diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0aaa1d081..caab3cfcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi-vfs-cli",
  "wasi-virt",
  "wasm-compose 0.219.2",
- "wit-component 0.216.1",
+ "wit-component 0.244.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2491,16 +2491,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasmparser 0.212.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-encoder"
-version = "0.216.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1de2d0fd411c201b8d76c04213901f9bb221abf17dd59c2201542d0b118bb90"
-dependencies = [
- "leb128",
- "wasmparser 0.216.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-encoder"
 version = "0.219.2"
@@ -2557,22 +2547,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasmparser 0.212.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-metadata"
-version = "0.216.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9083c392e884fe09563038ffbaeef6a367fe00df808f0f4ddde2b6e790af461"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "indexmap 2.14.0",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "spdx",
- "wasm-encoder 0.216.1",
- "wasmparser 0.216.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-metadata"
 version = "0.244.0"
@@ -2604,19 +2578,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.216.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1cc7c63191ae61c70befbe6045b9be65ef2082fa89421a386ae172cb1e08e92d"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "indexmap 2.14.0",
- "semver",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
 version = "0.219.2"
@@ -3350,25 +3311,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-parser 0.212.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-component"
-version = "0.216.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a48c42cb814ed4d7fd7163d5d898ce1197569332337d3e6033ca3272e732f77d"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "bitflags 2.11.0",
- "indexmap 2.14.0",
- "log",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "wasm-encoder 0.216.1",
- "wasm-metadata 0.216.1",
- "wasmparser 0.216.1",
- "wit-parser 0.216.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-component"
 version = "0.244.0"
@@ -3406,24 +3348,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasmparser 0.212.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wit-parser"
-version = "0.216.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "01dbe6d583f32e9ff8309350112b6e4baa883486355476793bb719b15e5c971e"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "id-arena",
- "indexmap 2.14.0",
- "log",
- "semver",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "unicode-xid",
- "wasmparser 0.216.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-parser"
 version = "0.243.0"
diff --git a/ext/ruby_wasm/Cargo.toml b/ext/ruby_wasm/Cargo.toml
index 569fa87ab..7727d7e34 100644
--- a/ext/ruby_wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ext/ruby_wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 magnus = { version = "0.8", features = ["bytes"] }
 bytes = "1"
 structopt = "0.3.26"
-wit-component = "0.216.0"
+wit-component = "0.244.0"
 wasm-compose = "0.219.1"
 wasi-virt = { git = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasi-virt", rev = "dadd131d8cf8ed1ed4265e96350f5f166e27a339", default-features = false }
 wasi-vfs-cli = { git = "https://github.com/kateinoigakukun/wasi-vfs/", tag = "v0.6.2" }
diff --git a/ext/ruby_wasm/src/lib.rs b/ext/ruby_wasm/src/lib.rs
index 2e27b29b6..8a4034479 100644
--- a/ext/ruby_wasm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/ruby_wasm/src/lib.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl ComponentEncode {
 
     fn encode(&self) -> Result<bytes::Bytes, Error> {
         // Take the encoder out of the cell and consume it
-        let encoder = self
+        let mut encoder = self
             .0
             .borrow_mut()
             .take()