diff --git a/crates/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/crates/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index 31c6ceda..128fe387 100644
--- a/crates/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ xen = ["vm-memory/xen", "vhost/xen"]
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.39"
 log = "0.4.17"
-vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.7", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
-virtio-bindings = "0.2.0"
-virtio-queue = "0.8.0"
-vm-memory = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vhost = { path = "../vhost", features = ["vhost-user-slave"] }
+virtio-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-virtio", branch = "main" }
+virtio-queue = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-virtio", branch = "next" }
+vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-memory", branch = "next", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 vmm-sys-util = "0.11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nix = "0.26"
-vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.7", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "backend-bitmap"] }
+vhost = { path = "../vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
+vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-memory", branch = "next", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "backend-bitmap"] }
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml b/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml
index 3e8c9c1f..bdc5b2eb 100644
--- a/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vhost/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ bitflags = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2.39"
 
 vmm-sys-util = "0.11.0"
-vm-memory = "0.11.0"
+vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-memory", branch = "next", features = ["backend-bitmap"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
-vm-memory = { version = "0.11.0", features=["backend-mmap"] }
+vm-memory = { git = "https://github.com/vireshk/vm-memory", branch = "next", features = ["backend-mmap"] }
 serial_test = "0.5"