diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9749014..16c65da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ checksum = "1e4b40c7323adcfc0a41c4b88143ed58346ff65a288fc144329c5c45e05d70c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.13.1"
+version = "2.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b588b76d00fde79687d7646a9b5bdf3cc0f655e0bbd080335a95d7e96f3587da"
+checksum = "3ded4057c258ba199e2d26386d3af3780957ecaee6c4ef4041c6b4b8b97c0b06"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
-version = "1.0.4"
+version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
+checksum = "4e7648175b45a9a48536d676f68d918270699102aa8dab5496df06904c914600"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b2a41393f66f16b0823bb79094d54ac5fbd34ab292ddafb9a0456ac9f87d201"
+checksum = "5ca28b0ae3115b884660db4118d803791fd6756b6e88f39c0f3f7859060d7566"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hybrid-array"
-version = "0.4.14"
+version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "707114b52a152fa7bdb290cd7cd5912d9467273b6d74e21b8d81aca1f8533f6b"
+checksum = "27f864f10dfb56725ce5ce5472bc52252c8f93a4ab86327122cebf62c5f59a17"
 dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.33"
+version = "0.4.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ceec5bc11778974d1bcb055b18002eba7f4b3518b6a0081b3af5f21666da9ad"
+checksum = "f9f8bd3e56ce4dfc153cf470fffbfa98c7620958b312ca5c3a4b8d5181fd13c6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
@@ -174,22 +174,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ptr_meta"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b9a0cf95a1196af61d4f1cbdab967179516d9a4a4312af1f31948f8f6224a79"
+checksum = "743da816b98c921cdbe8628ef7381b76f25ecf4da599fc80aca90eae7ef70cc0"
 dependencies = [
  "ptr_meta_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ptr_meta_derive"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7347867d0a7e1208d93b46767be83e2b8f978c3dad35f775ac8d8847551d6fe1"
+checksum = "1c8d9ca532f185d5d4db7a7c9d51420b452168ea1c2b913953281bd6fe1fcbd0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ checksum = "e7a5d71263a5a7d47b41f6b3f06ba276f10cc18b0931f1799f710578e2309348"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 3.0.3",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -265,29 +265,18 @@ checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
-version = "0.12.2"
+version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8abadc99fd9c7bbb7d0ca2b31d72a067d0c0dcd7aad25ab8cac71ba91417694b"
+checksum = "0134f9043ed38b087ac4f7d4af44c79e2c9e5094421fe3164f435ce585953b10"
 dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.119"
+version = "3.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "872831b642d1a07999a962a351ed35b955ea2cfc8f3862091e2a240a84f17297"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-ident",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "syn"
-version = "3.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e9bae58849f64dfa4f5d5ae372c8341f7305f82a3868709269343628b659a3"
+checksum = "8593e8e72159ed2257d083c7a454a85cbf854f37a0966d8d483aff8c8a3ebcee"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -296,9 +285,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "1.1.4+spec-1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.6+spec-1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3aace63f4bbcdfc2c965b059de67119c89c4017a70d633be6c104910f67056f5"
+checksum = "920602543f0911ab71da12c50d59701da54c196d1a2bf5cb4b75667f137a406a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -342,9 +331,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uefi"
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.41.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a58ad7512f7c38b58aa536c3839dbb1d5a122d14a7e2245b06ded49edcb7585a"
+checksum = "368cef7d94514897e6dad4350945c7910a9f5bf9021191d1c58ee3ec09962697"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -358,20 +347,20 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uefi-macros"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4687412b5ac74d245d5bfb1733ede50c31be19bf8a4b6a967a29b451bab49e67"
+checksum = "643efa8b64be89780bc498b290fab04337c7c4d171cc82cce2e133a74616dcc4"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.119",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uefi-raw"
-version = "0.15.1"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a36f49db0b04a8dfd246a26ddf8d2526a2ffd8cf946ae7fe603fd0c5fbd2786"
+checksum = "3636327a6d88a38c0f2567fb695ec7ba27b3483d1877730486605aa0866da201"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "uguid",
@@ -385,9 +374,9 @@ checksum = "0c8352f8c05e47892e7eaf13b34abd76a7f4aeaf817b716e88789381927f199c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.24"
+version = "1.0.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
+checksum = "d245f478577f809a851594d02313b640fb437e0bb33866753cff937863096954"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a5adfc1..4d4f27d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ repository = "https://github.com/edera-dev/sprout"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-bitflags = "2.13.1"
-log = "0.4.33"
-spin = "0.12.2"
-uefi-raw = "0.15.1"
+bitflags = "2.13.2"
+log = "0.4.34"
+spin = "0.12.3"
+uefi-raw = "0.17.0"
 
 [workspace.dependencies.anyhow]
 version = "1.0.104"
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ version = "2.0.1"
 default-features = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies.toml]
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.6"
 default-features = false
 features = ["serde", "parse"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies.uefi]
-version = "0.39.0"
+version = "0.41.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["alloc", "global_allocator", "panic_handler"]
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1220955..fd244e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7-labs
 ARG RUST_PROFILE=release
 ARG RUST_TARGET_SUBDIR=release
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.97.1-alpine@sha256:3c38f3f82c2f3d73da3b38e18d279393a04cb43ddded0e35088a8c3324d40900 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rust:1.98.1-alpine@sha256:7cc1c22d77d9432f7fe012a70e6d3e555af54c2a6832700ed7d553f1769ae89f AS build
 RUN apk --no-cache add musl-dev busybox-static
 ARG RUST_PROFILE
 RUN adduser -S -s /bin/sh build
diff --git a/crates/boot/src/menu.rs b/crates/boot/src/menu.rs
index 08e204b..854d2d3 100644
--- a/crates/boot/src/menu.rs
+++ b/crates/boot/src/menu.rs
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ fn read(input: &mut Input, timeout: &Duration) -> Result<MenuOperation> {
     let trigger = TimerTrigger::Relative(*timeout);
     uefi::boot::set_timer(&timer_event, trigger).context("unable to set timeout timer")?;
 
-    let mut events = vec![timer_event, key_event];
+    let events = vec![timer_event, key_event];
 
     // Wait for either the timer event or the key event to trigger.
     // Store the result so that we can free the timer event.
-    let event_result = uefi::boot::wait_for_event(&mut events)
+    let event_result = uefi::boot::wait_for_event(&events)
         .discard_errdata()
         .context("unable to wait for event");
 
diff --git a/crates/eficore/src/strings.rs b/crates/eficore/src/strings.rs
index f8d5603..f61a21c 100644
--- a/crates/eficore/src/strings.rs
+++ b/crates/eficore/src/strings.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ pub fn utf16_bytes_to_cstring16(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<CString16> {
     // Convert the bytes to UTF-16 data.
     let data = bytes
         // Chunk everything into two bytes.
-        .chunks_exact(2)
+        .as_chunks::<2>()
+        .0
+        .iter()
         // Reinterpret the bytes as u16 little-endian.
         .map(|chunk| u16::from_le_bytes([chunk[0], chunk[1]]))
         // Collect the result into a vector.
diff --git a/hack/dev/boot/Dockerfile b/hack/dev/boot/Dockerfile
index c846c64..ed38ec7 100644
--- a/hack/dev/boot/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dev/boot/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:fac46bff2e02f51425b6e33b0e1169f55dfb053d83511ca28aa50c09fd5ed7a4 AS build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:9cc080028c43b27d2074d63a5f9caf7166d731494965616c1a6d2827a004585c AS build
 ARG BUILDPLATFORM
 ARG EFI_NAME
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
diff --git a/hack/dev/kernel/Dockerfile b/hack/dev/kernel/Dockerfile
index 6f0ff12..f733d5d 100644
--- a/hack/dev/kernel/Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dev/kernel/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-ARG KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.18.41.tar.xz
-ARG KERNEL_CHECKSUM=sha256:17fc72f0f8d4a8a8633a5d20085f5d9c5a5ec51ee896a0b7ae1ec25da31273ea
+ARG KERNEL_SOURCE_URL=https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.18.54.tar.xz
+ARG KERNEL_CHECKSUM=sha256:9df30b02dd8102bbd0be52556288ef6889ddbe7f1ddb96fbf847d0becf3eacac
 
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:fac46bff2e02f51425b6e33b0e1169f55dfb053d83511ca28aa50c09fd5ed7a4 AS buildenv
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:9cc080028c43b27d2074d63a5f9caf7166d731494965616c1a6d2827a004585c AS buildenv
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
       build-essential squashfs-tools python3-yaml \
       patch diffutils sed mawk findutils zstd \
diff --git a/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-direct b/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-direct
index dc0f5fb..64fa855 100644
--- a/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-direct
+++ b/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-direct
@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:fac46bff2e02f51425b6e33b0e1169f55dfb053d83511ca28aa50c09fd5ed7a4
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:9cc080028c43b27d2074d63a5f9caf7166d731494965616c1a6d2827a004585c
diff --git a/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill b/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill
index d5c913c..1be33a9 100644
--- a/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill
+++ b/hack/dev/utils/Dockerfile.copy-polyfill
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ARG TARGET_IMAGE=scratch
 FROM ${TARGET_IMAGE} AS image
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:fac46bff2e02f51425b6e33b0e1169f55dfb053d83511ca28aa50c09fd5ed7a4 AS final
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM debian:trixie@sha256:9cc080028c43b27d2074d63a5f9caf7166d731494965616c1a6d2827a004585c AS final
 COPY --from=image / /image
diff --git a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs
index 45a36bf..441d196 100644
--- a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs
+++ b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.initramfs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:28bd5fe8b56d1bd048e5babf5b10710ebe0bae67db86916198a6eec434943f8b AS rootfs
+FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS rootfs
 RUN apk --no-cache add alpine-base tzdata wireless-regdb ifupdown-ng agetty
 RUN rc-update add devfs sysinit && \
     rc-update add dmesg sysinit && \
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN rc-update add devfs sysinit && \
 ADD kernel.modules.tgz /
 COPY files/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces
 
-FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:28bd5fe8b56d1bd048e5babf5b10710ebe0bae67db86916198a6eec434943f8b AS build
+FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS build
 COPY --from=rootfs / /rootfs
 WORKDIR /rootfs
 RUN find . | cpio -R 0:0 --ignore-devno --renumber-inodes -o -H newc --quiet > /initramfs
diff --git a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf
index 785ecf0..a413e18 100644
--- a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf
+++ b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.ovmf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:28bd5fe8b56d1bd048e5babf5b10710ebe0bae67db86916198a6eec434943f8b AS build
+FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS build
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN if [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" = "linux/amd64" ] || [ "${TARGETPLATFORM}" = "linux/x86_64" ]; then \
       apk --no-cache add ovmf edk2-shell; cp /usr/share/ovmf/bios.bin /ovmf.fd; fi
diff --git a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.xen b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.xen
index b51a7ed..0f45536 100644
--- a/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.xen
+++ b/hack/dev/vm/Dockerfile.xen
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:28bd5fe8b56d1bd048e5babf5b10710ebe0bae67db86916198a6eec434943f8b AS build
+FROM alpine:3.24@sha256:294b683cb724975bec92580e1e685676bd4b50bda910ddb8c51d4cabeaec77e6 AS build
 ARG TARGETPLATFORM
 RUN apk add --no-cache xen-hypervisor && cp /usr/lib/efi/xen.efi /xen.efi
 
diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 188682e..7e59187 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.97.1"
+channel = "1.98.1"
 components = ["rustfmt", "clippy"]
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-uefi", "aarch64-unknown-uefi"]