diff --git a/rust/tool/Cargo.lock b/rust/tool/Cargo.lock
index a0e7de2..9d3ec68 100644
--- a/rust/tool/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/tool/Cargo.lock
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e579a7752471abc2a8268df8b20005e3eadd975f585398f17efcfd8d4927371"
+checksum = "0ca84f3628370c59db74ee214b3263d58f9aadd9b4fe7e711fd87dc452b7f163"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4bcd8291a340dd8ac70e18878bc4501dd7b4ff970cfa21c207d36ece51ea88fd"
+checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bootspec"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00e72d8c31834bd0ae54a0b2ae04579eeb59b73639ce9a7194099f044ec1548c"
+checksum = "aa369be5fcb7fb0b6f86427ae4446f724238bdcd8ec6db9e0d9ac041cde94fae"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.12.0"
+version = "3.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d261e256854913907f67ed06efbc3338dfe6179796deefc1ff763fc1aee5535"
+checksum = "3c6ed94e98ecff0c12dd1b04c15ec0d7d9458ca8fe806cea6f12954efe74c63b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.2.7"
+version = "4.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34d21f9bf1b425d2968943631ec91202fe5e837264063503708b83013f8fc938"
+checksum = "93aae7a4192245f70fe75dd9157fc7b4a5bf53e88d30bd4396f7d8f9284d5acc"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.2.7"
+version = "4.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "914c8c79fb560f238ef6429439a30023c862f7a28e688c58f7203f12b29970bd"
+checksum = "4f423e341edefb78c9caba2d9c7f7687d0e72e89df3ce3394554754393ac3990"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -194,31 +194,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.2.0"
+version = "4.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f9644cd56d6b87dbe899ef8b053e331c0637664e9e21a33dfcdc36093f5c5c4"
+checksum = "191d9573962933b4027f932c600cd252ce27a8ad5979418fe78e43c07996f27b"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a2dd5a6fe8c6e3502f568a6353e5273bbb15193ad9a89e457b9970798efbea1"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "codespan-reporting"
-version = "0.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
-dependencies = [
- "termcolor",
- "unicode-width",
-]
+checksum = "2da6da31387c7e4ef160ffab6d5e7f00c42626fe39aea70a7b0f1773f7dd6c1b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
@@ -251,50 +241,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
-name = "cxx"
-version = "1.0.94"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f61f1b6389c3fe1c316bf8a4dccc90a38208354b330925bce1f74a6c4756eb93"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cxxbridge-flags",
- "cxxbridge-macro",
- "link-cplusplus",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxx-build"
-version = "1.0.94"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12cee708e8962df2aeb38f594aae5d827c022b6460ac71a7a3e2c3c2aae5a07b"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "codespan-reporting",
- "once_cell",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "scratch",
- "syn 2.0.15",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxxbridge-flags"
-version = "1.0.94"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7944172ae7e4068c533afbb984114a56c46e9ccddda550499caa222902c7f7bb"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cxxbridge-macro"
-version = "1.0.94"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2345488264226bf682893e25de0769f3360aac9957980ec49361b083ddaa5bc5"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "difflib"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -303,9 +249,9 @@ checksum = "6184e33543162437515c2e2b48714794e37845ec9851711914eec9d308f6ebe8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.6"
+version = "0.10.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
@@ -450,12 +396,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0703ae284fc167426161c2e3f1da3ea71d94b21bedbcc9494e92b28e334e3dca"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
 dependencies = [
- "cxx",
- "cxx-build",
+ "cc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -513,9 +458,9 @@ checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.61"
+version = "0.3.63"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "445dde2150c55e483f3d8416706b97ec8e8237c307e5b7b4b8dd15e6af2a0730"
+checksum = "2f37a4a5928311ac501dee68b3c7613a1037d0edb30c8e5427bd832d55d1b790"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -547,24 +492,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.142"
+version = "0.2.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a987beff54b60ffa6d51982e1aa1146bc42f19bd26be28b0586f252fccf5317"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "link-cplusplus"
-version = "1.0.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ecd207c9c713c34f95a097a5b029ac2ce6010530c7b49d7fea24d977dede04f5"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
+checksum = "2b00cc1c228a6782d0f076e7b232802e0c5689d41bb5df366f2a6b6621cfdfe1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.3.3"
+version = "0.3.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b085a4f2cde5781fc4b1717f2e86c62f5cda49de7ba99a7c2eae02b61c9064c"
+checksum = "ef53942eb7bf7ff43a617b3e2c1c4a5ecf5944a7c1bc12d7ee39bbb15e5c1519"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -660,18 +596,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.56"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b63bdb0cd06f1f4dedf69b254734f9b45af66e4a031e42a7480257d9898b435"
+checksum = "fa1fb82fc0c281dd9671101b66b771ebbe1eaf967b96ac8740dcba4b70005ca8"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4424af4bf778aae2051a77b60283332f386554255d722233d09fbfc7e30da2fc"
+checksum = "8f4f29d145265ec1c483c7c654450edde0bfe043d3938d6972630663356d9500"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -732,9 +668,9 @@ checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.37.13"
+version = "0.37.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f79bef90eb6d984c72722595b5b1348ab39275a5e5123faca6863bf07d75a4e0"
+checksum = "acf8729d8542766f1b2cf77eb034d52f40d375bb8b615d0b147089946e16613d"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
@@ -759,12 +695,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scratch"
-version = "1.0.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1792db035ce95be60c3f8853017b3999209281c24e2ba5bc8e59bf97a0c590c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scroll"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -787,22 +717,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.162"
+version = "1.0.163"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "71b2f6e1ab5c2b98c05f0f35b236b22e8df7ead6ffbf51d7808da7f8817e7ab6"
+checksum = "2113ab51b87a539ae008b5c6c02dc020ffa39afd2d83cffcb3f4eb2722cebec2"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.162"
+version = "1.0.163"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2a0814352fd64b58489904a44ea8d90cb1a91dcb6b4f5ebabc32c8318e93cb6"
+checksum = "8c805777e3930c8883389c602315a24224bcc738b63905ef87cd1420353ea93e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -865,9 +795,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.15"
+version = "2.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a34fcf3e8b60f57e6a14301a2e916d323af98b0ea63c599441eec8558660c822"
+checksum = "a6f671d4b5ffdb8eadec19c0ae67fe2639df8684bd7bc4b83d986b8db549cf01"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -919,7 +849,7 @@ checksum = "f9456a42c5b0d803c8cd86e73dd7cc9edd429499f37a3550d286d5e86720569f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -960,12 +890,6 @@ version = "1.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5464a87b239f13a63a501f2701565754bae92d243d4bb7eb12f6d57d2269bf4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1005,9 +929,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31f8dcbc21f30d9b8f2ea926ecb58f6b91192c17e9d33594b3df58b2007ca53b"
+checksum = "5bba0e8cb82ba49ff4e229459ff22a191bbe9a1cb3a341610c9c33efc27ddf73"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
@@ -1015,24 +939,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95ce90fd5bcc06af55a641a86428ee4229e44e07033963a2290a8e241607ccb9"
+checksum = "19b04bc93f9d6bdee709f6bd2118f57dd6679cf1176a1af464fca3ab0d66d8fb"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c21f77c0bedc37fd5dc21f897894a5ca01e7bb159884559461862ae90c0b4c5"
+checksum = "14d6b024f1a526bb0234f52840389927257beb670610081360e5a03c5df9c258"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -1040,22 +964,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2aff81306fcac3c7515ad4e177f521b5c9a15f2b08f4e32d823066102f35a5f6"
+checksum = "e128beba882dd1eb6200e1dc92ae6c5dbaa4311aa7bb211ca035779e5efc39f8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.16",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.84"
+version = "0.2.86"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0046fef7e28c3804e5e38bfa31ea2a0f73905319b677e57ebe37e49358989b5d"
+checksum = "ed9d5b4305409d1fc9482fee2d7f9bcbf24b3972bf59817ef757e23982242a93"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
diff --git a/rust/tool/Cargo.toml b/rust/tool/Cargo.toml
index ee67083..4021a5d 100644
--- a/rust/tool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/tool/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ nix = { version = "0.26.2", default-features = false, features = [ "fs" ] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.162", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 tempfile = "3.5.0"
-bootspec = "0.2.0"
+bootspec = "1.0"
 walkdir = "2.3.3"
 time = "0.3.21"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
diff --git a/rust/tool/src/generation.rs b/rust/tool/src/generation.rs
index 377f899..2686dbb 100644
--- a/rust/tool/src/generation.rs
+++ b/rust/tool/src/generation.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
-use bootspec::generation::Generation as BootspecGeneration;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use bootspec::BootJson;
 use bootspec::BootSpec;
 use bootspec::SpecialisationName;
@@ -45,18 +44,10 @@ impl Generation {
         let boot_json: BootJson = fs::read(bootspec_path)
             .context("Failed to read bootspec file")
             .and_then(|raw| serde_json::from_slice(&raw).context("Failed to read bootspec JSON"))
-            // TODO: this should be much easier, add a From<GenerationVX> for BootspecGeneration
-            // this should enable us to do `into()` on the Result
-            // anyhow compatibility of bootspec would be nice too.
             .or_else(|_err| BootJson::synthesize_latest(&link.path)
-                    .map_err(|err| anyhow!(err))
                     .context("Failed to read a bootspec (missing bootspec?) and failed to synthesize a valid replacement bootspec."))?;
 
-        // TODO: replace me when https://github.com/DeterminateSystems/bootspec/pull/109 lands.
-        let bootspec: BootSpec = match boot_json.generation {
-            BootspecGeneration::V1(bootspec) => bootspec,
-            _ => return Err(anyhow!("Unsupported bootspec schema")),
-        };
+        let bootspec: BootSpec = boot_json.generation.try_into()?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             version: link.version,