diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 381d1e0..872321c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ checksum = "ade8366b8bd5ba243f0a58f036cc0ca8a2f069cff1a2351ef1cac6b083e16fc0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.10.13"
+version = "0.10.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a253bab4a9be502c82332b60cbeee6202ad0692834efeec95fae9f29db33d692"
+checksum = "8037a01ec09d6c06883a38bad4f47b8d06158ad360b841e0ae5707c9884dfaf6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "binread",
@@ -395,9 +395,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid_derive"
-version = "0.6.6"
+version = "0.10.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3de398570c386726e7a59d9887b68763c481477f9a043fb998a2e09d428df1a9"
+checksum = "fb45f4d5eff3805598ee633dd80f8afb306c023249d34b5b7dfdc2080ea1df2e"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -1383,8 +1383,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-agent"
-version = "0.42.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/dfinity/agent-rs?rev=f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f#f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f"
+version = "0.44.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5337598ec943bab711e0288319761abb5a7a7087ac226b03472441a90f88e0c"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "async-channel",
@@ -1406,7 +1407,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body-util",
  "ic-certification 3.0.3",
  "ic-ed25519",
- "ic-transport-types 0.42.0",
+ "ic-transport-types 0.44.3",
  "ic-verify-bls-signature",
  "k256",
  "leb128",
@@ -1585,9 +1586,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-management-canister-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95f3af3543f6d0cbdecd2dcdfd4737ada2bd42d935cc787eec22090c96492c76"
+checksum = "8b5a939a84adbc30769d47e5de72c7b9f3713284e3ac87df4eb24795677a8df8"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
  "serde",
@@ -1647,8 +1648,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-transport-types"
-version = "0.42.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/dfinity/agent-rs?rev=f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f#f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f"
+version = "0.44.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d5fec6355d0a542bfe484eb36343b6570047394124918cb8b435e22241c65427"
 dependencies = [
  "candid",
  "hex",
@@ -1664,8 +1666,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ic-utils"
-version = "0.42.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/dfinity/agent-rs?rev=f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f#f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f"
+version = "0.44.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc35f1cf9c5053b108b24fbf24eed544dc37647a95b183e2e1c7dfb93da23d32"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "candid",
@@ -1681,7 +1684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum_macros",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "time",
- "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dcc6ad1..b0eb89c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ reqwest = "0.12"
 
 ic-cdk = "0.17"
 ic-cdk-macros = "0.17"
-ic-agent = { git = "https://github.com/dfinity/agent-rs", rev = "f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f" }
-ic-utils = { git = "https://github.com/dfinity/agent-rs", rev = "f34acedb5539838ffdbd4cf49a0832303977293f" }
+ic-agent = "0.44"
+ic-utils = "0.44"
 candid = "0.10"
 pocket-ic = "6.0"
 assert_matches = "1"
diff --git a/examples/http-gateway/canister/src/custom_assets/src/lib.rs b/examples/http-gateway/canister/src/custom_assets/src/lib.rs
index 8b58218..8bc5ba5 100644
--- a/examples/http-gateway/canister/src/custom_assets/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/http-gateway/canister/src/custom_assets/src/lib.rs
@@ -111,44 +111,29 @@ fn current_chunk_index(resp: &HttpResponse) -> usize {
 }
 
 fn chunk_corruption_requested(req: &HttpRequest) -> Option<usize> {
-    if let Some(corrupted_chunk_index) = get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-CorruptChunkAtIndex")
-    {
-        Some(
-            corrupted_chunk_index
-                .parse()
-                .expect("invalid index of chunk to corrupt"),
-        )
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
+    get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-CorruptChunkAtIndex").map(|corrupted_chunk_index| {
+        corrupted_chunk_index
+            .parse()
+            .expect("invalid index of chunk to corrupt")
+    })
 }
 
 fn cert_corruption_requested(req: &HttpRequest) -> Option<usize> {
-    if let Some(corrupted_cert_chunk_index) =
-        get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-CorruptCertificateAtIndex")
-    {
-        Some(
+    get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-CorruptCertificateAtIndex").map(
+        |corrupted_cert_chunk_index| {
             corrupted_cert_chunk_index
                 .parse()
-                .expect("invalid index of chunk to corrupt the certificate"),
-        )
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
+                .expect("invalid index of chunk to corrupt the certificate")
+        },
+    )
 }
 
 fn chunk_swap_requested(req: &HttpRequest) -> Option<usize> {
-    if let Some(chunk_index_to_swap) =
-        get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-SwapChunkAtIndexWithNext")
-    {
-        Some(
-            chunk_index_to_swap
-                .parse()
-                .expect("invalid index of chunk to swap"),
-        )
-    } else {
-        None
-    }
+    get_header_value(req.headers(), "Test-SwapChunkAtIndexWithNext").map(|chunk_index_to_swap| {
+        chunk_index_to_swap
+            .parse()
+            .expect("invalid index of chunk to swap")
+    })
 }
 
 fn get_header_value(headers: &[HeaderField], header_name: &str) -> Option<String> {
@@ -178,10 +163,10 @@ fn get_content_range_begin(content_range_header_value: &str) -> usize {
             content_range_header_value
         );
     }
-    let range_begin = str_value_parts[0].parse::<usize>().expect(&format!(
-        "Invalid range_begin in: {}",
-        content_range_header_value
-    ));
+    let range_begin = str_value_parts[0]
+        .parse::<usize>()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Invalid range_begin in: {content_range_header_value}"));
+
     // Note: skipping the check whether range_end and total_length are sane.
     range_begin
 }
diff --git a/packages/ic-http-gateway/src/client/http_gateway_client.rs b/packages/ic-http-gateway/src/client/http_gateway_client.rs
index 71a4b75..3ab5e29 100644
--- a/packages/ic-http-gateway/src/client/http_gateway_client.rs
+++ b/packages/ic-http-gateway/src/client/http_gateway_client.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub struct HttpGatewayClient {
     agent: Agent,
 }
 
-impl HttpGatewayClient {
+impl<'a> HttpGatewayClient {
     pub fn new(args: HttpGatewayClientArgs) -> Self {
         Self { agent: args.agent }
     }
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ impl HttpGatewayClient {
         Default::default()
     }
 
-    pub fn request(&self, args: HttpGatewayRequestArgs) -> HttpGatewayRequestBuilder {
+    pub fn request(&'a self, args: HttpGatewayRequestArgs) -> HttpGatewayRequestBuilder<'a> {
         HttpGatewayRequestBuilder::new(HttpGatewayRequestBuilderArgs {
             request_args: args,
             agent: &self.agent,