diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0dcda65a7a..52e8dae2dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3784,7 +3784,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "1.1.9"
 dependencies = [
  "pem",
 ]
@@ -4315,13 +4315,11 @@ checksum = "c719dcf55f09a3a7e764c6649ab594c18a177e3599c467983cdf644bfc0a4088"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pem"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd56cbd21fea48d0c440b41cd69c589faacade08c992d9a54e471b79d0fd13eb"
+checksum = "a8835c273a76a90455d7344889b0964598e3316e2a79ede8e36f16bdcf2228b8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bff66fddb4..071373f8e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ authors = ["Nym Technologies SA"]
 repository = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym"
 homepage = "https://nymtech.net"
 edition = "2021"
+version = "1.1.9"
+license = "Apache-2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.63"
diff --git a/common/pemstore/Cargo.toml b/common/pemstore/Cargo.toml
index 854b530b69..b728cc595f 100644
--- a/common/pemstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/pemstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "nym-pemstore"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
-edition = "2021"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+description = "Store private-public keypairs in PEM format"
+version = { workspace = true }
+edition = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
+authors = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
-pem = "0.8"
+pem = "1.1.1"