diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae2dff3..905e44e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
@@ -202,14 +202,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f43644eed690f5374f1af436ecd6aea01cd201f6fbdf0178adaf6907afb2cec"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.4.4",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
- "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tokio",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.5.1",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -229,6 +259,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5e6b8ba012a258d63c9adfa28b9ddcf66149da6f986c5b5452e629d5ee64bf00"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.1",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.73"
@@ -1197,6 +1248,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "httparse",
+ "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "smallvec",
@@ -1264,7 +1316,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2",
  "tokio",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -2121,7 +2173,7 @@ name = "ratings"
 version = "0.0.3"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.6",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
  "cucumber",
@@ -2155,7 +2207,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic",
  "tonic-build",
  "tonic-reflection",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -3221,7 +3273,7 @@ checksum = "d560933a0de61cf715926b9cac824d4c883c2c43142f787595e48280c40a1d0e"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bytes",
  "h2 0.3.26",
@@ -3234,7 +3286,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
- "tower",
+ "tower 0.4.13",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -3286,6 +3338,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2873938d487c3cfb9aed7546dc9f2711d867c9f90c46b889989a2cb84eba6b4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e208497..d41c113 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 argon2 = "0.5.3"
-axum = "0.6.20" # this *must* be pinned because 0.7.x relies on hyper 1.x causing a ton of type conversion issues
+axum = "0.7.6" # this *must* be pinned because 0.7.x relies on hyper 1.x causing a ton of type conversion issues
 base64 = "0.22.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false, features = [
     "std",