diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1f1a2211..c2e03a48 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -105,12 +105,54 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d96bd03f33fe50a863e394ee9718a706f988b9079b20c3784fb726e7678b62fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
 version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8901269c6307e8d93993578286ac0edf7f195079ffff5ebdeea6a59ffb7e36bc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c75ac65da39e5fe5ab759307499ddad880d724eed2f6ce5b5e8a26f4f387928c"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e28923312444cdd728e4738b3f9c9cac739500909bb3d3c94b43551b16517648"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cd54b81ec8d6180e24654d0b371ad22fc3dd083b6ff8ba325b72e00c87660a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ark-ff"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -536,28 +578,36 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.1"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c918d541ef2913577a0f9566e9ce27cb35b6df072075769e0b26cb5a554520da"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.1"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f3e7391dad68afb0c2ede1bf619f579a3dc9c2ec67f089baa397123a2f3d1eb"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
 dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98cc8fbded0c607b7ba9dd60cd98df59af97e84d24e49c8557331cfc26d301ce"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colored"
@@ -2616,6 +2666,9 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 dependencies = [
  "ark-std 0.3.0",
  "bincode",
+ "clap",
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_lex",
  "criterion",
  "criterion-macro",
  "crossterm 0.25.0",
@@ -2991,6 +3044,12 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/snark-verifier-sdk/Cargo.toml b/snark-verifier-sdk/Cargo.toml
index f7707a37..029f957f 100644
--- a/snark-verifier-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/snark-verifier-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ criterion-macro = "0.4"
 # loader_evm
 crossterm = { version = "0.25" }
 ratatui = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["crossterm"] }
+clap = "=4.4" # fix clap version to prevent requiring rustc 1.74
+clap_builder = "=4.4"
+clap_lex = "=0.6.0"
 
 [features]
 default = ["loader_halo2", "loader_evm", "halo2-axiom", "halo2-base/jemallocator", "display"]