diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 2616d28a5b..f8fa1e4da4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
             - name: Cargo hack; check each feature/crate on its own
               run: cargo hack --exclude subxt --exclude subxt-signer --exclude subxt-lightclient --exclude-all-features --each-feature check --workspace
 
+            # Check the parachain-example code, which isn't a part of the workspace so is otherwise ignored.
+            - name: Cargo check parachain-example
+              run: cargo check --manifest-path examples/parachain-example/Cargo.toml
+
     wasm_check:
         name: Cargo check (WASM)
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock b/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
index f82ebc79f3..8cde25b366 100644
--- a/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "polling",
  "rustix 0.37.20",
  "slab",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.9",
  "waker-fn",
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@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ checksum = "ecc7ab41815b3c653ccd2978ec3255c81349336702dfdf62ee6f7069b12a3aae"
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.1.68"
+version = "0.1.74"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b9ccdd8f2a161be9bd5c023df56f1b2a0bd1d83872ae53b71a84a12c9bf6e842"
+checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -517,9 +517,12 @@ checksum = "89b2fd2a0dcf38d7971e2194b6b6eebab45ae01067456a7fd93d5547a61b70be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50d30906286121d95be3d479533b458f87493b30a4b5f79a607db8f5d11aa91f"
+checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
@@ -781,12 +784,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0558d22a7b463ed0241e993f76f09f30b126687447751a8638587b864e4b3944"
+checksum = "0209d94da627ab5605dcccf08bb18afa5009cfbef48d8a8b7d7bdbc79be25c5e"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.1",
- "darling_macro 0.20.1",
+ "darling_core 0.20.3",
+ "darling_macro 0.20.3",
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 [[package]]
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-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ab8bfa2e259f8ee1ce5e97824a3c55ec4404a0d772ca7fa96bf19f0752a046eb"
+checksum = "177e3443818124b357d8e76f53be906d60937f0d3a90773a664fa63fa253e621"
 dependencies = [
  "fnv",
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
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-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "29a358ff9f12ec09c3e61fef9b5a9902623a695a46a917b07f269bff1445611a"
+checksum = "836a9bbc7ad63342d6d6e7b815ccab164bc77a2d95d84bc3117a8c0d5c98e2d5"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.1",
+ "darling_core 0.20.3",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
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-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
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-checksum = "7fcaabb2fef8c910e7f4c7ce9f67a1283a1715879a7c230ca9d6d1ae31f16d91"
+checksum = "a26ae43d7bcc3b814de94796a5e736d4029efb0ee900c12e2d54c993ad1a1e07"
 
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 name = "environmental"
@@ -1160,7 +1163,7 @@ checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
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- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
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@@ -1440,7 +1443,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.9",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
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+version = "0.24.2"
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-checksum = "1788965e61b367cd03a62950836d5cd41560c3577d90e40e0819373194d1661c"
+checksum = "ec3efd23720e2049821a693cbc7e65ea87c72f1c58ff2f9522ff332b1491e590"
 dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
  "http",
  "hyper",
  "log",
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  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
- "webpki-roots",
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 [[package]]
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+version = "0.20.3"
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-checksum = "7d291e3a5818a2384645fd9756362e6d89cf0541b0b916fa7702ea4a9833608e"
+checksum = "affdc52f7596ccb2d7645231fc6163bb314630c989b64998f3699a28b4d5d4dc"
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-checksum = "965de52763f2004bc91ac5bcec504192440f0b568a5d621c59d9dbd6f886c3fb"
+checksum = "b5b005c793122d03217da09af68ba9383363caa950b90d3436106df8cabce935"
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  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "webpki-roots",
+ "url",
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+version = "0.20.3"
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-checksum = "a4e70b4439a751a5de7dd5ed55eacff78ebf4ffe0fc009cb1ebb11417f5b536b"
+checksum = "da2327ba8df2fdbd5e897e2b5ed25ce7f299d345b9736b6828814c3dbd1fd47b"
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  "async-lock",
  "async-trait",
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- "futures-channel",
  "futures-timer",
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  "hyper",
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-checksum = "cc345b0a43c6bc49b947ebeb936e886a419ee3d894421790c969cc56040542ad"
+checksum = "5f80c17f62c7653ce767e3d7288b793dfec920f97067ceb189ebdd3570f2bc20"
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  "hyper-rustls",
  "jsonrpsee-core",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
- "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
+ "tower",
  "tracing",
+ "url",
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-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.20.3"
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-checksum = "5bd522fe1ce3702fd94812965d7bb7a3364b1c9aba743944c5a00529aae80f8c"
+checksum = "5be0be325642e850ed0bdff426674d2e66b2b7117c9be23a7caef68a2902b7d9"
 dependencies = [
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-version = "0.2.147"
+version = "0.2.149"
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-checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
+checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
 
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@@ -1841,9 +1843,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.4"
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-checksum = "2dffe52ecf27772e601905b7522cb4ef790d2cc203488bbd0e2fe85fcb74566d"
+checksum = "f665ee40bc4a3c5590afb1e9677db74a508659dfd71e126420da8274909a0167"
 
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 name = "memfd"
@@ -1865,7 +1867,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.32.1"
+version = "0.32.0"
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 dependencies = [
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 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "scale-decode",
- "scale-encode",
+ "scale-decode 0.7.0",
+ "scale-encode 0.3.0",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-runtime",
  "subxt",
@@ -2185,14 +2187,14 @@ checksum = "39407670928234ebc5e6e580247dd567ad73a3578460c5990f9503df207e8f07"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
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-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.13"
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-checksum = "e0a7ae3ac2f1173085d398531c705756c94a4c56843785df85a60c1a0afac116"
+checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
 
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 name = "pin-utils"
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 [[package]]
 name = "primitive-types"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f3486ccba82358b11a77516035647c34ba167dfa53312630de83b12bd4f3d66"
+checksum = "0b34d9fd68ae0b74a41b21c03c2f62847aa0ffea044eee893b4c140b37e244e2"
 dependencies = [
  "fixed-hash",
  "impl-codec",
@@ -2300,9 +2302,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.0.66"
+version = "1.0.69"
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-checksum = "18fb31db3f9bddb2ea821cde30a9f70117e3f119938b5ee630b7403aa6e2ead9"
+checksum = "134c189feb4956b20f6f547d2cf727d4c0fe06722b20a0eec87ed445a97f92da"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2318,9 +2320,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.31"
+version = "1.0.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fe8a65d69dd0808184ebb5f836ab526bb259db23c657efa38711b1072ee47f0"
+checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
 dependencies = [
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 ]
@@ -2428,19 +2430,19 @@ checksum = "8d2275aab483050ab2a7364c1a46604865ee7d6906684e08db0f090acf74f9e7"
 dependencies = [
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- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
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-version = "1.9.1"
+version = "1.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2eae68fc220f7cf2532e4494aded17545fce192d59cd996e0fe7887f4ceb575"
+checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-automata 0.3.2",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.3",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2454,13 +2456,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
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  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.2",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2471,9 +2473,9 @@ checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.8.2"
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-checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
+checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
@@ -2485,11 +2487,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
  "spin 0.5.2",
- "untrusted",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
  "web-sys",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fb0205304757e5d899b9c2e448b867ffd03ae7f988002e47cd24954391394d0b"
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+ "cc",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
+ "libc",
+ "spin 0.9.8",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -2547,14 +2563,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.20.8"
+version = "0.21.8"
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-checksum = "fff78fc74d175294f4e83b28343315ffcfb114b156f0185e9741cb5570f50e2f"
+checksum = "446e14c5cda4f3f30fe71863c34ec70f5ac79d6087097ad0bb433e1be5edf04c"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.17.5",
+ "rustls-webpki",
  "sct",
- "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2578,6 +2594,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.101.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b6275d1ee7a1cd780b64aca7726599a1dbc893b1e64144529e55c3c2f745765"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring 0.17.5",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -2606,6 +2632,16 @@ name = "scale-bits"
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 checksum = "8dd7aca73785181cc41f0bbe017263e682b585ca660540ba569133901d013ecf"
+dependencies = [
+ "parity-scale-codec",
+ "scale-info",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scale-bits"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "036575c29af9b6e4866ffb7fa055dbf623fe7a9cc159b33786de6013a6969d89"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-info",
@@ -2620,13 +2656,28 @@ checksum = "f0459d00b0dbd2e765009924a78ef36b2ff7ba116292d732f00eb0ed8e465d15"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "primitive-types",
- "scale-bits",
- "scale-decode-derive",
+ "scale-bits 0.3.0",
+ "scale-decode-derive 0.7.0",
  "scale-info",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
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+[[package]]
+name = "scale-decode"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7789f5728e4e954aaa20cadcc370b99096fb8645fca3c9333ace44bb18f30095"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_more",
+ "parity-scale-codec",
+ "primitive-types",
+ "scale-bits 0.4.0",
+ "scale-decode-derive 0.9.0",
+ "scale-info",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scale-decode-derive"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -2640,6 +2691,19 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scale-decode-derive"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "27873eb6005868f8cc72dcfe109fae664cf51223d35387bc2f28be4c28d94c47"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.14.4",
+ "proc-macro-crate",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -2648,13 +2712,28 @@ checksum = "b0401b7cdae8b8aa33725f3611a051358d5b32887ecaa0fda5953a775b2d4d76"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "primitive-types",
- "scale-bits",
- "scale-encode-derive",
+ "scale-bits 0.3.0",
+ "scale-encode-derive 0.3.0",
  "scale-info",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
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+[[package]]
+name = "scale-encode"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d70cb4b29360105483fac1ed567ff95d65224a14dd275b6303ed0a654c78de5"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_more",
+ "parity-scale-codec",
+ "primitive-types",
+ "scale-bits 0.4.0",
+ "scale-encode-derive 0.5.0",
+ "scale-info",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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@@ -2668,11 +2747,24 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scale-encode-derive"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "995491f110efdc6bea96d6a746140e32bfceb4ea47510750a5467295a4707a25"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.14.4",
+ "proc-macro-crate",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
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-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35c0a159d0c45c12b20c5a844feb1fe4bea86e28f17b92a5f0c42193634d3782"
+checksum = "7f7d66a1128282b7ef025a8ead62a4a9fcf017382ec53b8ffbf4d7bf77bd3c60"
 dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -2684,9 +2776,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "2.9.0"
+version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "912e55f6d20e0e80d63733872b40e1227c0bce1e1ab81ba67d696339bfd7fd29"
+checksum = "abf2c68b89cafb3b8d918dd07b42be0da66ff202cf1155c5739a4e0c1ea0dc19"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2696,21 +2788,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "scale-value"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2096d36e94ce9bf87d8addb752423b6b19730dc88edd7cc452bb2b90573f7a7"
+checksum = "6538d1cc1af9c0baf401c57da8a6d4730ef582db0d330d2efa56ec946b5b0283"
 dependencies = [
  "base58",
  "blake2",
+ "derive_more",
  "either",
  "frame-metadata 15.1.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "scale-bits",
- "scale-decode",
- "scale-encode",
+ "scale-bits 0.4.0",
+ "scale-decode 0.9.0",
+ "scale-encode 0.5.0",
  "scale-info",
  "serde",
- "thiserror",
  "yap",
 ]
 
@@ -2781,8 +2873,8 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2861,9 +2953,9 @@ checksum = "b0293b4b29daaf487284529cc2f5675b8e57c61f70167ba415a463651fd6a918"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.171"
+version = "1.0.190"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30e27d1e4fd7659406c492fd6cfaf2066ba8773de45ca75e855590f856dc34a9"
+checksum = "91d3c334ca1ee894a2c6f6ad698fe8c435b76d504b13d436f0685d648d6d96f7"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -2879,20 +2971,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.171"
+version = "1.0.190"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "389894603bd18c46fa56231694f8d827779c0951a667087194cf9de94ed24682"
+checksum = "67c5609f394e5c2bd7fc51efda478004ea80ef42fee983d5c67a65e34f32c0e3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.100"
+version = "1.0.107"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f1e14e89be7aa4c4b78bdbdc9eb5bf8517829a600ae8eaa39a6e1d960b5185c"
+checksum = "6b420ce6e3d8bd882e9b243c6eed35dbc9a6110c9769e74b584e0d68d1f20c65"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -3137,6 +3229,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7b5fac59a5cb5dd637972e5fca70daf0523c9067fcdc4842f053dae04a18f8e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "soketto"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -3249,7 +3351,7 @@ checksum = "c7f531814d2f16995144c74428830ccf7d94ff4a7749632b83ad8199b181140c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3368,7 +3470,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3551,8 +3653,9 @@ checksum = "734676eb262c623cec13c3155096e08d1f8f29adce39ba17948b18dad1e54142"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
  "base58",
  "blake2",
  "derivative",
@@ -3564,16 +3667,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonrpsee",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "primitive-types",
- "scale-bits",
- "scale-decode",
- "scale-encode",
+ "scale-bits 0.4.0",
+ "scale-decode 0.9.0",
+ "scale-encode 0.5.0",
  "scale-info",
  "scale-value",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sp-core",
  "sp-core-hashing",
- "sp-runtime",
  "subxt-lightclient",
  "subxt-macro",
  "subxt-metadata",
@@ -3583,7 +3684,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-codegen"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "heck",
@@ -3594,14 +3695,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "scale-info",
  "subxt-metadata",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-lightclient"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
@@ -3616,17 +3717,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-macro"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.20.1",
+ "darling 0.20.3",
  "proc-macro-error",
  "subxt-codegen",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-metadata"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -3637,7 +3738,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-signer"
-version = "0.29.0"
+version = "0.32.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bip39",
  "hex",
@@ -3668,9 +3769,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.25"
+version = "2.0.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15e3fc8c0c74267e2df136e5e5fb656a464158aa57624053375eb9c8c6e25ae2"
+checksum = "e96b79aaa137db8f61e26363a0c9b47d8b4ec75da28b7d1d614c2303e232408b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -3691,9 +3792,9 @@ checksum = "1b1c7f239eb94671427157bd93b3694320f3668d4e1eff08c7285366fd777fac"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.40"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "978c9a314bd8dc99be594bc3c175faaa9794be04a5a5e153caba6915336cebac"
+checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
@@ -3720,13 +3821,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.40"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f9456a42c5b0d803c8cd86e73dd7cc9edd429499f37a3550d286d5e86720569f"
+checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3784,18 +3885,17 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.29.1"
+version = "1.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "532826ff75199d5833b9d2c5fe410f29235e25704ee5f0ef599fb51c21f4a4da"
+checksum = "4f38200e3ef7995e5ef13baec2f432a6da0aa9ac495b2c0e8f3b7eec2c92d653"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.5.5",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -3808,18 +3908,17 @@ checksum = "630bdcf245f78637c13ec01ffae6187cca34625e8c63150d424b59e55af2675e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.23.4"
+version = "0.24.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c43ee83903113e03984cb9e5cebe6c04a5116269e900e3ddba8f068a62adda59"
+checksum = "c28327cf380ac148141087fbfb9de9d7bd4e84ab5d2c28fbc911d753de8a7081"
 dependencies = [
  "rustls",
  "tokio",
- "webpki",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3865,6 +3964,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.4.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-layer"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -3873,11 +3993,11 @@ checksum = "b6bc1c9ce2b5135ac7f93c72918fc37feb872bdc6a5533a8b85eb4b86bfdae52"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
-version = "0.1.37"
+version = "0.1.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ce8c33a8d48bd45d624a6e523445fd21ec13d3653cd51f681abf67418f54eb8"
+checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
 dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -3885,20 +4005,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
-version = "0.1.26"
+version = "0.1.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f4f31f56159e98206da9efd823404b79b6ef3143b4a7ab76e67b1751b25a4ab"
+checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0955b8137a1df6f1a2e9a37d8a6656291ff0297c1a97c24e0d8425fe2312f79a"
+checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "valuable",
@@ -4048,6 +4168,12 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -4119,7 +4245,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -4141,7 +4267,7 @@ checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
@@ -4345,25 +4471,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "webpki"
-version = "0.22.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f095d78192e208183081cc07bc5515ef55216397af48b873e5edcd72637fa1bd"
-dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.22.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6c71e40d7d2c34a5106301fb632274ca37242cd0c9d3e64dbece371a40a2d87"
-dependencies = [
- "webpki",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -4562,9 +4669,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yap"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2a7eb6d82a11e4d0b8e6bda8347169aff4ccd8235d039bba7c47482d977dcf7"
+checksum = "ff4524214bc4629eba08d78ceb1d6507070cc0bcbbed23af74e19e6e924a24cf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
@@ -4583,5 +4690,5 @@ checksum = "ce36e65b0d2999d2aafac989fb249189a141aee1f53c612c1f37d72631959f69"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.25",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/parachain-example/src/main.rs b/examples/parachain-example/src/main.rs
index 9b7537d5df..71c774bed8 100644
--- a/examples/parachain-example/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/parachain-example/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use subxt::{
-    Config, PolkadotConfig, SubstrateConfig,
+    PolkadotConfig,
     utils::{AccountId32, MultiAddress},
     OnlineClient,
 };
@@ -8,19 +8,9 @@ use subxt_signer::sr25519::dev::{self};
 #[subxt::subxt(runtime_metadata_path = "statemint_metadata.scale")]
 pub mod statemint {}
 
-/// Custom config that works with Statemint:
-pub enum StatemintConfig {}
-
-impl Config for StatemintConfig {
-    type Hash = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::Hash;
-    type AccountId = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::AccountId;
-    type Address = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::Address;
-    type Signature = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::Signature;
-    type Hasher = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::Hasher;
-    type Header = <PolkadotConfig as Config>::Header;
-    type ExtrinsicParams = <SubstrateConfig as Config>::ExtrinsicParams;
-}
-
+// PolkadotConfig or SubstrateConfig will suffice for this example at the moment,
+// but PolkadotConfig is a little more correct, having the right `Address` type.
+type StatemintConfig = PolkadotConfig;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 pub async fn main() {