diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b156c16..aa3677f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4254,8 +4254,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-core"
 version = "0.24.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ed544b4fb88a5615649893ee2d1394e0f48633f63dc72700e51f6b133fdfc1c"
+source = "git+https://github.com/saorsa-labs/saorsa-core.git?branch=mick/remove-bootstrap-cache#37d13d8b1f447f3dcb35995e9d7ccd68b6eb54f7"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4369,8 +4368,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "saorsa-transport"
 version = "0.33.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9df373519d88540825f435bf3c5c6e300377871b28f16cdd461db3c3f4bb5323"
+source = "git+https://github.com/saorsa-labs/saorsa-transport.git?branch=mick/remove-bootstrap-cache#f3ad915d1395755675f41108b1391ea346267ef2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b38f538..2f7537b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 # these through `ant_protocol::{transport, pqc, evm}` re-exports so the
 # version is pinned in exactly one place. Changing these versions is a
 # breaking change for both downstream crates.
-saorsa-core = "0.24.0"
+saorsa-core = { git = "https://github.com/saorsa-labs/saorsa-core.git", branch = "mick/remove-bootstrap-cache" }
 saorsa-pqc = "0.5"
 evmlib = "0.8"