diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3eb4d45..5f92b10 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.91"
+version = "1.0.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c042108f3ed77fd83760a5fd79b53be043192bb3b9dba91d8c574c0ada7850c8"
+checksum = "74f37166d7d48a0284b99dd824694c26119c700b53bf0d1540cdb147dbdaaf13"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arraydeque"
@@ -4250,7 +4250,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-pkg-client"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4284,7 +4284,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-pkg-common"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -4304,7 +4304,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-pkg-core"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "futures-util",
@@ -4690,7 +4690,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wkg"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d32c316..dca2fa3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2021"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.3"
 authors = ["The Wasmtime Project Developers"]
 license = "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception"
 
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", default-features = false, features =
     "fmt",
     "env-filter",
 ] }
-wasm-pkg-common = { version = "0.8.2", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-common" }
-wasm-pkg-client = { version = "0.8.2", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-client" }
+wasm-pkg-common = { version = "0.8.3", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-common" }
+wasm-pkg-client = { version = "0.8.3", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-client" }
 wasm-metadata = "0.219"
 wit-component = "0.219"
 wit-parser = "0.219"
-wasm-pkg-core = { version = "0.8.2", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-core" }
+wasm-pkg-core = { version = "0.8.3", path = "crates/wasm-pkg-core" }
diff --git a/crates/wasm-pkg-core/src/lock.rs b/crates/wasm-pkg-core/src/lock.rs
index 0ed59d5..1bb5a00 100644
--- a/crates/wasm-pkg-core/src/lock.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm-pkg-core/src/lock.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use semver::{Version, VersionReq};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::{
     fs::{File, OpenOptions},
-    io::{AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt},
+    io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWriteExt},
 };
 use wasm_pkg_client::{ContentDigest, PackageRef};
 
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ impl LockFile {
     /// Loads a lock file from the given path. If readonly is set to false, then an exclusive lock
     /// will be acquired on the file. This function will block until the lock is acquired.
     pub async fn load_from_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>, readonly: bool) -> Result<Self> {
-        let locker = if readonly {
+        let mut locker = if readonly {
             Locker::open_ro(path.as_ref()).await
         } else {
             Locker::open_rw(path.as_ref()).await
         }?;
-        let contents = tokio::fs::read_to_string(path)
+        let mut contents = String::new();
+        locker
+            .read_to_string(&mut contents)
             .await
             .context("unable to load lock file from path")?;
         let lock_file: LockFileIntermediate =
@@ -87,6 +89,13 @@ impl LockFile {
                 lock_file.version
             ));
         }
+        // Rewind the file after reading just to be safe. We already do this before writing, but
+        // just in case we add any future logic, we can reset the file here so as to not cause
+        // issues
+        locker
+            .rewind()
+            .await
+            .context("Unable to reset file after reading")?;
         Ok(lock_file.into_lock_file(locker))
     }
 
@@ -131,25 +140,24 @@ impl LockFile {
     pub async fn write(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         let contents = toml::to_string_pretty(self)?;
         // Truncate the file before writing to it
-        self.locker.file.rewind().await.with_context(|| {
+        self.locker.rewind().await.with_context(|| {
             format!(
                 "unable to rewind lock file at path {}",
                 self.locker.path.display()
             )
         })?;
-        self.locker.file.set_len(0).await.with_context(|| {
+        self.locker.set_len(0).await.with_context(|| {
             format!(
                 "unable to truncate lock file at path {}",
                 self.locker.path.display()
             )
         })?;
 
-        self.locker.file.write_all(
+        self.locker.write_all(
             b"# This file is automatically generated.\n# It is not intended for manual editing.\n",
         )
         .await.with_context(|| format!("unable to write lock file to path {}", self.locker.path.display()))?;
         self.locker
-            .file
             .write_all(contents.as_bytes())
             .await
             .with_context(|| {
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ impl LockFile {
             })?;
         // Make sure to flush and sync just to be sure the file doesn't drop and the lock is
         // released too early
-        self.locker.file.sync_all().await.with_context(|| {
+        self.locker.sync_all().await.with_context(|| {
             format!(
                 "unable to write lock file to path {}",
                 self.locker.path.display()
@@ -860,7 +868,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         // Now read the lock file again and make sure everything is correct (and we can lock it
         // properly)
-        let lock = LockFile::load_from_path(&path, true)
+        let lock = LockFile::load_from_path(&path, false)
             .await
             .expect("Shouldn't fail when loading lock file");
         assert_eq!(