diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0adc75d..cfe1a0c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 thiserror = { version = "2.0.12" }
 # enabled by features:
 plonky2 = { git = "https://github.com/0xPARC/plonky2.git", rev = "3defd60532c8693cf5e9d2e6a8412c77ca58760f", optional = true }
-plonky2_u32 = { git = "https://github.com/ax0/plonky2-u32", rev = "7a38240693455d6182210c2efecba99cbf871a6f" }
+plonky2_u32 = { git = "https://github.com/ax0/plonky2-u32", rev = "e5548e8e4a27d6660b686c65543f0d7d9731aa30" }
 serde = "1.0.219"
 serde_json = "1.0.140"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
diff --git a/src/backends/plonky2/mainpod/mod.rs b/src/backends/plonky2/mainpod/mod.rs
index 8a07319..6b11796 100644
--- a/src/backends/plonky2/mainpod/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backends/plonky2/mainpod/mod.rs
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ pub(crate) fn rec_main_pod_circuit_data(
     )
 }
 
-fn cache_get_rec_main_pod_circuit_data(
+pub(crate) fn cache_get_rec_main_pod_circuit_data(
     params: &Params,
 ) -> CacheEntry<(
     RecursiveCircuitTarget<MainPodVerifyTarget>,
diff --git a/src/backends/plonky2/serialization.rs b/src/backends/plonky2/serialization.rs
index cdeb4b8..845325a 100644
--- a/src/backends/plonky2/serialization.rs
+++ b/src/backends/plonky2/serialization.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use plonky2::{
     get_gate_tag_impl, impl_gate_serializer, read_gate_impl,
     util::serialization::GateSerializer,
 };
+use plonky2_u32::gates::comparison::{ComparisonGate, ComparisonGenerator};
 use serde::{de, ser, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::backends::plonky2::{
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ impl GateSerializer<F, D> for Pod2GateSerializer {
         GateAdapter::<NNFMulSimple<5, QuinticExtension<F>>>,
         RecursiveGateAdapter::<D, NNFMulSimple<5, QuinticExtension<F>>>,
         GateAdapter::<ECAddHomogOffset>,
-        RecursiveGateAdapter::<D, ECAddHomogOffset>
+        RecursiveGateAdapter::<D, ECAddHomogOffset>,
+        ComparisonGate::<F, D>
     }
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +129,8 @@ impl WitnessGeneratorSerializer<F, D> for Pod2GeneratorSerializer {
         RecursiveGenerator<D, NNFMulSimple<5, QuinticExtension<F>>>,
         RecursiveGenerator<1, NNFMulSimple<5, QuinticExtension<F>>>,
         RecursiveGenerator<D, ECAddHomogOffset>,
-        RecursiveGenerator<1, ECAddHomogOffset>
+        RecursiveGenerator<1, ECAddHomogOffset>,
+        ComparisonGenerator<F, D>
     }
 }
 
@@ -250,3 +253,28 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for VerifierCircuitDataSerializer {
         Ok(VerifierCircuitDataSerializer(circuit_data))
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::{
+        backends::plonky2::mainpod::cache_get_rec_main_pod_circuit_data, middleware::Params,
+    };
+
+    // Round trip of CircuitData serialization and deserialization.  This test should pass if
+    // we have registered all the gates and generators used in the recursive MainPod
+    // circuit.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_main_pod_circuit_data() {
+        let params = Params::default();
+        let (_, circuit_data) = &*cache_get_rec_main_pod_circuit_data(&params);
+        let gate_serializer = Pod2GateSerializer {};
+        let generator_serializer = Pod2GeneratorSerializer {};
+        let bytes = circuit_data
+            .to_bytes(&gate_serializer, &generator_serializer)
+            .unwrap();
+        let circuit_data_de =
+            CircuitData::from_bytes(&bytes, &gate_serializer, &generator_serializer).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(circuit_data.0, circuit_data_de);
+    }
+}