diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66d1e6a72..c5cf3211a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -147,17 +147,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "891477e0c6a8957309ee5c45a6368af3ae14bb510732d2684ffa19af310920f9"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
- "once_cell",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.8.12"
@@ -448,7 +437,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43d68f2d516162846c1238e755a7c4d131b892b70cc70c471a8e3ca3ed818fce"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "ahash",
  "ark-ff 0.5.0",
  "ark-poly 0.5.0",
  "ark-serialize 0.5.0",
@@ -568,7 +557,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "579305839da207f02b89cd1679e50e67b4331e2f9294a57693e5051b7703fe27"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "ahash",
  "ark-ff 0.5.0",
  "ark-serialize 0.5.0",
  "ark-std 0.5.0",
@@ -1078,7 +1067,7 @@ checksum = "3d52eff69cd5e647efe296129160853a42795992097e8af39800e1060caeea9b"
 name = "counter-mpl-stack"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "borsh 0.9.3",
+ "borsh 1.6.1",
  "shank",
  "solana-program",
 ]
@@ -1688,22 +1677,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab5ef0d4909ef3724cc8cce6ccc8572c5c817592e9285f5464f8e86f8bd3726e"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.7.8",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43a3c133739dddd0d2990f9a4bdf8eb4b21ef50e4851ca85ab661199821d510e"
 dependencies = [
- "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "ahash",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2755,7 +2735,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "repository-layout-program"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "borsh 0.9.3",
+ "borsh 1.6.1",
  "borsh-derive 0.9.3",
  "litesvm",
  "solana-instruction",
@@ -3263,7 +3243,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0da4d19885c5ee02d942a9e13354a39ef3ff591ee31d55353070c204ae7b8fed"
 dependencies = [
  "agave-feature-set",
- "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "ahash",
  "log",
  "solana-bpf-loader-program",
  "solana-compute-budget-program",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6992d5473..9423125b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ overflow-checks = true
 [workspace.dependencies]
 
 # misc
-borsh = "1.5.7"
+borsh = "1.6.1"
 borsh-derive = "1.5.7"
 mpl-token-metadata = { version = "5.1.1", features = [ "no-entrypoint" ] }
 
diff --git a/basics/counter/mpl-stack/Cargo.toml b/basics/counter/mpl-stack/Cargo.toml
index 48ceb342c..cc9365656 100644
--- a/basics/counter/mpl-stack/Cargo.toml
+++ b/basics/counter/mpl-stack/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ custom-heap = []
 custom-panic = []
 
 [dependencies]
-borsh = "0.9"
+borsh = "1.6"
 shank = "0.4.8"
 solana-program = "4.0"
 
diff --git a/basics/repository-layout/native/program/Cargo.toml b/basics/repository-layout/native/program/Cargo.toml
index 0a675ea4e..15bcf5a2d 100644
--- a/basics/repository-layout/native/program/Cargo.toml
+++ b/basics/repository-layout/native/program/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-borsh = "0.9.3"
+borsh = "1.6.1"
 borsh-derive = "0.9.1"
 solana-program = "4.0"