diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0287e79..4e8ad54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "version_check",
- "zerocopy 0.7.35",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -562,9 +562,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fca2be1d5c43812bae364ee3f30b3afcb7877cf59f4aeb94c66f313a41d2fac9"
+checksum = "8318a53db07bb3f8dca91a600466bdb3f2eaadeedfdbcf02e1accbad9271ba50"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
@@ -1099,9 +1099,9 @@ checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
-version = "1.0.30"
+version = "1.0.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f54427cfd1c7829e2a139fcefea601bf088ebca651d2bf53ebc600eac295dae"
+checksum = "7f211bbe8e69bbd0cfdea405084f128ae8b4aaa6b0b522fc8f2b009084797920"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "miniz_oxide",
@@ -2325,11 +2325,11 @@ checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
-version = "0.2.18"
+version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dee4364d9f3b902ef14fab8a1ddffb783a1cb6b4bba3bfc1fa3922732c7de97f"
+checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy 0.6.6",
+ "zerocopy",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2421,9 +2421,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn"
-version = "0.11.2"
+version = "0.11.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e4ceeeeabace7857413798eb1ffa1e9c905a9946a57d81fb69b4b71c4d8eb3ad"
+checksum = "b22d8e7369034b9a7132bc2008cac12f2013c8132b45e0554e6e20e2617f2156"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -2431,6 +2431,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls 0.23.12",
+ "socket2 0.5.7",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -2438,9 +2439,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quinn-proto"
-version = "0.11.3"
+version = "0.11.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ddf517c03a109db8100448a4be38d498df8a210a99fe0e1b9eaf39e78c640efe"
+checksum = "ba92fb39ec7ad06ca2582c0ca834dfeadcaf06ddfc8e635c80aa7e1c05315fdd"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "rand",
@@ -2462,6 +2463,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
  "socket2 0.5.7",
+ "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2524,9 +2526,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.5"
+version = "1.10.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
+checksum = "4219d74c6b67a3654a9fbebc4b419e22126d13d2f3c4a07ee0cb61ff79a79619"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -2592,7 +2594,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
  "rustls 0.23.12",
- "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
+ "rustls-pemfile 2.1.3",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2686,9 +2688,9 @@ checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+checksum = "583034fd73374156e66797ed8e5b0d5690409c9226b22d87cb7f19821c05d152"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
@@ -2753,9 +2755,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pemfile"
-version = "2.1.2"
+version = "2.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "29993a25686778eb88d4189742cd713c9bce943bc54251a33509dc63cbacf73d"
+checksum = "196fe16b00e106300d3e45ecfcb764fa292a535d7326a29a5875c579c7417425"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -2850,9 +2852,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-orm"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.7"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0181d6247d8d8a916c16c08ba530e05010c73cab140c2fd07e252bca9c423f9"
+checksum = "f9d4ec1cdd8bdd3553d3c946079f58efa33fedc477f32603652652abcef96fe6"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
@@ -2872,9 +2874,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-orm-cli"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.7"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "76cf2bfe983fad4c67500ef7c9da9b65c94efbbe40293b5cc21936c66aa7f3fe"
+checksum = "d525eee597817631f800857b0c2fe8645ec9c65b4304176a44bf14b93366009e"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2889,9 +2891,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-orm-macros"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.7"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e35a73940be69d0b1574773fef989e15bb3e8e5bfd2ac54c5e31b0650775d21"
+checksum = "f363ead48b625a6f8f905322a820464f728fa4fe4f1c222bed5234ccf8fb8555"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -2903,9 +2905,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-orm-migration"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.7"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db7a1850f21ecb01eaa913e8e62bdacd233fab5ee8cad07bd872a8b87262fb0f"
+checksum = "5df62369752f91b9295f8d71c146d84f818301a9ae7295106ebe8bbaa989a072"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "clap",
@@ -2920,9 +2922,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-query"
-version = "0.31.0-rc.9"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2ad45af4aedefa04c296d623ffb7e409a24d4bfc0b5599b43f5726d88cc7ff2a"
+checksum = "7e5073b2cfed767511a57d18115f3b3d8bcb5690bf8c89518caec6cb22c0cd74"
 dependencies = [
  "educe",
  "inherent",
@@ -2932,9 +2934,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-query-binder"
-version = "0.6.0-rc.4"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9891be9fd1ba58a710274f0387ca1ed2bd0c883a98458cdf706fc35009dae171"
+checksum = "754965d4aee6145bec25d0898e5c931e6c22859789ce62fd85a42a15ed5a8ce3"
 dependencies = [
  "sea-query",
  "sqlx",
@@ -2955,9 +2957,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-schema"
-version = "0.15.0-rc.7"
+version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d26463bcf02ab6fe334ca814d8ec06bc2a8c69e190890a25b109fa5c50c7018"
+checksum = "ad52149fc81836ea7424c3425d8f6ed8ad448dd16d2e4f6a3907ba46f3f2fd78"
 dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "sea-query",
@@ -2966,14 +2968,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sea-schema-derive"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6f686050f76bffc4f635cda8aea6df5548666b830b52387e8bc7de11056d11e"
+checksum = "debdc8729c37fdbf88472f97fd470393089f997a909e535ff67c544d18cfccf0"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.72",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3007,9 +3009,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.121"
+version = "1.0.122"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ab380d7d9f22ef3f21ad3e6c1ebe8e4fc7a2000ccba2e4d71fc96f15b2cb609"
+checksum = "784b6203951c57ff748476b126ccb5e8e2959a5c19e5c617ab1956be3dbc68da"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
@@ -3603,12 +3605,13 @@ checksum = "a7065abeca94b6a8a577f9bd45aa0867a2238b74e8eb67cf10d492bc39351394"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
-version = "3.10.1"
+version = "3.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85b77fafb263dd9d05cbeac119526425676db3784113aa9295c88498cbf8bff1"
+checksum = "b8fcd239983515c23a32fb82099f97d0b11b8c72f654ed659363a95c3dad7a53"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "fastrand 2.1.0",
+ "once_cell",
  "rustix 0.38.34",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
@@ -4397,11 +4400,11 @@ checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.8"
+version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d4cc384e1e73b93bafa6fb4f1df8c41695c8a91cf9c4c64358067d15a7b6c6b"
+checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4437,6 +4440,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -4577,34 +4589,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.6.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "854e949ac82d619ee9a14c66a1b674ac730422372ccb759ce0c39cabcf2bf8e6"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive 0.6.6",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
 version = "0.7.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.6.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "125139de3f6b9d625c39e2efdd73d41bdac468ccd556556440e322be0e1bbd91"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.72",
+ "byteorder",
+ "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db634e4..93e42af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ members = ["api", "app", "doc", "models", "migration", "utils"]
 [workspace.dependencies]
 axum = { version = "0.7.5", default-features = false }
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", default-features = false }
-sea-orm = { version = "1.0.0-rc.7", default-features = false }
+sea-orm = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f6c5de..5f3707e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Refer to [this post](https://kigawas.me/posts/rustacean-clean-architecture-appro
 
 - [Axum](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum) framework
 - [SeaORM](https://github.com/SeaQL/sea-orm) domain models
-- Completely separated API routers and DB-related logic (named "services")
+- Completely separated API routers and DB-related logic (named "persistence" layer)
 - Completely separated input parameters, queries and output schemas
 - OpenAPI documentation ([Swagger UI](https://clean-axum.shuttleapp.rs/docs) and [Scalar](https://clean-axum.shuttleapp.rs/scalar)) powered by [Utoipa](https://github.com/juhaku/utoipa)
 - Error handling with [Anyhow](https://github.com/dtolnay/anyhow)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Main concept: Web framework is replaceable.
 
 All modules here should not include any specific API web framework logic.
 
-- `app::services`: DB manipulation (CRUD) functions
+- `app::persistence`: DB manipulation (CRUD) functions
 - `app::config`: DB or API server configuration
 - `app::state`: APP state, e.g. DB connection
 - `app::error`: APP errors used by `api::error`. e.g. "User not found"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Except `models::domains` and `migration`, all modules are ORM library agnostic.
 ### Unit and integration tests
 
 - `tests::api`: API integration tests. Hierarchy is the same as `api::routers`
-- `tests::app`: DB/ORM-related unit tests. Hierarchy is the same as `app::services`
+- `tests::app::persistence`: DB/ORM-related unit tests. Hierarchy is the same as `app::persistence`
 
 ### Others
 
diff --git a/api/src/routers/user.rs b/api/src/routers/user.rs
index 48083ff..d7eb982 100644
--- a/api/src/routers/user.rs
+++ b/api/src/routers/user.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use axum::{
 use sea_orm::TryIntoModel;
 
 use app::error::UserError;
-use app::services::user::{create_user, get_user, search_users};
+use app::persistence::user::{create_user, get_user, search_users};
 use app::state::AppState;
 use models::params::user::CreateUserParams;
 use models::queries::user::UserQuery;
diff --git a/app/src/lib.rs b/app/src/lib.rs
index 26bb28d..51294a8 100644
--- a/app/src/lib.rs
+++ b/app/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pub mod config;
 pub mod error;
-pub mod services;
+pub mod persistence;
 pub mod state;
diff --git a/app/src/services/mod.rs b/app/src/persistence/mod.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from app/src/services/mod.rs
rename to app/src/persistence/mod.rs
diff --git a/app/src/services/user.rs b/app/src/persistence/user.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from app/src/services/user.rs
rename to app/src/persistence/user.rs
diff --git a/migration/Cargo.toml b/migration/Cargo.toml
index be9f823..77d3243 100644
--- a/migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 models = { path = "../models" }
 
 async-std = { version = "1", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"] }
-sea-orm-migration = { version = "1.0.0-rc.7" }
+sea-orm-migration = { version = "1.0.0" }
diff --git a/tests/app/mod.rs b/tests/app/mod.rs
index 35d60ea..7c4e38d 100644
--- a/tests/app/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/app/mod.rs
@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-use utils::testing::setup_test_db;
-
-mod user;
-use user::test_user;
-
-#[tokio::test]
-async fn main() {
-    let db = setup_test_db("sqlite::memory:")
-        .await
-        .expect("Set up db failed!");
-
-    test_user(&db).await;
-}
+mod persistence;
diff --git a/tests/app/persistence/mod.rs b/tests/app/persistence/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df8dfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app/persistence/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use utils::testing::setup_test_db;
+
+mod user;
+use user::test_user;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn user_main() {
+    let db = setup_test_db("sqlite::memory:")
+        .await
+        .expect("Set up db failed!");
+
+    test_user(&db).await;
+}
diff --git a/tests/app/user.rs b/tests/app/persistence/user.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from tests/app/user.rs
rename to tests/app/persistence/user.rs
index 79bda6e..421e3b4 100644
--- a/tests/app/user.rs
+++ b/tests/app/persistence/user.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use sea_orm::{DatabaseConnection, Unchanged};
 
-use app::services::user::create_user;
+use app::persistence::user::create_user;
 use models::domains::user;
 use models::params::user::CreateUserParams;