diff --git a/src/libs/Cargo.lock b/src/libs/Cargo.lock
index 8ae0a9c054..8bf4e8e045 100644
--- a/src/libs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/libs/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.7.18"
+version = "1.1.3"
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-checksum = "1e37cfd5e7657ada45f742d6e99ca5788580b5c529dc78faf11ece6dc702656f"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -350,8 +350,18 @@ version = "0.14.4"
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 checksum = "7b750cb3417fd1b327431a470f388520309479ab0bf5e323505daf0290cd3850"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "darling_macro",
+ "darling_core 0.14.4",
+ "darling_macro 0.14.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f63b86c8a8826a49b8c21f08a2d07338eec8d900540f8630dc76284be802989"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.20.10",
+ "darling_macro 0.20.10",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -367,17 +377,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.91",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95133861a8032aaea082871032f5815eb9e98cef03fa916ab4500513994df9e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4aab4dbc9f7611d8b55048a3a16d2d010c2c8334e46304b40ac1cc14bf3b48e"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
+ "darling_core 0.14.4",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.91",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d336a2a514f6ccccaa3e09b02d41d35330c07ddf03a62165fcec10bb561c7806"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.20.10",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive-new"
 version = "0.5.9"
@@ -389,6 +424,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.91",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0350b5cb0331628a5916d6c5c0b72e97393b8b6b03b47a9284f4e7f5a405ffd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_core"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d48cda787f839151732d396ac69e3473923d54312c070ee21e9effcaa8ca0b1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.20.10",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_macro"
+version = "0.20.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "206868b8242f27cecce124c19fd88157fbd0dd334df2587f36417bafbc85097b"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_core",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs-next"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -554,6 +620,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.10.2+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getset"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e45727250e75cc04ff2846a66397da8ef2b3db8e40e0cef4df67950a07621eb9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.91",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -590,6 +668,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.1.19"
@@ -740,9 +824,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "nix 0.24.2",
  "num_cpus",
- "oci",
+ "oci-spec",
  "once_cell",
  "rand",
+ "runtime-spec",
  "safe-path",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -767,7 +852,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "nix 0.24.2",
  "num_cpus",
- "oci",
+ "oci-spec",
  "regex",
  "safe-path",
  "serde",
@@ -830,9 +915,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.4.1"
+version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "308cc39be01b73d0d18f82a0e7b2a3df85245f84af96fdddc5d202d27e47b86a"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
@@ -972,13 +1057,20 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "oci"
-version = "0.1.0"
+name = "oci-spec"
+version = "0.6.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f5a3fe998d50101ae009351fec56d88a69f4ed182e11000e711068c2f5abf72"
 dependencies = [
- "libc",
+ "derive_builder",
+ "getset",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
  "serde",
- "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
+ "strum",
+ "strum_macros",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1069,6 +1161,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.91",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.85"
@@ -1095,7 +1211,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "355f634b43cdd80724ee7848f95770e7e70eefa6dcf14fea676216573b8fd603"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "heck",
+ "heck 0.3.3",
  "itertools",
  "log",
  "multimap",
@@ -1200,7 +1316,8 @@ name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "oci",
+ "kata-sys-util",
+ "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.2.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1315,9 +1432,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.10.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c4eb3267174b8c6c2f654116623910a0fef09c4753f8dd83db29c48a0df988b"
+checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38caf58cc5ef2fed281f89292ef23f6365465ed9a41b7a7754eb4e26496c92df"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1326,9 +1455,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.27"
+version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
+checksum = "7a66a03ae7c801facd77a29370b4faec201768915ac14a721ba36f20bc9c209b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remove_dir_all"
@@ -1376,6 +1505,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.91",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "runtime-spec"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust_decimal"
 version = "1.32.0"
@@ -1445,7 +1584,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6eb8ec7724e4e524b2492b510e66957fe1a2c76c26a6975ec80823f2439da685"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
+ "darling_core 0.14.4",
  "serde-rename-rule",
  "syn 1.0.91",
 ]
@@ -1456,7 +1595,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "26416dc95fcd46b0e4b12a3758043a229a6914050aaec2e8191949753ed4e9aa"
 dependencies = [
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.14.4",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde-attributes",
@@ -1620,6 +1759,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.26.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8fec0f0aef304996cf250b31b5a10dee7980c85da9d759361292b8bca5a18f06"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.26.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c6bee85a5a24955dc440386795aa378cd9cf82acd5f764469152d2270e581be"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn 2.0.66",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subprocess"
 version = "0.2.9"
diff --git a/src/libs/Cargo.toml b/src/libs/Cargo.toml
index 698c44a5bc..4f9b423a3f 100644
--- a/src/libs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/libs/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ members = [
     "kata-types",
     "logging",
     "oci",
+    "runtime-spec",
     "protocols",
     "safe-path",
     "shim-interface",