diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3603ab4..0bb77fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.66"
+version = "1.0.84"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18fb31db3f9bddb2ea821cde30a9f70117e3f119938b5ee630b7403aa6e2ead9"
+checksum = "ec96c6a92621310b51366f1e28d05ef11489516e93be030060e5fc12024a49d6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -864,9 +864,9 @@ checksum = "106dd99e98437432fed6519dedecfade6a06a73bb7b2a1e019fdd2bee5778d94"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.33"
+version = "1.0.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5267fca4496028628a95160fc423a33e8b2e6af8a5302579e322e4b520293cae"
+checksum = "0fa76aaf39101c457836aec0ce2316dbdc3ab723cdda1c6bd4e6ad4208acaca7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ checksum = "1db149f81d46d2deba7cd3c50772474707729550221e69588478ebf9ada425ae"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1017,22 +1017,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.203"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9e0fcba69a370eed61bcf2b728575f726b50b55cba78064753d708ddc7549e"
+checksum = "7253ab4de971e72fb7be983802300c30b5a7f0c2e56fab8abfc6a214307c0094"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.188"
+version = "1.0.203"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eca7ac642d82aa35b60049a6eccb4be6be75e599bd2e9adb5f875a737654af2"
+checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "prost",
  "prost-build",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1120,9 +1121,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.32"
+version = "2.0.66"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "239814284fd6f1a4ffe4ca893952cdd93c224b6a1571c9a9eadd670295c0c9e2"
+checksum = "c42f3f41a2de00b01c0aaad383c5a45241efc8b2d1eda5661812fda5f3cdcff5"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1159,7 +1160,7 @@ checksum = "49922ecae66cc8a249b77e68d1d0623c1b2c514f0060c27cdc68bd62a1219d35"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.32",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/shared/Cargo.toml b/shared/Cargo.toml
index ec42de9..2d47c23 100644
--- a/shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-prost = "0.10"
+prost = "0.10.4"
 bitcoin = "0.29.0"
 base32 = "0.4.0" # for encoding Tor/Onion addresses
+serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 prost-build = "0.10"
diff --git a/shared/build.rs b/shared/build.rs
index 224df9c..29f77ec 100644
--- a/shared/build.rs
+++ b/shared/build.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ use prost_build;
 
 fn main() {
     // Generate Rust types for the protobuf's
-    if let Err(e) = prost_build::compile_protos(
-        &["../protobuf/proto-types/wrapper.proto"],
-        &["../protobuf/proto-types/"],
-    ) {
+    if let Err(e) = prost_build::Config::new()
+        .compile_well_known_types()
+        .type_attribute(".", "#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]")
+        .compile_protos(
+            &["../protobuf/proto-types/wrapper.proto"],
+            &["../protobuf/proto-types/"],
+        )
+    {
         println!("Error while compiling protos: {}", e);
         panic!("Failed to code-gen the Rust structs from the Protobuf definitions");
     }