diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be6ea96af0..b84d9d3f41 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -460,8 +460,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "93f2635620bf0b9d4576eb7bb9a38a55df78bd1205d26fa994b25911a69f212f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin_hashes",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand 0.6.5",
+ "rand_core 0.4.2",
  "serde",
  "unicode-normalization",
  "zeroize",
@@ -4047,7 +4047,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-mixnet-contract-common",
- "nym-validator-client",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "ts-rs",
diff --git a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.lock b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.lock
index 889a842029..083afb5309 100644
--- a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.lock
+++ b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.lock
@@ -2735,7 +2735,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-mixnet-contract-common",
- "nym-validator-client",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
index 7405002cea..d68b5d37f6 100644
--- a/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
+++ b/clients/webassembly/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "nym-client-wasm"
 authors = ["Dave Hrycyszyn <futurechimp@users.noreply.github.com>", "Jedrzej Stuczynski <andrew@nymtech.net>"]
 version = "1.1.1"
 edition = "2021"
-keywords = ["nym", "sphinx", "wasm", "webassembly", "privacy", "client"]
+keywords = ["nym", "sphinx", "wasm", "webassembly", "privacy"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym"
 description = "A webassembly client which can be used to interact with the the Nym privacy platform. Wasm is used for Sphinx packet generation."
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
index 052a625943..f1cd481f1d 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json"] }
 thiserror = "1"
 log = { workspace = true }
 url = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.24.1", features = ["sync", "time"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "time"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 openssl = { version = "^0.10.55", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
 
diff --git a/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/Cargo.toml b/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/Cargo.toml
index 93c8faaada..7d8dc2f803 100644
--- a/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 nym-contracts-common = { path = "../../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/contracts-common" }
 nym-mixnet-contract-common = { path = "../../common/cosmwasm-smart-contracts/mixnet-contract" }
-nym-validator-client = { path = "../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
+nym-api-requests = { path = "../../nym-api/nym-api-requests" }
 schemars = { version = "0.8", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 ts-rs = { version = "6.1.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/src/lib.rs b/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/src/lib.rs
index bfcafa2860..6180d65f11 100644
--- a/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/explorer-api-requests/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+use nym_api_requests::models::NodePerformance;
 use nym_contracts_common::Percent;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{Addr, Coin, Layer, MixId, MixNode};
-use nym_validator_client::models::NodePerformance;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
index 625721abe4..b1aa136deb 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
@@ -4124,7 +4124,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "nym-contracts-common",
  "nym-mixnet-contract-common",
- "nym-validator-client",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
 ]