diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63675132c..d25cc2648 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ exclude = ["python"]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = { "version" = "=0.8.15", "features" = ["dynamodb"] }
-lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.8.15" }
-lance-index = { "version" = "=0.8.15" }
-lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.8.15" }
+lance = { "version" = "=0.8.16", "features" = ["dynamodb"] }
+lance-linalg = { "version" = "=0.8.16" }
+lance-index = { "version" = "=0.8.16" }
+lance-testing = { "version" = "=0.8.16" }
 # Note that this one does not include pyarrow
 arrow = { version = "47.0.0", optional = false }
 arrow-array = "47.0"
diff --git a/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs b/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs
index ed9045dd0..b98ee92db 100644
--- a/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ fn database_open_table(mut cx: FunctionContext) -> JsResult<JsPromise> {
 
     let aws_creds = get_aws_creds(&mut cx, 1)?;
 
-    let aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 4)?;
+    let _aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 4)?;
 
     let params = ReadParams {
         store_options: Some(ObjectStoreParams{
diff --git a/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs b/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs
index 231fafee7..430bc5682 100644
--- a/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs
+++ b/rust/ffi/node/src/table.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl JsTable {
         let database = db.database.clone();
 
         let aws_creds = get_aws_creds(&mut cx, 3)?;
-        let aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 6)?;
+        let _aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 6)?;
 
         let params = WriteParams {
             store_params: Some(ObjectStoreParams{
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl JsTable {
             s => return cx.throw_error(format!("invalid write mode {}", s)),
         };
         let aws_creds = get_aws_creds(&mut cx, 2)?;
-        let aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 5)?;
+        let _aws_region = get_aws_region(&mut cx, 5)?;
 
         let params = WriteParams {
             store_params: Some(ObjectStoreParams{