diff --git a/auctioning_platform/Cargo.lock b/auctioning_platform/Cargo.lock
index 34ede63..db84c2b 100644
--- a/auctioning_platform/Cargo.lock
+++ b/auctioning_platform/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.78"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "461abc97219de0eaaf81fe3ef974a540158f3d079c2ab200f891f1a2ef201e85"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "auctions"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -86,11 +75,10 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1236b4b292f6c4d6dc34604bb5120d85c3fe1d1aa596bd5cc52ca054d13e7b9e"
+checksum = "42f74c4d9a7a03b6dbcc61e711563da6b548bc8556d51708e8a172441ff3c4f1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -107,20 +95,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
- "sync_wrapper",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
  "tokio",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.5.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a15c63fd72d41492dc4f497196f5da1fb04fb7529e631d73630d1b491e47a2e3"
+checksum = "df1362f362fd16024ae199c1970ce98f9661bf5ef94b9808fee734bc3698b733"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "http",
@@ -129,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
- "sync_wrapper",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
@@ -538,7 +525,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
  "tokio",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -621,9 +608,9 @@ checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
+checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -910,7 +897,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
- "sync_wrapper",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -1147,6 +1134,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bf256ce5efdfa370213c1dabab5935a12e49f2c58d15e9eac2870d3b4f27263"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tap"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1243,17 +1236,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d039ad9159c98b70ecfd540b2573b97f7f52c3e8d9f8ad57a24b916a536975f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+checksum = "121c2a6cda46980bb0fcd1647ffaf6cd3fc79a013de288782836f6df9c48780e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
+checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
diff --git a/auctioning_platform/Cargo.toml b/auctioning_platform/Cargo.toml
index 30b6905..30e6546 100644
--- a/auctioning_platform/Cargo.toml
+++ b/auctioning_platform/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ members = ["auctions", "foundation", "webapp"]
 foundation = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./foundation" }
 
 # external crates
-axum = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
+axum = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
 chrono = "0.4.37"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false }
 rstest = "0.19.0"