diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b3565b1..950f8767 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ members = [
   "patches/option-ext",
   "patches/directories-next",
 
-  # monero-oxide expects `ciphersuite`, yet the `ciphersuite` in-tree here has breaking changes
-  # This re-exports the in-tree `ciphersuite` _without_ changes breaking to monero-oxide
-  # Not included in workspace to prevent having two crates with the same name (an error)
-  # "patches/ciphersuite",
-
   "common/std-shims",
   "common/zalloc",
   "common/patchable-async-sleep",
@@ -169,8 +164,8 @@ overflow-checks = true
 
 [patch.crates-io]
 # Dependencies from monero-oxide which originate from within our own tree
-std-shims = { path = "common/std-shims" }
-simple-request = { path = "common/request" }
+std-shims = { path = "patches/std-shims" }
+simple-request = { path = "patches/simple-request" }
 multiexp = { path = "crypto/multiexp" }
 flexible-transcript = { path = "crypto/transcript" }
 ciphersuite = { path = "patches/ciphersuite" }
diff --git a/common/request/Cargo.toml b/common/request/Cargo.toml
index 467d967a..75c7d67a 100644
--- a/common/request/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/request/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "simple-request"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.2.0"
 description = "A simple HTTP(S) request library"
 license = "MIT"
-repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/common/simple-request"
+repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/common/request"
 authors = ["Luke Parker <lukeparker5132@gmail.com>"]
 keywords = ["http", "https", "async", "request", "ssl"]
 edition = "2021"
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ base64ct = { version = "1", features = ["alloc"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
 tls = ["hyper-rustls"]
+webpki-roots = ["tls", "hyper-rustls/webpki-roots"]
 basic-auth = ["zeroize", "base64ct"]
 default = ["tls"]
diff --git a/common/request/src/lib.rs b/common/request/src/lib.rs
index 4feffd7d..63350a1c 100644
--- a/common/request/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/request/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,24 +52,30 @@ pub struct Client {
 }
 
 impl Client {
+  #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_wraps)]
   fn connector() -> Result<Connector, Error> {
     let mut res = HttpConnector::new();
     res.set_keepalive(Some(core::time::Duration::from_secs(60)));
     res.set_nodelay(true);
     res.set_reuse_address(true);
+
     #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
     res.enforce_http(false);
     #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
-    let res = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
-      .with_native_roots()
-      .map_err(|e| {
-        Error::ConnectionError(
-          format!("couldn't load system's SSL root certificates: {e:?}").into(),
-        )
-      })?
-      .https_or_http()
-      .enable_http1()
-      .wrap_connector(res);
+    let https = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_native_roots();
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", not(feature = "webpki-roots")))]
+    let https = https.map_err(|e| {
+      Error::ConnectionError(
+        format!("couldn't load system's SSL root certificates and webpki-roots unavilable: {e:?}")
+          .into(),
+      )
+    })?;
+    // Fallback to `webpki-roots` if present
+    #[cfg(all(feature = "tls", feature = "webpki-roots"))]
+    let https = https.unwrap_or(HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_webpki_roots());
+    #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
+    let res = https.https_or_http().enable_http1().wrap_connector(res);
+
     Ok(res)
   }
 
diff --git a/common/std-shims/src/lib.rs b/common/std-shims/src/lib.rs
index 0ea8da07..ed40db40 100644
--- a/common/std-shims/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/std-shims/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ pub mod error {
 #[rustversion::since(1.81)]
 pub use core::error;
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
-pub extern crate alloc as extern_alloc;
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+extern crate alloc as extern_alloc;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
 pub use extern_alloc::{alloc, borrow, boxed, ffi, fmt, rc, slice, str, string, task, vec, format};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub mod sync;
 
 pub mod prelude {
   // Shim the `std` prelude
-  #[cfg(all(feature = "alloc", not(feature = "std")))]
+  #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
   pub use extern_alloc::{
     format, vec,
     borrow::ToOwned,
diff --git a/coordinator/tributary-sdk/src/tests/transaction/mod.rs b/coordinator/tributary-sdk/src/tests/transaction/mod.rs
index f5e233bd..bd0bbd37 100644
--- a/coordinator/tributary-sdk/src/tests/transaction/mod.rs
+++ b/coordinator/tributary-sdk/src/tests/transaction/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use rand::{RngCore, CryptoRng, rngs::OsRng};
 use blake2::{Digest, Blake2s256};
 
 use dalek_ff_group::Ristretto;
-use ciphersuite::{group::Group, *};
+use ciphersuite::*;
 use schnorr::SchnorrSignature;
 
 use ::tendermint::{
diff --git a/crypto/schnorrkel/Cargo.toml b/crypto/schnorrkel/Cargo.toml
index 1fe90be3..24e4e24d 100644
--- a/crypto/schnorrkel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/schnorrkel/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-std-shims = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+std-shims = { version = "0.1", path = "../../common/std-shims", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
 zeroize = { version = "1.5", default-features = false, features = ["zeroize_derive", "alloc"] }
diff --git a/networks/bitcoin/Cargo.toml b/networks/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
index 40823f9d..66c24a67 100644
--- a/networks/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/networks/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ frost = { package = "modular-frost", path = "../../crypto/frost", version = "0.1
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-simple-request = { path = "../../common/request", version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["tls", "basic-auth"], optional = true }
+simple-request = { path = "../../common/request", version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["tls", "basic-auth"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 secp256k1 = { version = "0.29", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/networks/ethereum/alloy-simple-request-transport/Cargo.toml b/networks/ethereum/alloy-simple-request-transport/Cargo.toml
index 69dc25b4..bff76492 100644
--- a/networks/ethereum/alloy-simple-request-transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/networks/ethereum/alloy-simple-request-transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ workspace = true
 tower = "0.5"
 
 serde_json = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-simple-request = { path = "../../../common/request", version = "0.1", default-features = false }
+simple-request = { path = "../../../common/request", version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 
 alloy-json-rpc = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 alloy-transport = { version = "1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/patches/simple-request/Cargo.toml b/patches/simple-request/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80ff44ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/simple-request/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[package]
+name = "simple-request"
+version = "0.1.99"
+description = "simple-request which patches to the latest update"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/patches/simple-request"
+authors = ["Luke Parker <lukeparker5132@gmail.com>"]
+keywords = ["nostd", "no_std", "alloc", "io"]
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.65"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+simple-request = { path = "../../common/request" }
+
+[features]
+tls = ["simple-request/tls"]
diff --git a/patches/simple-request/src/lib.rs b/patches/simple-request/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4ddd3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/simple-request/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+pub use simple_request::{hyper, Error, Request, Response};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Client(simple_request::Client);
+
+impl Client {
+  pub fn with_connection_pool() -> Client {
+    Self(simple_request::Client::with_connection_pool().unwrap())
+  }
+
+  pub fn without_connection_pool(host: &str) -> Result<Client, Error> {
+    simple_request::Client::without_connection_pool(host).map(Self)
+  }
+
+  pub async fn request<R: Into<Request>>(&self, request: R) -> Result<Response<'_>, Error> {
+    self.0.request(request).await
+  }
+}
diff --git a/patches/std-shims/Cargo.toml b/patches/std-shims/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..537c8286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/std-shims/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[package]
+name = "std-shims"
+version = "0.1.99"
+description = "std-shims which patches to the latest update"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/patches/std-shims"
+authors = ["Luke Parker <lukeparker5132@gmail.com>"]
+keywords = ["nostd", "no_std", "alloc", "io"]
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.65"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+std-shims = { path = "../../common/std-shims", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+
+[features]
+std = ["std-shims/std"]
diff --git a/patches/std-shims/src/lib.rs b/patches/std-shims/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..673132ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/std-shims/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
+
+pub extern crate alloc;
+pub use std_shims::{str, vec, string, collections, io, sync, prelude};
diff --git a/substrate/client/Cargo.toml b/substrate/client/Cargo.toml
index f8d37697..e25096f4 100644
--- a/substrate/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ frame-system = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/patch-polkadot-sdk", rev =
 
 async-lock = "3"
 
-simple-request = { path = "../../common/request", version = "0.1", optional = true }
+simple-request = { path = "../../common/request", version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 bitcoin = { version = "0.32", optional = true }