diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3f40cd1..9207107 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -325,21 +325,38 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-platform"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e35af189006b9c0f00a064685c727031e3ed2d8020f7ba284d78cc2671bd36ea"
+checksum = "84982c6c0ae343635a3a4ee6dedef965513735c8b183caa7289fa6e27399ebd4"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cargo-util-schemas"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e63d2780ac94487eb9f1fea7b0d56300abc9eb488800854ca217f102f5caccca"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver",
+ "serde",
+ "serde-untagged",
+ "serde-value",
+ "thiserror 1.0.69",
+ "toml",
+ "unicode-xid",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.19.2"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd5eb614ed4c27c5d706420e4320fbe3216ab31fa1c33cd8246ac36dae4479ba"
+checksum = "4f7835cfc6135093070e95eb2b53e5d9b5c403dc3a6be6040ee026270aa82502"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "cargo-platform",
+ "cargo-util-schemas",
  "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -842,6 +859,16 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "erased-serde"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e004d887f51fcb9fef17317a2f3525c887d8aa3f4f50fed920816a688284a5b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "typeid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.10"
@@ -1291,6 +1318,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "hyperlight-wasm-aot"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "cargo-util-schemas",
  "cargo_metadata",
  "clap",
  "wasmtime",
@@ -1735,7 +1763,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
  "indexmap",
  "metrics",
- "ordered-float",
+ "ordered-float 4.6.0",
  "quanta",
  "radix_trie",
  "rand",
@@ -1901,6 +1929,15 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68f19d67e5a2795c94e73e0bb1cc1a7edeb2e28efd39e2e1c9b7a40c1108b11c"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ordered-float"
 version = "4.6.0"
@@ -2513,6 +2550,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-untagged"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "299d9c19d7d466db4ab10addd5703e4c615dec2a5a16dbbafe191045e87ee66e"
+dependencies = [
+ "erased-serde",
+ "serde",
+ "typeid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-value"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3a1a3341211875ef120e117ea7fd5228530ae7e7036a779fdc9117be6b3282c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ordered-float 2.10.1",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.217"
@@ -2931,6 +2989,12 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e421abadd41a4225275504ea4d6566923418b7f05506fbc9c0fe86ba7396114b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typeid"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc7d623258602320d5c55d1bc22793b57daff0ec7efc270ea7d55ce1d5f5471c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.17.0"
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/Cargo.toml
index 88987ba..55ce39e 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 wasmtime = { version = "30.0.2", default-features = false, features = ["cranelift", "runtime", "component-model" ] }
 clap = "4.5"
-cargo_metadata = "0.19"
+cargo_metadata = "0.20"
+cargo-util-schemas = "=0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/src/main.rs b/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/src/main.rs
index dbdcf7f..c4e7b67 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm_aot/src/main.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use cargo_metadata::{MetadataCommand, Package};
+use cargo_util_schemas::manifest::PackageName;
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use wasmtime::{Config, Engine, Module, Precompiled};
 fn main() {
@@ -85,8 +86,9 @@ fn main() {
         Some("check-wasmtime-version") => {
             // get the wasmtime version used by hyperlight-wasm-aot
             let metadata = MetadataCommand::new().exec().unwrap();
+            let package_name = PackageName::new("wasmtime".to_string()).unwrap();
             let wasmtime_package: Option<&Package> =
-                metadata.packages.iter().find(|p| p.name == "wasmtime");
+                metadata.packages.iter().find(|p| p.name == package_name);
             let version_number = match wasmtime_package {
                 Some(pkg) => pkg.version.clone(),
                 None => panic!("wasmtime dependency not found"),