diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f97c5bc..fa970ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ no-skip-if = []
 
 [dependencies]
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3" }
-hashbrown = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["serde"] }
+hashbrown = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["serde"] }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.21.2", features = ["extension-module"], optional = true}
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.0" }
diff --git a/src/diff.rs b/src/diff.rs
index 0e27393..29d64a3 100644
--- a/src/diff.rs
+++ b/src/diff.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ impl<Id: Hash + Eq + Copy, T: Default + AddAssign, W: Copy + PartialEq> GraphDif
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// # Safety
+    /// Does not check that the node IDs are valid (i.e. not marked as deleted).
+    /// CAUTION: This replaces the edge-diff by the provided one, potentially making `self`
+    /// internally inconsistent.
+    pub unsafe fn set_edges_unchecked(&mut self, edges: HashMap<Id, HashMap<Id, W>>) {
+        self.edges.new_or_updated = edges;
+    }
+
     /// Add a new edge to be deleted to the diff.
     /// If present, the edge is removed from `new_or_updated`.
     pub fn delete_edge(&mut self, from: &Id, to: &Id) {