diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9464a0df..c865216a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "casper-client"
 version = "2.0.0" # when updating, also update 'html_root_url' in lib.rs
-authors = ["Marc Brinkmann <marc@casperlabs.io>", "Fraser Hutchison <fraser@casperlabs.io>", "Zachary Showalter <zach@casperlabs.io>"]
+authors = [
+    "Marc Brinkmann <marc@casperlabs.io>",
+    "Fraser Hutchison <fraser@casperlabs.io>",
+    "Zachary Showalter <zach@casperlabs.io>",
+]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A client library and binary for interacting with the Casper network"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/casper-client"
@@ -19,27 +23,18 @@ path = "lib/lib.rs"
 name = "casper-client"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 doc = false
-required-features = [
-    "async-trait",
-    "clap",
-    "clap_complete",
-    "tokio",
-    "std-fs-io",
-]
+required-features = ["async-trait", "clap", "clap_complete", "std-fs-io"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["async-trait", "clap", "clap_complete", "tokio", "std-fs-io"]
+default = ["async-trait", "clap", "clap_complete", "std-fs-io"]
 std-fs-io = ["casper-types/std-fs-io"]
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.74", optional = true }
 base16 = "0.2.1"
 casper-types = { version = "5.0.0", features = ["std"] }
-clap = { version = "4.4.10", optional = true, features = [
-    "cargo",
-    "deprecated",
-] }
-clap_complete = { version = "4.4.4", optional = true }
+clap = { version = "~4.4", features = ["cargo", "deprecated"], optional = true }
+clap_complete = { version = "~4.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 hex-buffer-serde = "0.4.0"
 humantime = "2.1.0"
 itertools = "0.12.0"
@@ -47,33 +42,25 @@ jsonrpc-lite = "0.6.0"
 num-traits = "0.2.15"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.5", features = ["json"] }
 schemars = "0.8.18"
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde-map-to-array = "1.1.1"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.108", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-thiserror = "1.0.50"
-tokio = { version = "1.34.0", optional = true, features = [
-    "macros",
-    "rt",
-    "sync",
-    "time",
-] }
+thiserror = "1"
+tokio = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync", "time"] }
 uint = "0.9.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.8.1"
 
-[build-dependencies]
-vergen = { version = "7", default-features = false, features = ["git"] }
-
 [patch.crates-io]
 casper-types = { version = "5.0.0", git = "https://github.com/casper-network/casper-node", branch = "rustSDK-feat-2.0" }
 
 [package.metadata.deb]
 features = ["vendored-openssl"]
 revision = "0"
-assets = [["./target/release/casper-client", "/usr/bin/casper-client", "755"], ]
+assets = [["./target/release/casper-client", "/usr/bin/casper-client", "755"]]
 extended-description = """
 Package for Casper Client to connect to Casper Node.
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index c8dd712c..bc0d703b 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
-use vergen::{Config, ShaKind};
+use std::io;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+const GIT_HASH_ENV_VAR: &str = "GIT_SHA_SHORT";
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut config = Config::default();
-    *config.git_mut().sha_kind_mut() = ShaKind::Short;
-    let _ = vergen::vergen(config);
+    match get_git_commit_hash() {
+        // If the git commit hash is retrieved successfully, set the environment variable
+        Ok(git_hash) => {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-env={GIT_HASH_ENV_VAR}={git_hash}");
+        }
+        // If there's an error retrieving the git commit hash, print a note and set the environment variable to "unknown"
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("cargo:warning=Note: Failed to get git commit hash: {}", e);
+            println!("cargo:rustc-env={GIT_HASH_ENV_VAR}=unknown");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_git_commit_hash() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+    // Build the command to retrieve the short git commit hash
+    let output = Command::new("git")
+        .arg("rev-parse")
+        .arg("--short")
+        .arg("HEAD")
+        .output()?;
+
+    if output.status.success() {
+        // Parse the raw output into a string and trim the newline character
+        Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string())
+    } else {
+        // Return an error if the command failed
+        Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Git command failed"))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 4bf4d8cc..7ce0a05d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const APP_NAME: &str = "Casper client";
 
 static VERSION: Lazy<String> =
     Lazy::new(
-        || match option_env!("VERGEN_GIT_SHA_SHORT").map(|sha| sha.to_lowercase()) {
+        || match option_env!("GIT_SHA_SHORT").map(|sha| sha.to_lowercase()) {
             None => crate_version!().to_string(),
             Some(git_sha_short) => {
                 if git_sha_short.to_lowercase() == "unknown" {