diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1af17e51ae..2601b8fca5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-bootstrap"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-logging",
  "ant-protocol",
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-build-info"
-version = "0.1.22"
+version = "0.1.23"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "tracing",
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-cli"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-evm"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "custom_debug",
  "evmlib",
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-logging"
-version = "0.2.43"
+version = "0.2.44"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-metrics"
-version = "0.1.23"
+version = "0.1.24"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-networking"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "aes-gcm-siv",
  "ant-bootstrap",
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node-manager"
-version = "0.11.6"
+version = "0.11.7"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-node-rpc-client"
-version = "0.6.39"
+version = "0.6.40"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-logging",
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-protocol"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-evm",
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-registers"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.4.7"
 dependencies = [
  "blsttc",
  "crdts",
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-service-management"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.4.7"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-evm",
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ant-token-supplies"
-version = "0.1.61"
+version = "0.1.62"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs-next",
  "reqwest 0.11.27",
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autonomi"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "ant-bootstrap",
@@ -3162,7 +3162,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "evm-testnet"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-evm",
  "clap",
@@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "evmlib"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy",
  "dirs-next",
@@ -5967,7 +5967,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nat-detection"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-build-info",
  "ant-networking",
@@ -6084,7 +6084,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "node-launchpad"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 dependencies = [
  "ant-bootstrap",
  "ant-build-info",
@@ -8634,7 +8634,7 @@ checksum = "3369f5ac52d5eb6ab48c6b4ffdc8efbcad6b89c765749064ba298f2c68a16a76"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "test-utils"
-version = "0.4.14"
+version = "0.4.15"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml b/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
index ae02dca4e3..0937de2e51 100644
--- a/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-bootstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-bootstrap"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 
 [features]
 local = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
 atomic-write-file = "0.2.2"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive", "env"] }
diff --git a/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml b/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
index 6a7482355e..f664ce5419 100644
--- a/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-build-info/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-build-info"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.22"
+version = "0.1.23"
 build = "build.rs"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*", "build.rs"]
 
diff --git a/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs b/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
index 74f6d99021..c87bb79fe8 100644
--- a/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
+++ b/ant-build-info/src/release_info.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pub const RELEASE_YEAR: &str = "2024";
 pub const RELEASE_MONTH: &str = "12";
 pub const RELEASE_CYCLE: &str = "1";
-pub const RELEASE_CYCLE_COUNTER: &str = "7";
+pub const RELEASE_CYCLE_COUNTER: &str = "8";
diff --git a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
index b366e0dfb3..23408b7d1e 100644
--- a/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 name = "ant-cli"
 description = "CLI client for the Autonomi network"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ name = "files"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.2", features = [
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.3", features = [
     "fs",
     "vault",
     "registers",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tracing = { version = "~0.1.26" }
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.2", features = ["fs"]}
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.3", features = ["fs"]}
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 rand = { version = "~0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
diff --git a/ant-evm/Cargo.toml b/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
index 9d0cf2211e..9c5a57485e 100644
--- a/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-evm"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 
 [features]
 local = ["evmlib/local"]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test-utils = []
 
 [dependencies]
 custom_debug = "~0.6.1"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.7" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.8" }
 hex = "~0.4.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libp2p = { version = "0.54.1", features = ["identify", "kad"] }
diff --git a/ant-logging/Cargo.toml b/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
index 1f3af70840..73cf123b94 100644
--- a/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-logging/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-logging"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.2.43"
+version = "0.2.44"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "~0.4.19"
diff --git a/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml b/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
index 8e443c3abb..4457f887b7 100644
--- a/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-metrics"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.23"
+version = "0.1.24"
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/ant-networking/Cargo.toml b/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
index ed1be9c531..e9dffaaddd 100644
--- a/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-networking/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-networking"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 
 [features]
 default = []
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ upnp = ["libp2p/upnp"]
 
 [dependencies]
 aes-gcm-siv = "0.11.1"
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.7" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.2" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/ant-networking/src/bootstrap.rs b/ant-networking/src/bootstrap.rs
index ecdf71397c..84a9e73c51 100644
--- a/ant-networking/src/bootstrap.rs
+++ b/ant-networking/src/bootstrap.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // permissions and limitations relating to use of the SAFE Network Software.
 
 use crate::{driver::PendingGetClosestType, SwarmDriver};
+use libp2p::kad::K_VALUE;
 use rand::{rngs::OsRng, Rng};
 use tokio::time::Duration;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const NETWORK_DISCOVER_CONNECTED_PEERS_STEP: u32 = 5;
 const LAST_PEER_ADDED_TIME_LIMIT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(180);
 
 /// A minimum interval to prevent network discovery got triggered too often
-const LAST_NETWORK_DISCOVER_TRIGGERED_TIME_LIMIT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
+const LAST_NETWORK_DISCOVER_TRIGGERED_TIME_LIMIT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(90);
 
 /// The network discovery interval to use if we haven't added any new peers in a while.
 const NO_PEER_ADDED_SLOWDOWN_INTERVAL_MAX_S: u64 = 600;
@@ -50,8 +51,30 @@ impl SwarmDriver {
 
     pub(crate) fn trigger_network_discovery(&mut self) {
         let now = Instant::now();
+
+        // Find the farthest bucket that is not full. This is used to skip refreshing the RT of farthest full buckets.
+        let mut farthest_unfilled_bucket = 0;
+        for kbucket in self.swarm.behaviour_mut().kademlia.kbuckets() {
+            let Some(ilog2) = kbucket.range().0.ilog2() else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            if kbucket.num_entries() < K_VALUE.get() && ilog2 > farthest_unfilled_bucket {
+                farthest_unfilled_bucket = ilog2;
+            }
+        }
+        let farthest_unfilled_bucket = if farthest_unfilled_bucket == 0 {
+            None
+        } else {
+            Some(farthest_unfilled_bucket)
+        };
+
+        let addrs = self.network_discovery.candidates(farthest_unfilled_bucket);
+        info!(
+            "Triggering network discovery with {} candidates. Farthest non full bucket: {farthest_unfilled_bucket:?}",
+            addrs.len()
+        );
         // Fetches the candidates and also generates new candidates
-        for addr in self.network_discovery.candidates() {
+        for addr in addrs {
             // The query_id is tracked here. This is to update the candidate list of network_discovery with the newly
             // found closest peers. It may fill up the candidate list of closer buckets which are harder to generate.
             let query_id = self
diff --git a/ant-networking/src/network_discovery.rs b/ant-networking/src/network_discovery.rs
index f00a75c2d8..39fa45e51c 100644
--- a/ant-networking/src/network_discovery.rs
+++ b/ant-networking/src/network_discovery.rs
@@ -82,14 +82,22 @@ impl NetworkDiscovery {
     }
 
     /// Returns one random candidate per bucket. Also tries to refresh the candidate list.
-    /// Todo: Limit the candidates to return. Favor the closest buckets.
-    pub(crate) fn candidates(&mut self) -> Vec<&NetworkAddress> {
+    /// Set the farthest_bucket to get candidates that are closer than or equal to the farthest_bucket.
+    pub(crate) fn candidates(&mut self, farthest_bucket: Option<u32>) -> Vec<&NetworkAddress> {
         self.try_refresh_candidates();
 
         let mut rng = thread_rng();
         let mut op = Vec::with_capacity(self.candidates.len());
 
-        let candidates = self.candidates.values().filter_map(|candidates| {
+        let candidates = self.candidates.iter().filter_map(|(ilog2, candidates)| {
+            if let Some(farthest_bucket) = farthest_bucket {
+                if *ilog2 > farthest_bucket {
+                    debug!(
+                        "Skipping candidates for ilog2: {ilog2} as it is greater than farthest_bucket: {farthest_bucket}"
+                    );
+                    return None;
+                }
+            }
             // get a random index each time
             let random_index = rng.gen::<usize>() % candidates.len();
             candidates.get(random_index)
diff --git a/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml b/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
index 1cb7610d70..1cb23788c9 100644
--- a/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node-manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-node-manager"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.11.6"
+version = "0.11.7"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "antctl"
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ tcp = []
 websockets = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
 ant-releases = { version = "0.4.0" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.7" }
 chrono = "~0.4.19"
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 colored = "2.0.4"
diff --git a/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml b/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
index e33805c1fa..9c94237625 100644
--- a/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node-rpc-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-node-rpc-client"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.6.39"
+version = "0.6.40"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "antnode_rpc_client"
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2", features=["rpc"] }
-ant-node = { path = "../ant-node", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3", features=["rpc"] }
+ant-node = { path = "../ant-node", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.7" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/ant-node/Cargo.toml b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
index b97c3b2ee0..6134e207dc 100644
--- a/ant-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "The Autonomi node binary"
 name = "ant-node"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ otlp = ["ant-logging/otlp"]
 upnp = ["ant-networking/upnp"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.6" }
-ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.7" }
+ant-service-management = { path = "../ant-service-management", version = "0.4.7" }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ walkdir = "~2.5.0"
 xor_name = "5.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2", features = ["rpc"] }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3", features = ["rpc"] }
 assert_fs = "1.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.7" }
-autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.2", features = ["registers"] }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.8" }
+autonomi = { path = "../autonomi", version = "0.3.3", features = ["registers"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.2", default-features = false, features = [
     "rustls-tls-manual-roots",
 ] }
diff --git a/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml b/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 1f83cfd8fb..47aeda2ad7 100644
--- a/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 
 [features]
 default = []
 rpc = ["tonic", "prost"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.7" }
 bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
diff --git a/ant-registers/Cargo.toml b/ant-registers/Cargo.toml
index e021f361cf..07771048ce 100644
--- a/ant-registers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-registers/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-registers"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.4.7"
 
 [features]
 test-utils = []
diff --git a/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml b/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
index 519045aed4..acc2fe7d36 100644
--- a/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-service-management/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-service-management"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.4.7"
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2", features = ["rpc"] }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3", features = ["rpc"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 dirs-next = "2.0.0"
 libp2p = { version = "0.54.1", features = ["kad"] }
diff --git a/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml b/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
index a26791770b..66a3661079 100644
--- a/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ant-token-supplies/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ant-token-supplies"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.61"
+version = "0.1.62"
 
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/autonomi/Cargo.toml b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
index 83c94222fd..b75cc213f6 100644
--- a/autonomi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/autonomi/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "Autonomi client API"
 name = "autonomi"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ registers = []
 vault = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.6" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-registers = { path = "../ant-registers", version = "0.4.7" }
 bip39 = "2.0.0"
 blst = "0.3.13"
 blstrs = "0.7.1"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ xor_name = "5.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 alloy = { version = "0.7.3", default-features = false, features = ["contract", "json-rpc", "network", "node-bindings", "provider-http", "reqwest-rustls-tls", "rpc-client", "rpc-types", "signer-local", "std"] }
-ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.43" }
+ant-logging = { path = "../ant-logging", version = "0.2.44" }
 eyre = "0.6.5"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 # Do not specify the version field. Release process expects even the local dev deps to be published.
diff --git a/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml b/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
index c843aefdad..fcff5a809b 100644
--- a/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm-testnet/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "evm-testnet"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.7" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.8" }
 tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "signal"] }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/evmlib/Cargo.toml b/evmlib/Cargo.toml
index 8c07d6d637..732b53849e 100644
--- a/evmlib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evmlib/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "evmlib"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_network"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 
 [features]
 local = []
diff --git a/nat-detection/Cargo.toml b/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
index 4e8b4ccae9..4c2d0c784e 100644
--- a/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nat-detection/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "nat-detection"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/autonomi"
-version = "0.2.14"
+version = "0.2.15"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nat-detection"
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.2" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-networking = { path = "../ant-networking", version = "0.3.3" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-verbosity-flag = "2.2.0"
 color-eyre = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
diff --git a/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml b/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
index a6d0294f83..a3d00a2eb7 100644
--- a/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-launchpad/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors = ["MaidSafe Developers <dev@maidsafe.net>"]
 description = "TUI for running nodes on the Autonomi network"
 name = "node-launchpad"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0"
 homepage = "https://maidsafe.net"
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ path = "src/bin/tui/main.rs"
 nightly = []
 
 [dependencies]
-ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.2" }
-ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.22" }
-ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.7" }
-ant-node-manager = { version = "0.11.6", path = "../ant-node-manager" }
-ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.2" }
+ant-bootstrap = { path = "../ant-bootstrap", version = "0.1.3" }
+ant-build-info = { path = "../ant-build-info", version = "0.1.23" }
+ant-evm = { path = "../ant-evm", version = "0.1.8" }
+ant-node-manager = { version = "0.11.7", path = "../ant-node-manager" }
+ant-protocol = { path = "../ant-protocol", version = "0.3.3" }
 ant-releases = { version = "0.4.0" }
-ant-service-management = { version = "0.4.6", path = "../ant-service-management" }
+ant-service-management = { version = "0.4.7", path = "../ant-service-management" }
 arboard = "3.4.1"
 atty = "0.2.14"
 better-panic = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/release-cycle-info b/release-cycle-info
index f06fab042a..1ec5651cc4 100644
--- a/release-cycle-info
+++ b/release-cycle-info
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 release-year: 2024
 release-month: 12
 release-cycle: 1
-release-cycle-counter: 7
+release-cycle-counter: 8
diff --git a/test-utils/Cargo.toml b/test-utils/Cargo.toml
index e933b32b62..cdd2b5aa58 100644
--- a/test-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "test-utils"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/maidsafe/safe_network"
-version = "0.4.14"
+version = "0.4.15"
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 color-eyre = "0.6.3"
 dirs-next = "~2.0.0"
-evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.7" }
+evmlib = { path = "../evmlib", version = "0.1.8" }
 libp2p = { version = "0.54.1", features = ["identify", "kad"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.133", features = ["derive"] }