diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 948101b..a30c05d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ edition = "2021"
 ################################# Dependencies ################################
 
 [dependencies]
-ark-ff = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-ec = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-serialize = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = [ "derive" ] }
-ark-poly = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-std = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-relations = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-crypto-primitives = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["snark", "sponge"] }
-ark-r1cs-std = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
+ark-ff = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-ec = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-serialize = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = [ "derive" ] }
+ark-poly = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-std = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-relations = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-crypto-primitives = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["snark", "sponge"] }
+ark-r1cs-std = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = [ "attributes" ], optional = true }
 derivative = { version = "2.0", features = ["use_core"], optional = true}
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ rayon = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 csv = { version = "1" }
-ark-bls12-381 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
-ark-bls12-377 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
-ark-bn254 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
-ark-bw6-761 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
-ark-mnt4-298 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs", "curve"] }
-ark-mnt6-298 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs"] }
-ark-mnt4-753 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs", "curve"] }
-ark-mnt6-753 = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs"] }
-ark-r1cs-std = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false }
+ark-bls12-381 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
+ark-bls12-377 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
+ark-bn254 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["curve"] }
+ark-bw6-761 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
+ark-mnt4-298 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs", "curve"] }
+ark-mnt6-298 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs"] }
+ark-mnt4-753 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs", "curve"] }
+ark-mnt6-753 = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["r1cs"] }
+ark-r1cs-std = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 default = ["parallel"]
diff --git a/src/generator.rs b/src/generator.rs
index 15aee16..a4cedca 100644
--- a/src/generator.rs
+++ b/src/generator.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::{r1cs_to_qap::R1CSToQAP, Groth16, ProvingKey, Vec, VerifyingKey};
-use ark_ec::{pairing::Pairing, scalar_mul::BatchMulPreprocessing, CurveGroup};
+use ark_ec::{scalar_mul::BatchMulPreprocessing, pairing::Pairing, CurveGroup};
 use ark_ff::{Field, UniformRand, Zero};
 use ark_poly::{EvaluationDomain, GeneralEvaluationDomain};
 use ark_relations::r1cs::{