diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 38dabdc4e..a2cb87ff9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.19.1-rc.2"
+publish = false
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A link aggregator for the fediverse"
 license = "AGPL-3.0"
diff --git a/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
index 6327e45fd..f22c9192a 100644
--- a/crates/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lemmy_api"
+publish = false
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index ea7c81399..f4f89c2e5 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lemmy_api_crud"
+publish = false
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
index d0e226aa4..82f9812e6 100644
--- a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lemmy_apub"
+publish = false
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
index 38a0e1433..9ccd8adc3 100644
--- a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lemmy_federate"
+publish = false
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
index 40fa2ab01..82c786576 100644
--- a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "lemmy_routes"
+publish = false
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description.workspace = true
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 4c1a67411..eb81766cc 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ services:
     init: true
 
   pictrs:
-    image: asonix/pictrs:0.4.0-beta.19
+    image: asonix/pictrs:0.5.0-rc.2
     # this needs to match the pictrs url in lemmy.hjson
     hostname: pictrs
     # we can set options to pictrs like this, here we set max. image size and forced format for conversion
diff --git a/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml b/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml
index 6e0e7f2d2..a8c6160df 100644
--- a/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/federation/docker-compose.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ services:
 
   pictrs:
     restart: always
-    image: asonix/pictrs:0.4.0-beta.19
+    image: asonix/pictrs:0.5.0-rc.2
     user: 991:991
     volumes:
       - ./volumes/pictrs_alpha:/mnt:Z