diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f9defaf..44522c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -32,17 +32,6 @@ version = "1.0.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "080e9890a082662b09c1ad45f567faeeb47f22b5fb23895fbe1e651e718e25ca"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atty"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -146,12 +135,12 @@ checksum = "06ea2b9bc92be3c2baa9334a323ebca2d6f074ff852cd1d7b11064035cd3868f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
+checksum = "4cd405aab171cb85d6735e5c8d9db038c17d3ca007a4d2c25f337935c3d90580"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
  "humantime",
+ "is-terminal",
  "log",
  "regex",
  "termcolor",
@@ -374,11 +363,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.14.4"
+version = "0.18.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0155506aab710a86160ddb504a480d2964d7ab5b9e62419be69e0032bc5931c"
+checksum = "1b3ba52851e73b46a4c3df1d89343741112003f0f6f13beb0dfac9e457c3fdcd"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bitflags 2.4.2",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
@@ -728,12 +717,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-deps",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
@@ -748,21 +731,15 @@ checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.19"
+version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
+checksum = "bd5256b483761cd23699d0da46cc6fd2ee3be420bbe6d020ae4a091e70b7e9fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "humantime"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
-dependencies = [
- "quick-error",
-]
+checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
@@ -799,23 +776,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "1.9.3"
+version = "2.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+checksum = "233cf39063f058ea2caae4091bf4a3ef70a653afbc026f5c4a4135d114e3c177"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+ "equivalent",
+ "hashbrown",
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.2.3"
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "233cf39063f058ea2caae4091bf4a3ef70a653afbc026f5c4a4135d114e3c177"
+checksum = "f23ff5ef2b80d608d61efee834934d862cd92461afc0560dedf493e4c033738b"
 dependencies = [
- "equivalent",
- "hashbrown 0.14.3",
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -888,9 +866,9 @@ checksum = "9c198f91728a82281a64e1f4f9eeb25d82cb32a5de251c6bd1b5154d63a8e7bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.13.5+1.4.5"
+version = "0.16.2+1.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51e5ea06c26926f1002dd553fded6cfcdc9784c1f60feeb58368b4d9b07b6dba"
+checksum = "ee4126d8b4ee5c9d9ea891dd875cfdc1e9d0950437179104b183d7d8a74d24e8"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -929,9 +907,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
-version = "0.2.23"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b094a36eb4b8b8c8a7b4b8ae43b2944502be3e59cd87687595cf6b0a71b3f4ca"
+checksum = "2dc8a030b787e2119a731f1951d6a773e2280c660f8ec4b0f5e1505a386e71ee"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -1022,7 +1000,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gstreamer",
  "gstreamer-pbutils",
  "gtk4",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap",
  "libadwaita",
  "log",
  "num_enum",
@@ -1079,23 +1057,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum"
-version = "0.5.11"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f646caf906c20226733ed5b1374287eb97e3c2a5c227ce668c1f2ce20ae57c9"
+checksum = "02339744ee7253741199f897151b38e72257d13802d4ee837285cc2990a90845"
 dependencies = [
  "num_enum_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_enum_derive"
-version = "0.5.11"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dcbff9bc912032c62bf65ef1d5aea88983b420f4f839db1e9b0c281a25c9c799"
+checksum = "681030a937600a36906c185595136d26abfebb4aa9c65701cefcaf8578bb982b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-crate",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1249,9 +1227,9 @@ checksum = "c6fa0831dd7cc608c38a5e323422a0077678fa5744aa2be4ad91c4ece8eec8d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pretty_env_logger"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "926d36b9553851b8b0005f1275891b392ee4d2d833852c417ed025477350fb9d"
+checksum = "865724d4dbe39d9f3dd3b52b88d859d66bcb2d6a0acfd5ea68a65fb66d4bdc1c"
 dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "log",
@@ -1309,12 +1287,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libpulse-binding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "quick-error"
-version = "1.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1d01941d82fa2ab50be1e79e6714289dd7cde78eba4c074bc5a4374f650dfe0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -1425,14 +1397,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
-version = "0.8.26"
+version = "0.9.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "578a7433b776b56a35785ed5ce9a7e777ac0598aac5a6dd1b4b18a307c7fc71b"
+checksum = "adf8a49373e98a4c5f0ceb5d05aa7c648d75f63774981ed95b7c7443bbd50c6e"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
- "yaml-rust",
+ "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1613,7 +1586,7 @@ version = "0.19.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b5bb770da30e5cbfde35a2d7b9b8a2c4b8ef89548a7a6aeab5c9a576e3e7421"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.2.3",
+ "indexmap",
  "toml_datetime",
  "winnow 0.5.40",
 ]
@@ -1624,7 +1597,7 @@ version = "0.22.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2c1b5fd4128cc8d3e0cb74d4ed9a9cc7c7284becd4df68f5f940e1ad123606f6"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap 2.2.3",
+ "indexmap",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -1652,6 +1625,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab4c90930b95a82d00dc9e9ac071b4991924390d46cbd0dfe566148667605e4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1775,6 +1754,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0324ee0..048452e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.14"
-pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
 gettext-rs = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["gettext-system"] }
 once_cell = "1.10.0"
 gtk = { package = "gtk4", version = "0.4.6", features = ["v4_6"] }
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ gst_pbutils = { package = "gstreamer-pbutils", version = "0.18.0" }
 adw = { package = "libadwaita", version = "0.1.0" }
 
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
-indexmap = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_yaml = "0.8.23"
+serde_yaml = "0.9"
 gray_matter = "0.2.2"
 
 openssl = "0.10.38"
-git2 = "0.14.1"
+git2 = "0.18"
 regex = "1.5.5"
-num_enum = "0.5.7"
+num_enum = "0.7"
 
 pulsectl-rs = "0.3.2"
 futures-channel = "0.3.21"
diff --git a/src/model/note.rs b/src/model/note.rs
index 10c388b..d5411a4 100644
--- a/src/model/note.rs
+++ b/src/model/note.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl Note {
         }
 
         // FIXME replace with non hacky implementation
-        let mut bytes = serde_yaml::to_vec(&self.metadata())?;
+        let mut bytes = serde_yaml::to_string(&self.metadata())?.into_bytes();
 
         let delimiter = "---\n";
         bytes.append(&mut delimiter.into());
diff --git a/src/session/note_manager.rs b/src/session/note_manager.rs
index 1337f42..5cf1974 100644
--- a/src/session/note_manager.rs
+++ b/src/session/note_manager.rs
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ impl NoteManager {
         let data = Data {
             tag_list: self.tag_list(),
         };
-        let data_bytes = serde_yaml::to_vec(&data)?;
+        let data_bytes = serde_yaml::to_string(&data)?.into_bytes();
 
         // FIXME consider making backup on all replace_contents
         gio::File::for_path(self.data_file_path())