diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb77cf68..43ea1dce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.14.0 (TBD)
+
+- [BREAKING] Increment minimum supported Rust version to 1.84.
+
 ## 0.13.1 (2024-12-26)
 
 - Generate reverse mutations set on applying of mutations set, implemented serialization of `MutationsSet` (#355).
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b227f278..1fa306d7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -59,17 +59,18 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "3.0.6"
+version = "3.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2109dbce0e72be3ec00bed26e6a7479ca384ad226efdd66db8fa2e3a38c83125"
+checksum = "ca3534e77181a9cc07539ad51f2141fe32f6c3ffd4df76db8ad92346b003ae4e"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "once_cell",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ checksum = "5e764a1d40d510daf35e07be9eb06e75770908c27d411ee6c92109c9840eaaf7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+checksum = "8f68f53c83ab957f72c32642f3868eec03eb974d1fb82e453128456482613d36"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake3"
@@ -159,9 +160,9 @@ checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.6"
+version = "1.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d6dbb628b8f8555f86d0323c2eb39e3ec81901f4b83e091db8a6a76d316a333"
+checksum = "13208fcbb66eaeffe09b99fffbe1af420f00a7b35aa99ad683dfc1aa76145229"
 dependencies = [
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
@@ -203,9 +204,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.23"
+version = "4.5.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3135e7ec2ef7b10c6ed8950f0f792ed96ee093fa088608f1c76e569722700c84"
+checksum = "769b0145982b4b48713e01ec42d61614425f27b7058bda7180a3a41f30104796"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -213,9 +214,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.23"
+version = "4.5.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30582fc632330df2bd26877bde0c1f4470d57c582bbc070376afcd04d8cb4838"
+checksum = "1b26884eb4b57140e4d2d93652abfa49498b938b3c9179f9fc487b0acc3edad7"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -225,9 +226,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.18"
+version = "4.5.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ac6a0c7b1a9e9a5186361f67dfa1b88213572f427fb9ab038efb2bd8c582dab"
+checksum = "54b755194d6389280185988721fffba69495eed5ee9feeee9a599b53db80318c"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -325,9 +326,9 @@ checksum = "d0a5c400df2834b80a4c3327b3aad3a4c4cd4de0629063962b03235697506a28"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crunchy"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
+checksum = "43da5946c66ffcc7745f48db692ffbb10a83bfe0afd96235c5c2a4fb23994929"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-common"
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -385,9 +386,9 @@ checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "foldhash"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f81ec6369c545a7d40e4589b5597581fa1c441fe1cce96dd1de43159910a36a2"
+checksum = "a0d2fde1f7b3d48b8395d5f2de76c18a528bd6a9cdde438df747bfcba3e05d6f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
@@ -460,13 +461,13 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "is-terminal"
-version = "0.4.13"
+version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "261f68e344040fbd0edea105bef17c66edf46f984ddb1115b775ce31be948f4b"
+checksum = "e19b23d53f35ce9f56aebc7d1bb4e6ac1e9c0db7ac85c8d1760c04379edced37"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -501,9 +502,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.76"
+version = "0.3.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6717b6b5b077764fb5966237269cb3c64edddde4b14ce42647430a78ced9e7b7"
+checksum = "1cfaf33c695fc6e08064efbc1f72ec937429614f25eef83af942d0e227c3a28f"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -538,15 +539,15 @@ checksum = "8355be11b20d696c8f18f6cc018c4e372165b1fa8126cef092399c9951984ffa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.14"
+version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
+checksum = "d26c52dbd32dccf2d10cac7725f8eae5296885fb5703b261f7d0a0739ec807ab"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.22"
+version = "0.4.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
+checksum = "04cbf5b083de1c7e0222a7a51dbfdba1cbe1c6ab0b15e29fff3f6c077fd9cd9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "miden-crypto"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "blake3",
@@ -709,9 +710,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.92"
+version = "1.0.93"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "37d3544b3f2748c54e147655edb5025752e2303145b5aefb3c3ea2c78b973bb0"
+checksum = "60946a68e5f9d28b0dc1c21bb8a97ee7d018a8b322fa57838ba31cc878e22d99"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -841,17 +842,23 @@ checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.42"
+version = "0.38.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f93dc38ecbab2eb790ff964bb77fa94faf256fd3e73285fd7ba0903b76bedb85"
+checksum = "fdb5bc1ae2baa591800df16c9ca78619bf65c0488b41b96ccec5d11220d8c154"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7c45b9784283f1b2e7fb61b42047c2fd678ef0960d4f6f1eba131594cc369d4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty-fork"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -907,9 +914,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.134"
+version = "1.0.137"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d00f4175c42ee48b15416f6193a959ba3a0d67fc699a0db9ad12df9f83991c7d"
+checksum = "930cfb6e6abf99298aaad7d29abbef7a9999a9a8806a40088f55f0dcec03146b"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -941,9 +948,9 @@ checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.93"
+version = "2.0.96"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c786062daee0d6db1132800e623df74274a0a87322d8e183338e01b3d98d058"
+checksum = "d5d0adab1ae378d7f53bdebc67a39f1f151407ef230f0ce2883572f5d8985c80"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -952,31 +959,32 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28cce251fcbc87fac86a866eeb0d6c2d536fc16d06f184bb61aeae11aa4cee0c"
+checksum = "9a8a559c81686f576e8cd0290cd2a24a2a9ad80c98b3478856500fcbd7acd704"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand",
+ "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "2.0.9"
+version = "2.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f072643fd0190df67a8bab670c20ef5d8737177d6ac6b2e9a236cb096206b2cc"
+checksum = "d452f284b73e6d76dd36758a0c8684b1d5be31f92b89d07fd5822175732206fc"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "2.0.9"
+version = "2.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b50fa271071aae2e6ee85f842e2e28ba8cd2c5fb67f11fcb1fd70b276f9e7d4"
+checksum = "26afc1baea8a989337eeb52b6e72a039780ce45c3edfcc9c5b9d112feeb173c2"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1050,20 +1058,21 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.99"
+version = "0.2.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a474f6281d1d70c17ae7aa6a613c87fce69a127e2624002df63dcb39d6cf6396"
+checksum = "1edc8929d7499fc4e8f0be2262a241556cfc54a0bea223790e71446f2aab1ef5"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
+ "rustversion",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.99"
+version = "0.2.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f89bb38646b4f81674e8f5c3fb81b562be1fd936d84320f3264486418519c79"
+checksum = "2f0a0651a5c2bc21487bde11ee802ccaf4c51935d0d3d42a6101f98161700bc6"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
@@ -1075,9 +1084,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.99"
+version = "0.2.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2cc6181fd9a7492eef6fef1f33961e3695e4579b9872a6f7c83aee556666d4fe"
+checksum = "7fe63fc6d09ed3792bd0897b314f53de8e16568c2b3f7982f468c0bf9bd0b407"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -1085,9 +1094,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.99"
+version = "0.2.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30d7a95b763d3c45903ed6c81f156801839e5ee968bb07e534c44df0fcd330c2"
+checksum = "8ae87ea40c9f689fc23f209965b6fb8a99ad69aeeb0231408be24920604395de"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1098,15 +1107,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.99"
+version = "0.2.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "943aab3fdaaa029a6e0271b35ea10b72b943135afe9bffca82384098ad0e06a6"
+checksum = "1a05d73b933a847d6cccdda8f838a22ff101ad9bf93e33684f39c1f5f0eece3d"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.76"
+version = "0.3.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "04dd7223427d52553d3702c004d3b2fe07c148165faa56313cb00211e31c12bc"
+checksum = "33b6dd2ef9186f1f2072e409e99cd22a975331a6b3591b12c764e0e55c60d5d2"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1118,16 +1130,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3469c089..be393abf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 [package]
 name = "miden-crypto"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.14.0"
 description = "Miden Cryptographic primitives"
 authors = ["miden contributors"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto"
-documentation = "https://docs.rs/miden-crypto/0.13.1"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/miden-crypto/0.14.0"
 categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 keywords = ["miden", "crypto", "hash", "merkle"]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.82"
+rust-version = "1.84"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "miden-crypto"
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 7e84649f..58fc0d5f 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2024 Polygon Miden
+Copyright (c) 2025 Polygon Miden
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7933e0b0..1addcb82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/blob/main/LICENSE)
 [![test](https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 [![build](https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/0xPolygonMiden/crypto/actions/workflows/build.yml)
-[![RUST_VERSION](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.82+-lightgray.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
+[![RUST_VERSION](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.84+-lightgray.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
 [![CRATE](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/miden-crypto)](https://crates.io/crates/miden-crypto)
 
 This crate contains cryptographic primitives used in Polygon Miden.
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index a1c01e04..252a5088 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.82"
+channel = "1.84"
 components = ["rustfmt", "rust-src", "clippy"]
 targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
 profile = "minimal"
diff --git a/src/dsa/rpo_falcon512/signature.rs b/src/dsa/rpo_falcon512/signature.rs
index 79b1900b..592e0d05 100644
--- a/src/dsa/rpo_falcon512/signature.rs
+++ b/src/dsa/rpo_falcon512/signature.rs
@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ impl Deserializable for SignaturePoly {
                 }
                 m += 128;
                 if m >= 2048 {
-                    return Err(DeserializationError::InvalidValue(
-                        "Failed to decode signature: high bits {m} exceed 2048".to_string(),
-                    ));
+                    return Err(DeserializationError::InvalidValue(format!(
+                        "Failed to decode signature: high bits {m} exceed 2048",
+                    )));
                 }
             }
             if s != 0 && m == 0 {
diff --git a/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs b/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
index 926b8723..3c885a6a 100644
--- a/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
+++ b/src/merkle/merkle_tree.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ pub fn path_to_text(path: &MerklePath) -> Result<String, fmt::Error> {
     }
 
     // remove the last ", "
-    if path.len() != 0 {
+    if !path.is_empty() {
         s.pop();
         s.pop();
     }