diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4197eb2..11ba903 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ checksum = "0942ffc6dcaadf03badf6e6a2d0228460359d5e34b57ccdc720b7382dfbd5ec5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-apiserver"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "amp-resources",
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-common"
-version = "0.5.3"
-source = "git+https://github.com/amphitheatre-app/common?tag=v0.5.3#8ca2e860dbc6ffc13cd3a2f82a453d555a60b606"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "git+https://github.com/amphitheatre-app/common?tag=v0.5.4#a11926a37118242b07e269031b08687cd16cb5ee"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-controllers"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "amp-resolver",
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-crdgen"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "clap",
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-resolver"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "amp-resources",
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-resources"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "anyhow",
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "amp-syncer"
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 dependencies = [
  "amp-common",
  "async-nats",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 28c5df3..6da87ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.6.8"
+version = "0.6.9"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/amphitheatre-app/amphitheatre"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ members = [
 # https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/workspaces.html#the-workspacedependencies-table
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-amp-common = { git = "https://github.com/amphitheatre-app/common", tag = "v0.5.3" }
+amp-common = { git = "https://github.com/amphitheatre-app/common", tag = "v0.5.4" }
 amp-resolver = { path = "resolver" }
 amp-resources = { path = "resources" }
 async-nats = "0.32.1"
diff --git a/resolver/src/lib.rs b/resolver/src/lib.rs
index 9823392..f56f076 100644
--- a/resolver/src/lib.rs
+++ b/resolver/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn load_from_source(credentials: &Credentials, reference: &GitReference) ->
     debug!("The `.amp.toml` content of {} is:\n{:?}", repo, data);
 
     let manifest: Character = toml::from_str(data).map_err(ResolveError::TomlParseFailed)?;
-    Ok(CharacterSpec::from(manifest))
+    Ok(CharacterSpec::from(&manifest))
 }
 
 /// Load manifest from Kubernetes cluster and return the actor spec.