diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 4eaebbb5e8c..8926d2d6e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Libs
       run: |
         sudo apt update -y
-        sudo apt install -y libdbus-1-dev libssl-dev gnome-keyring libxcb1-dev
+        sudo apt install -y libdbus-1-dev gnome-keyring libxcb1-dev
 
     - name: Start gnome-keyring
       # run gnome-keyring with 'foobar' as password for the login keyring
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-release.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-release.yml
index 55aa42efe6a..3d8d76f3b62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v1.*"
+      - "v01.*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -15,17 +15,21 @@ jobs:
     name: Build ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: false # Allow independent failures
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
           # Linux x86_64 build on Ubuntu
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             architecture: x86_64
             suffix: unknown-linux-gnu
+
+          # TODO: Linux aarch64 (ARM64) build on Ubuntu via cross-compilation - probably use `cross-rs`
+
           # macOS x86_64 build
           - os: macos-latest
             architecture: x86_64
             suffix: apple-darwin
+
           # macOS ARM64 build
           - os: macos-latest
             architecture: aarch64
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       # Step 2: Set up Rust toolchain
+      # This will install the specified target as per matrix
       - name: Set up Rust toolchain
         uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -50,15 +55,16 @@ jobs:
           rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
           echo "export PATH=$(brew --prefix llvm)/bin:\$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Install Libs for Ubuntu linux
+      # Step 4: Install Libs for Ubuntu (x86_64 and aarch64)
+      - name: Install Libs for Ubuntu
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
           sudo apt update -y
-          sudo apt install -y libdbus-1-dev libssl-dev gnome-keyring libxcb1-dev
+          sudo apt install -y libdbus-1-dev gnome-keyring libxcb1-dev
           gnome-keyring-daemon --components=secrets --daemonize --unlock <<< 'foobar'
 
 
-      # Step 4: Build the project
+      # Step 5: Build the project
       - name: Build
         run: |
           export TARGET=${{ matrix.architecture }}-${{ matrix.suffix }}
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           tar -cjf goose-${TARGET}.tar.bz2 goose goosed
           echo "ARTIFACT=target/${TARGET}/release/goose-${TARGET}.tar.bz2" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      # Step 5: Upload artifacts
+      # Step 6: Upload artifacts
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      # Step 2: Publish release with artifacts
+      # Step 2: Create GitHub release with artifacts
       - name: Create GitHub release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
index 4821c57c858..76c747603df 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,18 @@ serde_yaml = "0.9"
 dirs = "4.0"
 strum = "0.26"
 strum_macros = "0.26"
-reqwest = "0.11.27"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = [
+        "rustls-tls",
+        "json",
+        "cookies",
+        "gzip",
+        "brotli",
+        "deflate",
+        "zstd",
+        "charset",
+        "http2",
+        "stream"
+    ], default-features = false }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 rustyline = "15.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/goose/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
index 4b68fd44301..47131df0dbe 100644
--- a/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["full"] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["json", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false }
 
 [dependencies]
 mcp-core = { path = "../mcp-core" }
@@ -18,7 +18,18 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
 tokio-stream = "0.1"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = [
+        "rustls-tls",
+        "json",
+        "cookies",
+        "gzip",
+        "brotli",
+        "deflate",
+        "zstd",
+        "charset",
+        "http2",
+        "stream"
+    ], default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@ sha2 = "0.10"
 base64 = "0.21"
 url = "2.5"
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
-axum = "0.7"
+axum = { version = "0.7" }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["cors"] }
 webbrowser = "0.8"
 dotenv = "0.15"
@@ -72,4 +83,4 @@ path = "examples/databricks_oauth.rs"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "tokenization_benchmark"
-harness = false
+harness = false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/mcp-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/mcp-client/Cargo.toml
index 6de3d390332..976613eca6e 100644
--- a/crates/mcp-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/mcp-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 mcp-core = { path = "../mcp-core" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream", "rustls-tls"] }
-reqwest-eventsource = "0.5.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream", "rustls-tls"] }
+reqwest-eventsource = "0.6.0"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"