diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e3699174..cd6a7777 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "rustc-hash",
  "shlex",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.55",
  "which",
 ]
 
@@ -170,6 +170,38 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4872d67bab6358e59559027aa3b9157c53d9358c51423c17554809a8858e0f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "camino"
+version = "1.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c59e92b5a388f549b863a7bea62612c09f24c8393560709a54558a9abdfb3b9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-platform"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24b1f0365a6c6bb4020cd05806fd0d33c44d38046b8bd7f0e40814b9763cabfc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo_metadata"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d886547e41f740c616ae73108f6eb70afe6d940c7bc697cb30f13daec073037"
+dependencies = [
+ "camino",
+ "cargo-platform",
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.73"
@@ -185,6 +217,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-expr"
+version = "0.15.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa50868b64a9a6fda9d593ce778849ea8715cd2a3d2cc17ffdb4a2f2f2f1961d"
+dependencies = [
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -226,7 +267,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "clap_lex",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.8.0",
  "strsim",
  "termcolor",
  "textwrap",
@@ -418,6 +459,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "equivalent"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -460,6 +507,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce7134b9999ecaf8bcd65542e436736ef32ddca1b3e06094cb6ec5755203b80"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -574,7 +627,7 @@ checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.55",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -658,6 +711,12 @@ version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.1.19"
@@ -824,7 +883,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "282a6247722caba404c065016bbfa522806e51714c34f5dfc3e4a3a46fcb4223"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.11.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "2.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "168fb715dda47215e360912c096649d23d58bf392ac62f73919e831745e40f26"
+dependencies = [
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -895,6 +964,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "krates"
+version = "0.16.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b315eaab6cde3e2bcbd21810067a7b8bf4ced8cc63683ab7a96b18360c4e9df9"
+dependencies = [
+ "cargo_metadata",
+ "cfg-expr",
+ "petgraph",
+ "semver",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1048,6 +1129,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "flexi_logger",
  "hex",
  "inotify",
+ "krates",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "log",
@@ -1317,6 +1399,16 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1d3afd2628e69da2be385eb6f2fd57c8ac7977ceeff6dc166ff1657b0e386a9"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "indexmap 2.2.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "0.4.29"
@@ -1388,23 +1480,23 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ae005bd773ab59b4725093fd7df83fd7892f7d8eafb48dbd7de6e024e4215f9d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.55",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.67"
+version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d433d9f1a3e8c1263d9456598b16fec66f4acc9a74dacffd35c7bb09b3a1328"
+checksum = "e835ff2298f5721608eb1a980ecaee1aef2c132bf95ecc026a11b7bf3c01c02e"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "291ec9ab5efd934aaf503a6466c5d5251535d108ee747472c3977cc5acc868ef"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -1532,11 +1624,20 @@ version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1792db035ce95be60c3f8853017b3999209281c24e2ba5bc8e59bf97a0c590c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92d43fe69e652f3df9bdc2b85b2854a0825b86e4fb76bc44d945137d053639ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9e0fcba69a370eed61bcf2b728575f726b50b55cba78064753d708ddc7549e"
+checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -1562,13 +1663,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
+checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
+ "syn 2.0.55",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1609,7 +1710,7 @@ version = "0.8.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "578a7433b776b56a35785ed5ce9a7e777ac0598aac5a6dd1b4b18a307c7fc71b"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 1.8.0",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
  "yaml-rust",
@@ -1737,9 +1838,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.37"
+version = "2.0.55"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7303ef2c05cd654186cb250d29049a24840ca25d2747c25c0381c8d9e2f582e8"
+checksum = "002a1b3dbf967edfafc32655d0f377ab0bb7b994aa1d32c8cc7e9b8bf3ebb8f0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1787,22 +1888,22 @@ checksum = "222a222a5bfe1bba4a77b45ec488a741b3cb8872e5e499451fd7d0129c9c7c3d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.30"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "854babe52e4df1653706b98fcfc05843010039b406875930a70e4d9644e5c417"
+checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.30"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa32fd3f627f367fe16f893e2597ae3c05020f8bba2666a4e6ea73d377e5714b"
+checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.55",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44a5b38d..f3be359d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ vsock = "0.3"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
 sha2 = "0.9.5"
 hex = "0.4"
+krates = "0.16.7"
 
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"