diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f449cc4785..5cac11e595 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8462,9 +8462,9 @@ checksum = "60a357793950651c4ed0f3f52338f53b2f809f32d83a07f72909fa13e4c6c1e3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d2df5196e37bcc87abebc0053e20787d73847bb33134a69841207dd0a47f03b"
+checksum = "9c27db03db7734835b3f53954b534c91069375ce6ccaa2e065441e07d9b6cdb1"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -8472,14 +8472,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b8f95bd6966f5c87776639160a66bd8ab9895d9d4ab01ddba9fc60661aebe8d"
+checksum = "5ce3fb6ad83f861aac485e76e1985cd109d9a3713802152be56c3b1f0e0658ed"
 dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "num_cpus",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/Cargo.toml b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/Cargo.toml
index dafc4169dc..f422417078 100644
--- a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 prometheus-endpoint = { package = "substrate-prometheus-endpoint", git = "https://github.com/subspace/polkadot-sdk", rev = "920fb277d5ea16a3b0918052c7555026a1ac2c6c", version = "0.10.0-dev" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
-rayon = "1.7.0"
+rayon = "1.8.0"
 schnorrkel = "0.9.1"
 sc-client-api = { version = "4.0.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/subspace/polkadot-sdk", rev = "920fb277d5ea16a3b0918052c7555026a1ac2c6c" }
 sc-consensus = { version = "0.10.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/subspace/polkadot-sdk", rev = "920fb277d5ea16a3b0918052c7555026a1ac2c6c" }
diff --git a/crates/sc-proof-of-time/Cargo.toml b/crates/sc-proof-of-time/Cargo.toml
index c84fe91b78..6660bb5168 100644
--- a/crates/sc-proof-of-time/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sc-proof-of-time/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "24.0.0", git = "https://github.com/subspace/polkadot-s
 subspace-core-primitives = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-core-primitives" }
 subspace-proof-of-time = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-proof-of-time" }
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
-rayon = "1.7.0"
+rayon = "1.8.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.48"
 tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = ["macros", "time"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/crates/subspace-archiving/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-archiving/Cargo.toml
index bec72a9e95..9d49aee1a2 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-archiving/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-archiving/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.6.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
-rayon = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.183", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 subspace-core-primitives = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-core-primitives", default-features = false }
 subspace-erasure-coding = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-erasure-coding", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/subspace-core-primitives/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-core-primitives/Cargo.toml
index 5cc0b19de2..8a33b145cd 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-core-primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-core-primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ kzg = { git = "https://github.com/subspace/rust-kzg", rev = "1058cc8c8af8461b490
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.16", default-features = false }
 parity-scale-codec = { version = "3.6.5", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "max-encoded-len"] }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
-rayon = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
 scale-info = { version = "2.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.183", optional = true, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
 serde_arrays = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
index 1432174837..a1559df367 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer-components/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ libc = "0.2.146"
 lru = "0.11.0"
 parity-scale-codec = "3.6.5"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-rayon = "1.7.0"
+rayon = "1.8.0"
 schnorrkel = "0.9.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.183", features = ["derive"] }
 static_assertions = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-farmer/Cargo.toml
index fe247f3604..ee1d51a803 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ parity-scale-codec = "3.6.5"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 prometheus-client = "0.21.2"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-rayon = "1.7.0"
+rayon = "1.8.0"
 schnorrkel = "0.9.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.183", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.106"
diff --git a/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/Cargo.toml b/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/Cargo.toml
index a81abb684e..8a333659ae 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bench = false
 [dependencies]
 chacha20 = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false }
 derive_more = "0.99.17"
-rayon = { version = "1.7.0", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
 seq-macro = "0.3.5"
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.7", default-features = false }
 subspace-core-primitives = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-core-primitives", default-features = false }
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ subspace-core-primitives = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../subspace-core-primiti
 bitvec = "1.0.1"
 criterion = "0.5.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
+rayon = "1.8.0"
 subspace-chiapos = { git = "https://github.com/subspace/chiapos", rev = "3b1ab3ca24764d25da30e0c8243e0bf304b776a5" }
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/src/chiapos/table.rs b/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/src/chiapos/table.rs
index 183eace7b3..cad041d6ec 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/src/chiapos/table.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-proof-of-space/src/chiapos/table.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ pub(super) fn compute_f1_simd<const K: u8>(
 ) -> [Y; COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR] {
     // Each element contains `K` desired bits of `partial_ys` in the final offset of eventual `ys`
     // with the rest of bits being in undefined state
-    let pre_ys_bytes = Simd::from(seq!(N in 0..8 {
+    let pre_ys_bytes: Simd<_, COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR> = Simd::from(seq!(N in 0..8 {
         [
         #(
         {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ pub(super) fn compute_f1_simd<const K: u8>(
         )*
         ]
     }));
-    let pre_ys_right_offset = Simd::from(seq!(N in 0..8 {
+    let pre_ys_right_offset: Simd<_, COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR> = Simd::from(seq!(N in 0..8 {
         [
         #(
         {
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ where
                 .array_chunks::<{ K as usize * COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR / u8::BITS as usize }>()
                 .copied(),
         ) {
-            let xs = seq!(N in 0..8 {
+            let xs: [_; COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR] = seq!(N in 0..8 {
                 [
                 #(
                 #[allow(clippy::erasing_op, clippy::identity_op)]
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ where
                 .array_chunks::<{ K as usize * COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR / u8::BITS as usize }>()
                 .copied(),
         ) {
-            let xs = seq!(N in 0..8 {
+            let xs: [_; COMPUTE_F1_SIMD_FACTOR] = seq!(N in 0..8 {
                 [
                 #(
                 #[allow(clippy::erasing_op, clippy::identity_op)]