diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d124ecf71d..89f3d9bca4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Cairo-VM Changelog
 
+### [0.8.4-rc.0]
+
 Change ec_op_impl() to use ProjectivePoint [#1531](https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/pull/1531)
 
 ### [0.8.3] - 2023-12-10
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1da7ce50e8..f25156e4d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-felt"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "lambdaworks-math",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -310,6 +310,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cairo-felt"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5972097b8800ca5dffb458040e74c724a2ac4fa4b5b480b50f5b96c7e67d6427"
+dependencies = [
+ "lambdaworks-math",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits 0.2.15",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-lang-casm"
 version = "2.0.1"
@@ -711,7 +725,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-vm"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-ff",
@@ -719,7 +733,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "bincode",
  "bitvec",
- "cairo-felt 0.8.3",
+ "cairo-felt 0.8.7",
  "cairo-lang-casm",
  "cairo-lang-starknet",
  "criterion",
@@ -750,7 +764,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cairo-vm-cli"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_matches",
  "bincode",
@@ -1362,7 +1376,7 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hint_accountant"
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4-rc.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cairo-vm",
  "serde",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0f96e9ce28..aecd56fe04 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exclude = ["ensure-no_std"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.8.3"
+version = "0.8.4-rc.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/lambdaclass/cairo-vm/"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 felt = { package = "cairo-felt", path = "./felt", version = "0.8.2", default-features = false, features = [
     "alloc",
 ] }
-cairo-vm = { path = "./vm", version = "0.8.3", default-features = false }
+cairo-vm = { path = "./vm", version = "0.8.4-rc.0", default-features = false }
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.37", default-features = false }
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = [
     "serde",
diff --git a/vm/Cargo.toml b/vm/Cargo.toml
index 60b2413ef3..f27ff753a8 100644
--- a/vm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ thiserror-no-std = { workspace = true }
 
 # only for std
 num-prime = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["big-int"], optional = true }
-felt = { workspace = true }
+felt = { package = "cairo-felt", version = "0.8.2", default-features = false, features = [
+    "alloc",
+] }
 bitvec = { workspace = true }
 
 # Dependencies for cairo-1-hints feature