diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 970f4d5..b9c38ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main, develop]
   pull_request:
+  workflow_call:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1aa51d9..1c4cb6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.0-rc.2] - 2026-01-10
+
+- bump: to v1.0.0-rc.2 (#34)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - feat: use DateTime abstraction from apalis-sql
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 174bd06..82a7344 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce833bf2acb6984eaa4e58ee4afacc0eaaefabc2c54ad5df46ea43255d115f7f"
 dependencies = [
  "apalis-core",
+ "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -346,9 +348,9 @@ checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.51"
+version = "1.2.52"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a0aeaff4ff1a90589618835a598e545176939b97874f7abc7851caa0618f203"
+checksum = "cd4932aefd12402b36c60956a4fe0035421f544799057659ff86f923657aada3"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "shlex",
@@ -584,9 +586,9 @@ checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "645cbb3a84e60b7531617d5ae4e57f7e27308f6445f5abf653209ea76dec8dff"
+checksum = "f449e6c6c08c865631d4890cfacf252b3d396c9bcc83adb6623cdb02a8336c41"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fixedbitset"
@@ -1083,9 +1085,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.179"
+version = "0.2.180"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c5a2d376baa530d1238d133232d15e239abad80d05838b4b59354e5268af431f"
+checksum = "bcc35a38544a891a5f7c865aca548a982ccb3b8650a5b06d0fd33a10283c56fc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
@@ -1593,6 +1595,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp"
+version = "0.8.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ba8be72d372b2c9b35542551678538b562e7cf86c3315773cae48dfbfe7790c"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rmp-serde"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72f81bee8c8ef9b577d1681a70ebbc962c232461e397b22c208c43c04b67a155"
+dependencies = [
+ "rmp",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rsa"
 version = "0.9.10"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7f4bdd9..ae1a062 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ulid = { version = "1", features = ["serde"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 apalis = { version = "1.0.0-rc.2" }
 apalis-workflow = { version = "0.1.0-rc.2" }
+apalis-codec = { version = "0.1.0-rc.2", features = ["msgpack"]}
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
 chrono = "0.4"
 
diff --git a/examples/codec.rs b/examples/codec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7aedaf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/codec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use apalis::prelude::*;
+use apalis_codec::msgpack::MsgPackCodec;
+use apalis_sqlite::SqliteStorage;
+use sqlx::SqlitePool;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let pool = SqlitePool::connect(":memory:").await.unwrap();
+    SqliteStorage::setup(&pool).await.unwrap();
+    let mut backend = SqliteStorage::new(&pool).with_codec::<MsgPackCodec>();
+    backend.push(42).await.unwrap();
+
+    async fn task(task: u32, worker: WorkerContext) -> Result<(), BoxDynError> {
+        apalis_core::timer::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+        assert_eq!(task, 42);
+        worker.stop()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    let worker = WorkerBuilder::new("rango-tango")
+        .backend(backend)
+        .build(task);
+    worker.run().await.unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/examples/dag.rs b/examples/dag.rs
index e62d015..f1f88e4 100644
--- a/examples/dag.rs
+++ b/examples/dag.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use apalis::prelude::*;
+use apalis_codec::msgpack::MsgPackCodec;
 use apalis_sqlite::SqliteStorage;
 use apalis_workflow::*;
 use sqlx::SqlitePool;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ async fn collector(
 async fn main() {
     let pool = SqlitePool::connect(":memory:").await.unwrap();
     SqliteStorage::setup(&pool).await.unwrap();
-    let mut backend = SqliteStorage::new(&pool);
+    let mut backend = SqliteStorage::new(&pool).with_codec::<MsgPackCodec>();
     backend.push_start(vec![42, 43, 44]).await.unwrap();
 
     let dag_flow = DagFlow::new("user-etl-workflow");
diff --git a/supply-chain/config.toml b/supply-chain/config.toml
index 2959789..91db2b3 100644
--- a/supply-chain/config.toml
+++ b/supply-chain/config.toml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ version = "1.11.0"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.cc]]
-version = "1.2.51"
+version = "1.2.52"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.cfg-if]]
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.find-msvc-tools]]
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.fixedbitset]]
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.libc]]
-version = "0.2.179"
+version = "0.2.180"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
 [[exemptions.libm]]
@@ -659,6 +659,14 @@ criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 version = "0.17.14"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 
+[[exemptions.rmp]]
+version = "0.8.15"
+criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
+
+[[exemptions.rmp-serde]]
+version = "1.3.1"
+criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
+
 [[exemptions.rsa]]
 version = "0.9.10"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"