diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 826a30f97..5571f2d10 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "clarity"
 version = "0.0.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#8f56fd4d45a88b25dc1c8869ee892edda579527a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#bc9adb35430a893ad1d56dc5234883d6d5147dbc"
 dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
  "integer-sqrt",
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "778e2ac28f6c47af28e4907f13ffd1e1ddbd400980a9abd7c8df189bf578a5ad"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2400,7 +2400,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "libstackerdb"
 version = "0.0.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#8f56fd4d45a88b25dc1c8869ee892edda579527a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#bc9adb35430a893ad1d56dc5234883d6d5147dbc"
 dependencies = [
  "clarity",
  "secp256k1 0.24.3",
@@ -2987,7 +2987,7 @@ checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 [[package]]
 name = "pox-locking"
 version = "2.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#8f56fd4d45a88b25dc1c8869ee892edda579527a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#bc9adb35430a893ad1d56dc5234883d6d5147dbc"
 dependencies = [
  "clarity",
  "slog",
@@ -3507,7 +3507,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.9.4",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4144,7 +4144,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stacks-common"
 version = "0.0.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#8f56fd4d45a88b25dc1c8869ee892edda579527a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#bc9adb35430a893ad1d56dc5234883d6d5147dbc"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "curve25519-dalek",
@@ -4248,7 +4248,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stackslib"
 version = "0.0.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#8f56fd4d45a88b25dc1c8869ee892edda579527a"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stacks-network/stacks-core.git?branch=develop#bc9adb35430a893ad1d56dc5234883d6d5147dbc"
 dependencies = [
  "clarity",
  "ed25519-dalek",
@@ -4419,7 +4419,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.3",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.8",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4428,7 +4428,7 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a43bddab41f8626c7bdaab872bbba75f8df5847b516d77c569c746e2ae5eb746"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5184,7 +5184,7 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0978bf7171b3d90bac376700cb56d606feb40f251a475a5d6634613564460b22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 72bb46c9c..bf7a07cf7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.22", default-features = false, features = [
     "rustls-tls",
 ] }
 strum = { version = "0.27.1" }
+tempfile = { version = "3.21" }
 toml = { version = "0.5.6", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.47.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7.16", features = ["codec"] }
diff --git a/components/clarinet-cli/Cargo.toml b/components/clarinet-cli/Cargo.toml
index c7c3a2303..65415f757 100644
--- a/components/clarinet-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/clarinet-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = [
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.0.0"
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 indoc = { workspace = true }
 
 [package.metadata.winres]
diff --git a/components/clarity-repl/Cargo.toml b/components/clarity-repl/Cargo.toml
index 6774e554e..bd7a3c10b 100644
--- a/components/clarity-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/clarity-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ web-sys = { workspace = true }
 test-case = "*"
 divan = "0.1"
 mockito = { workspace = true }
-tempfile = "3.19"
+tempfile = { workspace = true }
 clarinet-files = { path = "../clarinet-files" }
 clarinet-deployments = { path = "../clarinet-deployments" }
 
diff --git a/components/clarity-repl/src/repl/remote_data/context.rs b/components/clarity-repl/src/repl/remote_data/context.rs
index 529b13437..0138cd58a 100644
--- a/components/clarity-repl/src/repl/remote_data/context.rs
+++ b/components/clarity-repl/src/repl/remote_data/context.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use clarity::types::StacksEpochId;
 use clarity::vm::callables::{DefineType, DefinedFunction};
 use clarity::vm::costs::LimitedCostTracker;
-use clarity::vm::errors::{CheckErrors, InterpreterResult as Result};
+use clarity::vm::errors::{CheckErrors, InterpreterResult as Result, SyntaxBindingErrorType};
 use clarity::vm::functions::define::DefineFunctionsParsed;
 use clarity::vm::types::parse_name_type_pairs;
 use clarity::vm::{ClarityName, ContractContext, SymbolicExpression};
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ fn handle_function(
     let function_name = function_symbol
         .match_atom()
         .ok_or(CheckErrors::ExpectedName)?;
-    let arguments = parse_name_type_pairs(*epoch_id, arg_symbols, cost_tracker)?;
+    let arguments = parse_name_type_pairs::<_, CheckErrors>(
+        *epoch_id,
+        arg_symbols,
+        SyntaxBindingErrorType::Eval,
+        cost_tracker,
+    )?;
     Ok((
         function_name.clone(),
         DefinedFunction::new(arguments, body, define_type, function_name, context_name),