diff --git a/rust-engine/Cargo.lock b/rust-engine/Cargo.lock
index 82db808..b0cbf75 100644
--- a/rust-engine/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust-engine/Cargo.lock
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cors"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d2dacfa7c8e6a88bacdbd500047e86ac32f67a3706d5b55a1d7b36c80efbc2f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -232,12 +226,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenvy"
 version = "0.15.7"
@@ -1147,8 +1135,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
- "cors",
- "dotenv",
+ "dotenvy",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
diff --git a/rust-engine/Cargo.toml b/rust-engine/Cargo.toml
index 354f35e..35338b9 100644
--- a/rust-engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust-engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+# rust-engine/Cargo.toml
+
 [package]
 name = "rust-engine"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+# --- CORRECTED DEPENDENCIES ---
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["full"] }
 warp = { version = "0.4.2", features = ["server"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
@@ -12,6 +15,5 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "mysql", "chrono
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
-dotenv = "0.15"
-cors = "0.1.0"
+dotenvy = "0.15.7" # Using 'dotenvy' as 'dotenv' is unmaintained
 anyhow = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rust-engine/src/main.rs b/rust-engine/src/main.rs
index bd70a46..a72db16 100644
--- a/rust-engine/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust-engine/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
 
     // Load environment variables
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
 
     let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL")
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| "mysql://astraadmin:password@mysql:3306/astra".to_string());