diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 1693c4111..c42dd3af4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
   # While async is off-by-default and toolchains are percolating this is a
   # separate job to get configured slightly differently.
   async:
-    name: Test Async
+    name: Test Async (allowed to fail)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
       - build
       - verify-publish
       - check
-      - async
+      # - async
     if: always()
 
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7ee992842..8521fa0d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
-    - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      if: steps.tag.outputs.push_tag == 'yes'
-      with:
-        files: "dist/*"
-        tag_name: v${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }}
+    - if: steps.tag.outputs.push_tag == 'yes'
+      run: gh release create --generate-notes v${{ steps.tag.outputs.version }} dist/*
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
 
     - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
       id: auth
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7e5ba8dd..4b7d73df3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ version = "4.5.47"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbfd7eae0b0f1a6e63d4b13c9c478de77c2eb546fba158ad50b4203dc24b9f9c"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
 name = "codegen-macro"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "quote",
 ]
 
@@ -348,12 +348,6 @@ version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -841,7 +835,7 @@ name = "test-helpers"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "codegen-macro",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-component",
  "wit-parser",
@@ -1024,12 +1018,12 @@ checksum = "8d0fcd636ad2b29a7c0490799a23ad61d1c8dedfafdb970447fddd0549502b60"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-compose"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "feeb9a231e63bd5d5dfe07e9f8daa53d5c85e4f7de5ef756d3b4e6a5f501c578"
+checksum = "c055b2e55b0de39b5d7a3fc8c0cb3e2062218070667e3b65b7b819b5690f3978"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck",
  "im-rc",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
@@ -1038,8 +1032,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_yaml",
  "smallvec",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
  "wat",
 ]
 
@@ -1054,12 +1048,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-encoder"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06d642d8c5ecc083aafe9ceb32809276a304547a3a6eeecceb5d8152598bc71f"
+checksum = "e01164c9dda68301e34fdae536c23ed6fe90ce6d97213ccc171eebbd3d02d6b8"
 dependencies = [
  "leb128fmt",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1080,14 +1074,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-metadata"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ee093e1e1ccffa005b9b778f7a10ccfd58e25a20eccad294a1a93168d076befb"
+checksum = "876fe286f2fa416386deedebe8407e6f19e0b5aeaef3d03161e77a15fa80f167"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "indexmap",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1103,9 +1097,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b722dcf61e0ea47440b53ff83ccb5df8efec57a69d150e4f24882e4eba7e24a4"
+checksum = "46d90019b1afd4b808c263e428de644f3003691f243387d30d673211ee0cb8e8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
@@ -1116,22 +1110,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wast"
-version = "240.0.0"
+version = "241.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b0efe1c93db4ac562b9733e3dca19ed7fc878dba29aef22245acf84f13da4a19"
+checksum = "63f66e07e2ddf531fef6344dbf94d112df7c2f23ed6ffb10962e711500b8d816"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "leb128fmt",
  "memchr",
  "unicode-width 0.2.2",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wat"
-version = "1.240.0"
+version = "1.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ec9b6eab7ecd4d639d78515e9ea491c9bacf494aa5eda10823bd35992cf8c1e"
+checksum = "45f923705c40830af909c5dec2352ec2821202e4a66008194585e1917458a26d"
 dependencies = [
  "wast",
 ]
@@ -1251,10 +1245,10 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "indexmap",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasm-metadata 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasm-metadata 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-component",
 ]
@@ -1266,7 +1260,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "env_logger",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen-c",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-bindgen-cpp",
@@ -1284,7 +1278,7 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "serde",
  "wit-parser",
 ]
@@ -1295,10 +1289,10 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "test-helpers",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasm-metadata 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasm-metadata 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen-c",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-component",
@@ -1310,9 +1304,9 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "indexmap",
- "wasm-metadata 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-metadata 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-component",
  "wit-parser",
@@ -1324,7 +1318,7 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "pulldown-cmark",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
 ]
@@ -1335,7 +1329,7 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
 ]
 
@@ -1346,14 +1340,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
  "futures",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "indexmap",
  "prettyplease",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "syn",
  "test-helpers",
- "wasm-metadata 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-metadata 0.241.2",
  "wit-bindgen",
  "wit-bindgen-core",
  "wit-component",
@@ -1378,7 +1372,7 @@ version = "0.47.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
- "heck 0.5.0",
+ "heck",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
  "rayon",
@@ -1390,8 +1384,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "wac-types",
  "wasi-preview1-component-adapter-provider",
  "wasm-compose",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
  "wat",
  "wit-bindgen-csharp",
  "wit-component",
@@ -1400,9 +1394,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-component"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7dc5474b078addc5fe8a72736de8da3acfb3ff324c2491133f8b59594afa1a20"
+checksum = "1fd0c57df25e7ee612d946d3b7646c1ddb2310f8280aa2c17e543b66e0812241"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bitflags",
@@ -1411,18 +1405,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "wasm-encoder 0.240.0",
- "wasm-metadata 0.240.0",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasm-encoder 0.241.2",
+ "wasm-metadata 0.241.2",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
  "wat",
  "wit-parser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-parser"
-version = "0.240.0"
+version = "0.241.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9875ea3fa272f57cc1fc50f225a7b94021a7878c484b33792bccad0d93223439"
+checksum = "09ef1c6ad67f35c831abd4039c02894de97034100899614d1c44e2268ad01c91"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "id-arena",
@@ -1433,5 +1427,5 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "unicode-xid",
- "wasmparser 0.240.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.241.2",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1817ff22f..341b0a6e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ prettyplease = "0.2.20"
 syn = { version = "2.0.89", features = ["printing"] }
 futures = "0.3.31"
 
-wat = "1.240.0"
-wasmparser = "0.240.0"
-wasm-encoder = "0.240.0"
-wasm-metadata = { version = "0.240.0", default-features = false }
-wit-parser = "0.240.0"
-wit-component = "0.240.0"
-wasm-compose = "0.240.0"
+wat = "1.241.0"
+wasmparser = "0.241.0"
+wasm-encoder = "0.241.0"
+wasm-metadata = { version = "0.241.0", default-features = false }
+wit-parser = "0.241.0"
+wit-component = "0.241.0"
+wasm-compose = "0.241.0"
 
 wit-bindgen-core = { path = 'crates/core', version = '0.47.0' }
 wit-bindgen-c = { path = 'crates/c', version = '0.47.0' }
@@ -89,4 +89,3 @@ csharp = ['dep:wit-bindgen-csharp']
 csharp-mono = ['csharp']
 moonbit = ['dep:wit-bindgen-moonbit']
 async = []
-