diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3d2f48e99..7e283acb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1322,20 +1322,18 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-broker"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.9#8f9cc2d56e725a6cc29a792c6ed67e2e9efee756"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.11#c854b7c106f72f21c94a1235e8222f76f78e47e6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
  "clap",
  "dashmap",
- "delegate",
  "derivative",
  "derive_builder 0.13.1",
  "jf-primitives",
  "lazy_static",
  "local-ip-address",
  "parking_lot",
- "paste",
  "prometheus",
  "rkyv",
  "tokio",
@@ -1346,7 +1344,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.9#8f9cc2d56e725a6cc29a792c6ed67e2e9efee756"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.11#c854b7c106f72f21c94a1235e8222f76f78e47e6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
@@ -1362,7 +1360,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-marshal"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.9#8f9cc2d56e725a6cc29a792c6ed67e2e9efee756"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.11#c854b7c106f72f21c94a1235e8222f76f78e47e6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "cdn-proto",
@@ -1377,7 +1375,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "cdn-proto"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.9#8f9cc2d56e725a6cc29a792c6ed67e2e9efee756"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/Push-CDN?tag=0.1.11#c854b7c106f72f21c94a1235e8222f76f78e47e6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-serialize",
@@ -1917,27 +1915,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serdect",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "csv"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac574ff4d437a7b5ad237ef331c17ccca63c46479e5b5453eb8e10bb99a759fe"
-dependencies = [
- "csv-core",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "csv-core"
-version = "0.1.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5efa2b3d7902f4b634a20cae3c9c4e6209dc4779feb6863329607560143efa70"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ctr"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2178,17 +2155,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "delegate"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e018fccbeeb50ff26562ece792ed06659b9c2dae79ece77c4456bb10d9bf79b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.48",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
 version = "0.7.8"
@@ -2470,18 +2436,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "embed-doc-image"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af36f591236d9d822425cb6896595658fa558fcebf5ee8accac1d4b92c47166e"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.13.1",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "embedded-io"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -3280,7 +3234,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3298,14 +3252,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "derive_more",
  "either",
- "embed-doc-image",
  "ethereum-types",
  "futures",
- "hotshot-orchestrator",
  "hotshot-task",
  "hotshot-task-impls",
  "hotshot-types",
  "hotshot-web-server",
+ "jf-primitives",
  "libp2p-identity",
  "libp2p-networking",
  "lru",
@@ -3323,7 +3276,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-builder-api"
 version = "0.1.6"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "clap",
@@ -3341,7 +3294,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-example-types"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3355,7 +3308,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethereum-types",
  "futures",
  "hotshot",
- "hotshot-orchestrator",
  "hotshot-task",
  "hotshot-task-impls",
  "hotshot-types",
@@ -3369,32 +3321,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hotshot-orchestrator"
-version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
-dependencies = [
- "async-compatibility-layer 1.0.0 (git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git?tag=1.4.2)",
- "async-lock 2.8.0",
- "async-std",
- "blake3",
- "clap",
- "csv",
- "futures",
- "hotshot-types",
- "libp2p",
- "serde",
- "serde-inline-default",
- "serde_json",
- "surf-disco",
- "thiserror",
- "tide-disco",
- "tokio",
- "toml",
- "tracing",
- "versioned-binary-serialization",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-query-service"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3453,7 +3379,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-broadcast",
  "async-compatibility-layer 1.0.0 (git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git?tag=1.4.2)",
@@ -3466,7 +3392,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-task-impls"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-broadcast",
  "async-compatibility-layer 1.0.0 (git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git?tag=1.4.2)",
@@ -3498,7 +3424,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-types"
 version = "0.1.11"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-bls12-381",
@@ -3546,7 +3472,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "hotshot-web-server"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compatibility-layer 1.0.0 (git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git?tag=1.4.2)",
  "async-lock 2.8.0",
@@ -4490,7 +4416,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "libp2p-networking"
 version = "0.5.26"
-source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.27#8bf55cfb3a1d096c0330ba62d03ed1e5f7298cf8"
+source = "git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git?tag=0.5.28#db3fcfafccdc909845de47e2dd241662c3849b77"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-compatibility-layer 1.0.0 (git+https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git?tag=1.4.2)",
@@ -4499,7 +4425,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "blake3",
  "custom_debug 0.5.1",
- "dashmap",
  "derive_builder 0.20.0",
  "either",
  "futures",
@@ -6943,17 +6868,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde-inline-default"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa824cde50b5f01ff28a955114d8152a07cd62d81f53459dad0f2610136be844"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
 version = "0.11.14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8c366e836..672c39e83 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ derivative = "2.2"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 either = "1.10"
 futures = "0.3"
-hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.27" }
-hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.27" }
+hotshot = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.28" }
+hotshot-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.28" }
 itertools = "0.12.1"
 jf-primitives = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/jellyfish", tag = "0.4.2" }
 prometheus = "0.13"
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ tokio-postgres = { version = "0.7", optional = true, default-features = false, f
 
 # Dependencies enabled by feature "testing".
 espresso-macros = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/espresso-macros.git", tag = "0.1.0", optional = true }
-hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.27", optional = true }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.28", optional = true }
 portpicker = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 spin_sleep = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ backtrace-on-stack-overflow = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 espresso-macros = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/espresso-macros.git", tag = "0.1.0" }
 generic-array = "0.14"
-hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.27" }
+hotshot-example-types = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot.git", tag = "0.5.28" }
 portpicker = "0.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 spin_sleep = "1.2"