diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e9b8b7..c258fea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ The repository contains the following crates:
 * [tenderdash-abci](./abci/) - main crate, including ABCI++ socket and tcp server implementation, `Application` trait and re-exporting `tenderdash-proto` crate
 * [tenderdash-proto](./proto/) - ABCI++ messages and data types definitions, and gRPC client/server implementation, generated based on Tenderdash protobuf specifications
 * [tenderdash-proto-compiler](./proto-compiler/) - an internal tool that fetches tenderdash repository and converts protobuf files to Rust
-*
 
 ## Version Compatibility
 
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ This library also includes built-in support for ABCI protocol version verificati
 ## Quick start
 
 1. Install dependencies. You can find a current list of dependencies in the [Dockerfile](Dockerfile-debian).
+   * Ensure to install `protoc` from <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases> and place it in your `$PATH`, as we
+   **don't support protoc shipped with your distribution** (like Ubuntu).
 2. Add tenderdash-abci crate to your project:
 
     ```bash
diff --git a/abci/Cargo.toml b/abci/Cargo.toml
index 5d5f395..5efe1a9 100644
--- a/abci/Cargo.toml
+++ b/abci/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", optional = true, default-features = f
     "env-filter",
 ] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", optional = true }
-thiserror = { version = "1.0.58" }
+thiserror = { version = "2.0.3" }
 url = { version = "2.5.0" }
 semver = { version = "1.0.22" }
 lhash = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["sha256"], optional = true }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ futures = { version = "0.3.30", optional = true }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.82" }
 bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.3" }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.6" }
-bollard = { version = "0.17" }
+bollard = { version = "0.18" }
 futures = { version = "0.3.30" }
 tokio = { version = "1.40", features = ["macros", "signal", "time", "io-std"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3" }