diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4c24686b7b07..8a71025f2481 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.2"
+version = "1.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2969dcb958b36655471fc61f7e416fa76033bdd4bfed0678d8fee1e2d07a1f0"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -52,26 +52,26 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.78"
+version = "0.1.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "461abc97219de0eaaf81fe3ef974a540158f3d079c2ab200f891f1a2ef201e85"
+checksum = "a507401cad91ec6a857ed5513a2073c82a9b9048762b885bb98655b306964681"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+checksum = "f1fdabc7756949593fe60f30ec81974b613357de856987752631dea1e3394c80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.69"
+version = "0.3.71"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2089b7e3f35b9dd2d0ed921ead4f6d318c27680d4a5bd167b3ee120edb105837"
+checksum = "26b05800d2e817c8b3b4b54abd461726265fa9789ae34330622f2db9ee696f9d"
 dependencies = [
  "addr2line",
  "cc",
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-platform"
-version = "0.1.7"
+version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "694c8807f2ae16faecc43dc17d74b3eb042482789fd0eb64b39a2e04e087053f"
+checksum = "24b1f0365a6c6bb4020cd05806fd0d33c44d38046b8bd7f0e40814b9763cabfc"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.35"
+version = "0.4.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8eaf5903dcbc0a39312feb77df2ff4c76387d591b9fc7b04a238dcf8bb62639a"
+checksum = "8a0d04d43504c61aa6c7531f1871dd0d418d91130162063b789da00fd7057a5e"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ checksum = "a668eda54683121533a393014d8692171709ff57a7d61f187b6e782719f8933f"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ checksum = "487585f4d0c6655fe74905e2504d8ad6908e4db67f744eb140876906c2f3175d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "2.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
+checksum = "658bd65b1cf4c852a3cc96f18a8ce7b5640f6b703f905c7d74532294c2a63984"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -781,9 +781,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.2.5"
+version = "2.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b0b929d511467233429c45a44ac1dcaa21ba0f5ba11e4879e6ed28ddb4f9df4"
+checksum = "168fb715dda47215e360912c096649d23d58bf392ac62f73919e831745e40f26"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -827,9 +827,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "1.0.10"
+version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
@@ -870,9 +870,9 @@ checksum = "90ed8c1e510134f979dbc4f070f87d4313098b704861a105fe34231c70a3901c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "523dc4f511e55ab87b694dc30d0f820d60906ef06413f93d4d7a1385599cc149"
+checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
@@ -1005,9 +1005,9 @@ checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.13"
+version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1129,9 +1129,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.3"
+version = "1.10.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b62dbe01f0b06f9d8dc7d49e05a0785f153b00b2c227856282f671e0318c9b15"
+checksum = "c117dbdfde9c8308975b6a18d71f3f385c89461f7b3fb054288ecf2a2058ba4c"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1152,15 +1152,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
+checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.11.26"
+version = "0.11.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78bf93c4af7a8bb7d879d51cebe797356ff10ae8516ace542b5182d9dcac10b2"
+checksum = "dd67538700a17451e7cba03ac727fb961abb7607553461627b97de0b89cf4a62"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
@@ -1229,9 +1229,9 @@ checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.31"
+version = "0.38.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ea3e1a662af26cd7a3ba09c0297a31af215563ecf42817c98df621387f4e949"
+checksum = "65e04861e65f21776e67888bfbea442b3642beaa0138fdb1dd7a84a52dffdb89"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "errno",
@@ -1254,9 +1254,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.22.2"
+version = "0.22.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e87c9956bd9807afa1f77e0f7594af32566e830e088a5576d27c5b6f30f49d41"
+checksum = "99008d7ad0bbbea527ec27bddbc0e432c5b87d8175178cee68d2eec9c4a1813c"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ring",
@@ -1277,9 +1277,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ede67b28608b4c60685c7d54122d4400d90f62b40caee7700e700380a390fa8"
+checksum = "ecd36cc4259e3e4514335c4a138c6b43171a8d61d8f5c9348f9fc7529416f247"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
@@ -1382,6 +1382,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_cow"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64e84ce5596a72f0c4c60759a10ff8c22d5eaf227b0dc2789c8746193309058b"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.197"
@@ -1390,14 +1399,14 @@ checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.114"
+version = "1.0.115"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c5f09b1bd632ef549eaa9f60a1f8de742bdbc698e6cee2095fc84dde5f549ae0"
+checksum = "12dc5c46daa8e9fdf4f5e71b6cf9a53f2487da0e86e55808e2d35539666497dd"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -1419,7 +1428,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "serenity"
 version = "0.12.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/serenity-rs/serenity?branch=next#3ab58dccc49b10b7fac9f9c14a253587f6349874"
+source = "git+https://github.com/serenity-rs/serenity?branch=next#b613343f37bd5ef954a7007b90a8d1990c4458dd"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "async-trait",
@@ -1440,6 +1449,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "secrecy",
  "serde",
+ "serde_cow",
  "serde_json",
  "small-fixed-array",
  "strum",
@@ -1499,9 +1509,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6ecd384b10a64542d77071bd64bd7b231f4ed5940fba55e98c3de13824cf3d7"
+checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
@@ -1544,7 +1554,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustversion",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1566,9 +1576,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.53"
+version = "2.0.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7383cd0e49fff4b6b90ca5670bfd3e9d6a733b3f90c686605aa7eec8c4996032"
+checksum = "11a6ae1e52eb25aab8f3fb9fca13be982a373b8f1157ca14b897a825ba4a2d35"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1646,7 +1656,7 @@ checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1706,9 +1716,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "to-arraystring"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b92fba849ab3bf22958f5909ed0ec3d39573737f9c2b4cb38b83dad419170bb"
+checksum = "ebb6a403b7fb46904d796b3b2acfa31885440adc51925e6fc19ac28cf4afa661"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "itoa",
@@ -1717,9 +1727,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.36.0"
+version = "1.37.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61285f6515fa018fb2d1e46eb21223fff441ee8db5d0f1435e8ab4f5cdb80931"
+checksum = "1adbebffeca75fcfd058afa480fb6c0b81e165a0323f9c9d39c9697e37c46787"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -1740,7 +1750,7 @@ checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1759,7 +1769,7 @@ version = "0.25.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls 0.22.3",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -1772,7 +1782,7 @@ checksum = "c83b561d025642014097b66e6c1bb422783339e0909e4429cde4749d1990bc38"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
- "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls 0.22.3",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
@@ -1820,7 +1830,7 @@ checksum = "34704c8d6ebcbc939824180af020566b01a7c01f80641264eba0999f6c2b6be7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1863,7 +1873,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httparse",
  "log",
  "rand",
- "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls 0.22.3",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "sha1",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1914,7 +1924,7 @@ checksum = "0b122284365ba8497be951b9a21491f70c9688eb6fddc582931a0703f6a00ece"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2041,7 +2051,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2075,7 +2085,7 @@ checksum = "e94f17b526d0a461a191c78ea52bbce64071ed5c04c9ffe424dcb38f74171bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.53",
+ "syn 2.0.57",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/examples/feature_showcase/checks.rs b/examples/feature_showcase/checks.rs
index 892254c938cc..d2c5667719ed 100644
--- a/examples/feature_showcase/checks.rs
+++ b/examples/feature_showcase/checks.rs
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ pub async fn modonly(ctx: Context<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 pub async fn delete(
     ctx: Context<'_>,
     #[description = "Message to be deleted"] msg: serenity::Message,
+    reason: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    msg.delete(ctx).await?;
+    msg.delete(ctx, reason.as_deref()).await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dispatch/mod.rs b/src/dispatch/mod.rs
index 7e44a463d552..23005855af84 100644
--- a/src/dispatch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dispatch/mod.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub async fn dispatch_event<U: Send + Sync + 'static, E>(
                     .unwrap()
                     .process_message_delete(*deleted_message_id);
                 if let Some(bot_response) = bot_response {
-                    if let Err(e) = bot_response.delete(framework.serenity_context).await {
+                    if let Err(e) = bot_response.delete(framework.serenity_context, None).await {
                         tracing::warn!("failed to delete bot response: {}", e);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/reply/mod.rs b/src/reply/mod.rs
index 1551b0988ddf..576f93ab207c 100644
--- a/src/reply/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reply/mod.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl ReplyHandle<'_> {
         ctx: crate::Context<'_, U, E>,
     ) -> Result<(), serenity::Error> {
         match &self.0 {
-            ReplyHandleInner::Prefix(msg) => msg.delete(ctx.serenity_context()).await?,
+            ReplyHandleInner::Prefix(msg) => msg.delete(ctx.serenity_context(), None).await?,
             ReplyHandleInner::Application {
                 http: _,
                 interaction,