diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 244c7585..670bed6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,16 +300,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ctor"
-version = "0.1.26"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d2301688392eb071b0bf1a37be05c469d3cc4dbbd95df672fe28ab021e6a096"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -521,17 +511,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ghost"
-version = "0.1.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba330b70a5341d3bc730b8e205aaee97ddab5d9c448c4f51a7c2d924266fa8f9"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.37",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -605,25 +584,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "inventory"
-version = "0.1.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0eb5160c60ba1e809707918ee329adb99d222888155835c6feedba19f6c3fd4"
-dependencies = [
- "ctor 0.1.26",
- "ghost",
- "inventory-impl",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "inventory-impl"
-version = "0.1.11"
+version = "0.3.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e41b53715c6f0c4be49510bb82dee2c1e51c8586d885abe65396e82ed518548"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
+checksum = "e1be380c410bf0595e94992a648ea89db4dd3f3354ba54af206fd2a68cf5ac8e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "io-lifetimes"
@@ -760,7 +723,7 @@ name = "nj-core"
 version = "6.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "ctor 0.2.4",
+ "ctor",
  "fluvio-future",
  "futures-lite",
  "inventory",
diff --git a/nj-core/Cargo.toml b/nj-core/Cargo.toml
index 42825dd9..28ee28b5 100644
--- a/nj-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nj-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ convert-uuid = ["uuid"]
 log = "0.4.8"
 ctor = "0.2.4"
 libc = "0.2.66"
-inventory = "0.1.5"
+inventory = "0.3.12"
 async-trait = "0.1.22"
 futures-lite = "1.7.0"
 nj-sys = { version = "4.0.0", path = "../nj-sys" }