.0"
+diesel = "~2.2.2"
+diesel_migrations = "~2.2.0"
 r2d2 = "0.8.10"
 serde = "1.0.204"
 serde_derive = "1.0.204"
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ serde_repr = "0.1.19"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 serde-big-array = "0.5.1"
 cdr = "0.2.4"
-thiserror = "1.0.61"
+thiserror = "1.0.63"
 polars = "0.41.3"
-ndarray = "0.15.6"
-indextree = "4.6.1"
+ndarray = "0.16.0"
+indextree = "4.7.0"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 nalgebra = "0.33.0"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
-image = "0.25.1"
+image = "0.25.2"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 230255d..f2692a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 A Rust library for processing ROS2 bags.
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> The library is at an early stage of development.
+The library is at an early stage of development.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/crates/erosbag-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/erosbag-cli/Cargo.toml
index 3ae8866..3ef05c7 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/erosbag-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "CLI tool for processing ROS2 bags."
 
 
 [dependencies]
-erosbag = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3", path = "../erosbag" }
+erosbag = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4", path = "../erosbag" }
 ecoord = { workspace = true }
 epoint = { workspace = true }
 eimage = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/erosbag-cli/README.md b/crates/erosbag-cli/README.md
index 383e7e7..1b515b3 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag-cli/README.md
+++ b/crates/erosbag-cli/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 CLI tool for processing ROS2 bags.
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> The library is at an early stage of development.
+The library is at an early stage of development.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/crates/erosbag-core/README.md b/crates/erosbag-core/README.md
index c3a4a24..3268efa 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag-core/README.md
+++ b/crates/erosbag-core/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 Core primitives and operations for processing ROS2 bags.
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> The library is at an early stage of development.
+The library is at an early stage of development.
 
 ## Setting up Diesel
 
diff --git a/crates/erosbag-transform/Cargo.toml b/crates/erosbag-transform/Cargo.toml
index 304389e..78ef4d2 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag-transform/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/erosbag-transform/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 description = "Supplementary operations for processing ROS2 bags."
 
 [dependencies]
-erosbag-core = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3", path = "../erosbag-core" }
+erosbag-core = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4", path = "../erosbag-core" }
 
 epoint = { workspace = true }
 ecoord = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/erosbag-transform/README.md b/crates/erosbag-transform/README.md
index 760a03e..ee96933 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag-transform/README.md
+++ b/crates/erosbag-transform/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 Supplementary operations for processing ROS2 bags.
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> The library is at an early stage of development.
+The library is at an early stage of development.
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/crates/erosbag/Cargo.toml b/crates/erosbag/Cargo.toml
index cc2c0ff..ea1d58f 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/erosbag/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ description = "Library for processing ROS2 bags."
 
 
 [dependencies]
-erosbag-core = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3", path = "../erosbag-core" }
-erosbag-transform = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.3", path = "../erosbag-transform" }
+erosbag-core = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4", path = "../erosbag-core" }
+erosbag-transform = { version = "0.0.1-alpha.4", path = "../erosbag-transform" }
diff --git a/crates/erosbag/README.md b/crates/erosbag/README.md
index 466013e..71f21f2 100644
--- a/crates/erosbag/README.md
+++ b/crates/erosbag/README.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 Library for processing ROS2 bags.
 
-> [!WARNING]  
-> The library is at an early stage of development.
+The library is at an early stage of development.
 
 ## Contributing