diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ea9ee52..cd56e8ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -319,16 +319,6 @@ 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"
@@ -551,17 +541,6 @@ 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"
@@ -635,25 +614,9 @@ 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 = "0.3.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e41b53715c6f0c4be49510bb82dee2c1e51c8586d885abe65396e82ed518548"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
+checksum = "f958d3d68f4167080a18141e10381e7634563984a537f2a49a30fd8e53ac5767"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "io-lifetimes"
@@ -790,7 +753,7 @@ name = "nj-core"
 version = "6.0.1"
 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 2a68274b..79fe1db9 100644
--- a/nj-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nj-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ convert-uuid = ["uuid"]
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 ctor = "0.2.4"
 libc = "0.2.66"
-inventory = "0.1.5"
+inventory = "0.3.15"
 async-trait = "0.1.22"
 futures-lite = "1.7.0"
 nj-sys = { version = "4.0.0", path = "../nj-sys" }