diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b09c987358..3491cb6dc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,28 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.44.0] - 2025-08-28
+
+This small release primarily fixes a few issues, but also adds the code for a prelease of `subxt-historic`, a new crate (at the moment) for working with historic blocks and state. Future releases will aim to stabilize this crate to the level of other `subxt` crates or otherwise merge the logic into `subxt` itself.
+
+This is a minor version bump because, in theory at least, adding the `Clone` bound to block headers in ([#2047](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2047)) is a breaking change, although I think it is unlikely that this will impact any users.
+
+### Added
+
+- Add prerelease `subxt-historic` crate for accessing historic (non head-of-chain) blocks ([#2040](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2040))
+
+### Changed
+
+- Block: Implement clone ([#2047](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2047))
+- Increase number of dev accounts ([#2068](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2068))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Do not panic when encoding call data with invalid fields ([#2070](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2070))
+- Tweak test to reduce chance of failure, and need jsonrpsee/server for tests ([#2057](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2057))
+- Fix 1.89 clippy warnings ([#2055](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2055))
+- Increase reconnecting client request/response size ([#2046](https://github.com/paritytech/subxt/pull/2046))
+
 ## [0.43.0] - 2025-07-17
 
 This is a reasonably small release which is mainly bug fixing, but has a couple of changes I'd like to elaborate on:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fbcea15944..cdce675a26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "artifacts"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "substrate-runner",
 ]
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "generate-custom-metadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "integration-tests"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "cfg_aliases",
@@ -5575,7 +5575,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "substrate-runner"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
@@ -5585,7 +5585,7 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5630,7 +5630,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-cli"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "color-eyre",
@@ -5662,7 +5662,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-codegen"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
@@ -5679,7 +5679,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-core"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "base58",
@@ -5735,7 +5735,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-lightclient"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-timer",
@@ -5760,7 +5760,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-macro"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -5780,7 +5780,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-metadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "criterion",
@@ -5796,7 +5796,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-rpcs"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "derive-where",
  "finito",
@@ -5825,7 +5825,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-signer"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bip32",
@@ -5858,7 +5858,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-test-macro"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.101",
@@ -5866,7 +5866,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-utils-fetchmetadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
  "hex",
@@ -5879,7 +5879,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-utils-stripmetadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
@@ -5962,7 +5962,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "test-runtime"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "impl-serde",
@@ -6390,7 +6390,7 @@ checksum = "1dccffe3ce07af9386bfd29e80c0ab1a8205a2fc34e4bcd40364df902cfa8f3f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ui-tests"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata 23.0.0",
  "generate-custom-metadata",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d32ba1617b..d4c74591fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 edition = "2024"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 rust-version = "1.85.0"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/subxt"
@@ -156,16 +156,16 @@ sp-state-machine = { version = "0.45.0", default-features = false }
 sp-runtime = { version = "41.1.0", default-features = false }
 
 # Subxt workspace crates:
-subxt = { version = "0.43.0", path = "subxt", default-features = false }
-subxt-core = { version = "0.43.0", path = "core", default-features = false }
-subxt-macro = { version = "0.43.0", path = "macro" }
-subxt-metadata = { version = "0.43.0", path = "metadata", default-features = false }
-subxt-codegen = { version = "0.43.0", path = "codegen" }
-subxt-signer = { version = "0.43.0", path = "signer", default-features = false }
-subxt-rpcs = { version = "0.43.0", path = "rpcs", default-features = false }
-subxt-lightclient = { version = "0.43.0", path = "lightclient", default-features = false }
-subxt-utils-fetchmetadata = { version = "0.43.0", path = "utils/fetch-metadata", default-features = false }
-subxt-utils-stripmetadata = { version = "0.43.0", path = "utils/strip-metadata", default-features = false }
+subxt = { version = "0.44.0", path = "subxt", default-features = false }
+subxt-core = { version = "0.44.0", path = "core", default-features = false }
+subxt-macro = { version = "0.44.0", path = "macro" }
+subxt-metadata = { version = "0.44.0", path = "metadata", default-features = false }
+subxt-codegen = { version = "0.44.0", path = "codegen" }
+subxt-signer = { version = "0.44.0", path = "signer", default-features = false }
+subxt-rpcs = { version = "0.44.0", path = "rpcs", default-features = false }
+subxt-lightclient = { version = "0.44.0", path = "lightclient", default-features = false }
+subxt-utils-fetchmetadata = { version = "0.44.0", path = "utils/fetch-metadata", default-features = false }
+subxt-utils-stripmetadata = { version = "0.44.0", path = "utils/strip-metadata", default-features = false }
 test-runtime = { path = "testing/test-runtime" }
 substrate-runner = { path = "testing/substrate-runner" }
 
diff --git a/examples/ffi-example/Cargo.lock b/examples/ffi-example/Cargo.lock
index f593be090a..41b8fb1951 100644
--- a/examples/ffi-example/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/ffi-example/Cargo.lock
@@ -864,16 +864,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "frame-decode"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e1276c23a1fb234d9f81b5f71c526437f2a55ab4419f29bfe1196ac4ee2f706c"
+checksum = "c470df86cf28818dd3cd2fc4667b80dbefe2236c722c3dc1d09e7c6c82d6dfcd"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-decode",
+ "scale-encode",
  "scale-info",
  "scale-type-resolver",
  "sp-crypto-hashing",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2684,7 +2686,7 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "derive-where",
@@ -2719,7 +2721,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-codegen"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -2734,7 +2736,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-core"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base58",
  "blake2",
@@ -2772,7 +2774,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-lightclient"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
@@ -2787,7 +2789,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-macro"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -2802,7 +2804,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-metadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-decode",
  "frame-metadata",
@@ -2815,7 +2817,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-rpcs"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "derive-where",
  "frame-metadata",
@@ -2837,7 +2839,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-signer"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bip39",
@@ -2863,7 +2865,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-utils-fetchmetadata"
-version = "0.43.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "parity-scale-codec",
diff --git a/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock b/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
index c88d59bc32..2834532438 100644
--- a/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/parachain-example/Cargo.lock
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
+checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-channel"
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ checksum = "3f934833b4b7233644e5848f235df3f57ed8c80f1528a26c3dfa13d2147fa056"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "23285ad32269793932e830392f2fe2f83e26488fd3ec778883a93c8323735780"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayref",
- "arrayvec 0.7.4",
+ "arrayvec 0.7.6",
  "constant_time_eq 0.3.0",
 ]
 
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byte-slice-cast"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3ac9f8b63eca6fd385229b3675f6cc0dc5c8a5c8a54a59d4f52ffd670d87b0c"
+checksum = "7575182f7272186991736b70173b0ea045398f984bf5ebbb3804736ce1330c9d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
@@ -504,6 +504,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format"
+version = "0.2.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "126f97965c8ad46d6d9163268ff28432e8f6a1196a55578867832e3049df63dd"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format_proc_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format_proc_macros"
+version = "0.2.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d57c2eccfb16dbac1f4e61e206105db5820c9d26c3c472bc17c774259ef7744"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -518,9 +538,12 @@ checksum = "f7144d30dcf0fafbce74250a3963025d8d52177934239851c917d29f1df280c2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
+checksum = "bb402b8d4c85569410425650ce3eddc7d698ed96d39a73f941b08fb63082f1e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
@@ -628,7 +651,7 @@ checksum = "f46882e17999c6cc590af592290432be3bce0428cb0d5f8b6715e4dc7b383eb3"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -652,7 +675,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -663,7 +686,7 @@ checksum = "d336a2a514f6ccccaa3e09b02d41d35330c07ddf03a62165fcec10bb561c7806"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
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- "syn 2.0.96",
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-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
-dependencies = [
- "convert_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "rustc_version",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -696,7 +706,16 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4a9b99b9cbbe49445b21764dc0625032a89b145a2642e67603e1c936f5458d05"
 dependencies = [
- "derive_more-impl",
+ "derive_more-impl 1.0.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_more"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "093242cf7570c207c83073cf82f79706fe7b8317e98620a47d5be7c3d8497678"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_more-impl 2.0.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -707,7 +726,20 @@ checksum = "cb7330aeadfbe296029522e6c40f315320aba36fc43a5b3632f3795348f3bd22"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_more-impl"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bda628edc44c4bb645fbe0f758797143e4e07926f7ebf4e9bdfbd3d2ce621df3"
+dependencies = [
+ "convert_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -738,7 +770,7 @@ checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -882,23 +914,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "50c554ce2394e2c04426a070b4cb133c72f6f14c86b665f4e13094addd8e8958"
+checksum = "c470df86cf28818dd3cd2fc4667b80dbefe2236c722c3dc1d09e7c6c82d6dfcd"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-metadata",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-decode",
+ "scale-encode",
  "scale-info",
  "scale-type-resolver",
  "sp-crypto-hashing",
+ "thiserror 2.0.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "frame-metadata"
-version = "20.0.0"
+version = "23.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26de808fa6461f2485dc51811aefed108850064994fb4a62b3ac21ffa62ac8df"
+checksum = "d8c26fcb0454397c522c05fdad5380c4e622f8a875638af33bff5a320d1fc965"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -969,7 +1003,7 @@ checksum = "162ee34ebcb7c64a8abebc059ce0fee27c2262618d7b60ed8faf72fef13c3650"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1054,7 +1088,6 @@ checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "allocator-api2",
- "serde",
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@@ -1062,6 +1095,9 @@ name = "hashbrown"
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 checksum = "bf151400ff0baff5465007dd2f3e717f3fe502074ca563069ce3a6629d07b289"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -1087,7 +1123,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5313b072ce3c597065a808dbf612c4c8e8590bdbf8b579508bf7a762c5eae6cd"
 dependencies = [
- "arrayvec 0.7.4",
+ "arrayvec 0.7.6",
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 [[package]]
@@ -1252,7 +1288,7 @@ checksum = "1ec89e9337638ecdc08744df490b221a7399bf8d164eb52a665454e60e075ad6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.96",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1302,13 +1338,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "impl-trait-for-tuples"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11d7a9f6330b71fea57921c9b61c47ee6e84f72d394754eff6163ae67e7395eb"
+checksum = "a0eb5a3343abf848c0984fe4604b2b105da9539376e24fc0a3b0007411ae4fd9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1321,12 +1357,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indexmap-nostd"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e04e2fd2b8188ea827b32ef11de88377086d690286ab35747ef7f9bf3ccb590"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1338,9 +1368,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+checksum = "2b192c782037fadd9cfa75548310488aabdbf3d2da73885b31bd0abd03351285"
 dependencies = [
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+checksum = "c470df86cf28818dd3cd2fc4667b80dbefe2236c722c3dc1d09e7c6c82d6dfcd"
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  "frame-metadata",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "scale-decode",
+ "scale-encode",
  "scale-info",
  "scale-type-resolver",
  "sp-crypto-hashing",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
 
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+version = "23.0.0"
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-checksum = "26de808fa6461f2485dc51811aefed108850064994fb4a62b3ac21ffa62ac8df"
+checksum = "d8c26fcb0454397c522c05fdad5380c4e622f8a875638af33bff5a320d1fc965"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -2099,9 +2101,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6aebea322734465f39e4ad8100e1f9708c6c6c325d92b8780015d30c44fae791"
+checksum = "05c61b6b706a3eaad63b506ab50a1d2319f817ae01cf753adcc3f055f9f0fcd6"
 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
@@ -2450,7 +2452,7 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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  "derive-where",
@@ -2484,7 +2486,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "subxt-codegen"
-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "heck",
@@ -2500,7 +2502,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base58",
  "blake2",
@@ -2528,7 +2530,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2553,7 +2555,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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  "parity-scale-codec",
@@ -2561,13 +2563,14 @@ dependencies = [
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  "scale-typegen",
  "subxt-codegen",
+ "subxt-metadata",
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2580,7 +2583,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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@@ -2605,7 +2608,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.41.0"
+version = "0.44.0"
 dependencies = [
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  "parity-scale-codec",