diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab3b931f75ce..7e722c1e301c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -320,6 +320,26 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "904dfeac50f3cdaba28fc6f57fdcddb75f49ed61346676a78c4ffe55877802fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bcs"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a86ab68e515a8b195b2be6ff544a83b626eb3b15ea435be1fa6b9d4ccd1591ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bincode"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f30d3a39baa26f9651f17b375061f3233dde33424a8b72b0dbe93a68a0bc896d"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bindgen"
 version = "0.54.0"
@@ -5882,10 +5902,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde-generate"
-version = "0.15.2"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8dbbd5f23fb6261d94e4364f4904b881a44f3f6900005d120684036dc7d5239b"
+checksum = "4d0f85376837e3205327f904948a0dd369a132d63faa645ffc5925b7479daa13"
 dependencies = [
+ "bcs",
+ "bincode",
  "heck",
  "include_dir",
  "maplit",
diff --git a/common/libradoc/Cargo.toml b/common/libradoc/Cargo.toml
index 3dec55d77c47..18c298e90a0d 100644
--- a/common/libradoc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/libradoc/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 serde_yaml = "0.8.14"
 serde-reflection = "0.3.2"
-serde-generate = "0.15.2"
+serde-generate = "0.18.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.34"
 regex = "1.4.2"
 structopt = "0.3.20"
diff --git a/language/transaction-builder/generator/Cargo.toml b/language/transaction-builder/generator/Cargo.toml
index 516dbe3d9e04..a2f0e586aaab 100644
--- a/language/transaction-builder/generator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/language/transaction-builder/generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ regex = "1.4.2"
 structopt = "0.3.20"
 textwrap = "0.12.1"
 serde-reflection = "0.3.2"
-serde-generate = "0.15.2"
+serde-generate = "0.18.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8.14"
 
 libra-types = { path = "../../../types", version = "0.1.0" }