diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index c83b4ac568..beda15fc5a 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "Subxt example usage"
 [dev-dependencies]
 subxt = { path = "../subxt" }
 tokio = { version = "1.8", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time"] }
-sp-keyring = "6.0.0"
+sp-keyring = "7.0.0"
 futures = "0.3.13"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
diff --git a/metadata/Cargo.toml b/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 122ec379d5..a9a39ea213 100644
--- a/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ description = "Command line utilities for checking metadata compatibility betwee
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full"] }
 frame-metadata = "15.0.0"
 scale-info = "2.0.0"
-sp-core = { version = "6.0.0"  }
+sp-core = "7.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 bitvec = { version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
diff --git a/subxt/Cargo.toml b/subxt/Cargo.toml
index 1202e41b35..ffdd6facbe 100644
--- a/subxt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/subxt/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ parking_lot = "0.12.0"
 subxt-macro = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../macro" }
 subxt-metadata = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../metadata" }
 
-sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false  }
-sp-runtime = "6.0.0"
+sp-core = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false  }
+sp-runtime = "7.0.0"
 
 frame-metadata = "15.0.0"
 derivative = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/subxt/src/error.rs b/subxt/src/error.rs
index 0d91adbab5..dd87277646 100644
--- a/subxt/src/error.rs
+++ b/subxt/src/error.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub enum RpcError {
     // Dev note: We need the error to be safely sent between threads
     // for `subscribe_to_block_headers_filling_in_gaps` and friends.
     /// Error related to the RPC client.
-    ClientError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + 'static>),
+    ClientError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>),
     /// The RPC subscription dropped.
     SubscriptionDropped,
 }
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml b/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
index 2c398845a5..1e0c2e0c53 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ futures = "0.3.13"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 regex = "1.5.0"
 scale-info = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["bit-vec"] }
-sp-core = { version = "6.0.0", default-features = false  }
-sp-keyring = "6.0.0"
-sp-runtime = "6.0.0"
+sp-core = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false }
+sp-keyring = "7.0.0"
+sp-runtime = "7.0.0"
 syn = "1.0.0"
 subxt = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../../subxt" }
 subxt-codegen = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../../codegen" }
diff --git a/testing/integration-tests/src/client/mod.rs b/testing/integration-tests/src/client/mod.rs
index 92cdbf2a5c..77a5a5f5e2 100644
--- a/testing/integration-tests/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/testing/integration-tests/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ async fn dry_run_fails() {
 
     if let Err(sp_runtime::DispatchError::Module(module_error)) = dry_run_res {
         assert_eq!(module_error.index, 6);
-        assert_eq!(module_error.error, 2);
+        assert_eq!(module_error.error, [2, 0, 0, 0]);
     } else {
         panic!("expected a module error when dryrunning");
     }
diff --git a/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml b/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 51956f2452..083b7db003 100644
--- a/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/test-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 subxt = { path = "../../subxt" }
-sp-runtime = "6.0.0"
+sp-runtime = "7.0.0"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "full", "bit-vec"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 subxt = { path = "../../subxt" }
-sp-core = "6.0.0"
+sp-core = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false  }
 tokio = { version = "1.8", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 which = "4.2.2"
 jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["async-client", "client-ws-transport"] }