diff --git a/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml b/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
index 8bbc5e8..50b39a9 100644
--- a/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 github-rs-lib = { package = "github-rs-lib", path = "../lib" }
-tokio = { version = "1.45.1", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
 clap = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
-tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["log"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.44", features = ["log"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 terminal-banner = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["color"] }
 console-subscriber = "0.5.0"
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 coverage = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-test-log = { version = "0.2.17", features = ["trace", "color"] }
+test-log = { version = "0.2.19", features = ["trace", "color"] }
 
 [package.metadata.binstall.signing]
 algorithm = "minisign"
diff --git a/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml b/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
index 852f3ef..2f66eed 100644
--- a/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/e2e/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/github-rs"
 [dev-dependencies]
 github-rs-lib = { package = "github-rs-lib", path = "../lib" }
 cucumber = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["libtest", "output-json", "output-junit", "timestamps", "tracing"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.45.1", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
 
 [[test]]
 name = "token"
diff --git a/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml b/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
index 8945787..58a1b02 100644
--- a/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backpack/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ coverage = []
 
 [dependencies]
 octocrab = { version = "*", git = "https://github.com/yonasBSD/octocrab", branch = "yonasBSD" }
-tokio = { version = "1.45.1", features = ["full", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full", "macros"] }
 clap = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
 colored = "3.0.0"
 which = "8.0.0"
-config = "0.15.4"
+config = "0.15.19"
 xdg = "3.0.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "hickory-dns", "json", "rustls-tls"] }
-env_logger = "0.11.5"
-tracing = { version = "0.1.41", features = ["log"] }
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.27", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "hickory-dns", "json", "rustls-tls"] }
+env_logger = "0.11.8"
+tracing = { version = "0.1.44", features = ["log"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.22", features = ["env-filter", "json"] }
 terminal-banner = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["color"] }
 serde_json5 = "0.2.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-test-log = { version = "0.2.17", features = ["trace", "color"] }
+test-log = { version = "0.2.19", features = ["trace", "color"] }
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index a2210b9..274c955 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 
-clap = "3"
+clap = "4"
 anyhow = "1"
-xshell = "^0.2.2"
-duct = "1.0.0"
-glob = "0.3.0"
+xshell = "^0.2.7"
+duct = "1.1.1"
+glob = "0.3.3"
 fs_extra = "1"
 dialoguer = "^0.12.0"
 xtaskops = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 514fae8..2637750 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 yonasBSD
 
-#![allow(dead_code)]
-
-use clap::{AppSettings, Arg, Command};
+use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use xtaskops::ops;
 use xtaskops::tasks;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let cli = Command::new("xtask")
-        .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequiredElseHelp)
+        .subcommand_required(true)
+        .arg_required_else_help(true)
         .subcommand(
             Command::new("coverage").arg(
                 Arg::new("dev")
                     .short('d')
                     .long("dev")
                     .help("generate an html report")
-                    .takes_value(false),
+                    .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue),
             ),
         )
         .subcommand(Command::new("vars"))
@@ -25,11 +24,15 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         .subcommand(Command::new("bloat-deps"))
         .subcommand(Command::new("bloat-time"))
         .subcommand(Command::new("docs"));
+
     let matches = cli.get_matches();
 
     let root = ops::root_dir();
     let res = match matches.subcommand() {
-        Some(("coverage", sm)) => tasks::coverage(sm.is_present("dev")),
+        Some(("coverage", sm)) => {
+            let dev = sm.get_flag("dev");
+            tasks::coverage(dev)
+        }
         Some(("vars", _)) => {
             println!("root: {root:?}");
             Ok(())
@@ -41,5 +44,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         Some(("bloat-time", _)) => tasks::bloat_time("backpack"),
         _ => unreachable!("unreachable branch"),
     };
+
     res
 }