diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 46384b2d6a..f1d0c04bfe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
  "thiserror",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wat",
 ]
 
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
  "typemap",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wat",
 ]
 
@@ -2321,24 +2321,18 @@ checksum = "32fddd575d477c6e9702484139cf9f23dcd554b06d185ed0f56c857dd3a47aa6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.66.0"
+version = "0.68.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c97fc0456d6d09ca7b64bc33c34f4e8f29d5ccfa8e5595ef7a8957818339e6f6"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.67.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f091cf3849e5fe76a60255bff169277459f2201435bc583b6656880553f0ad0"
+checksum = "29a00e14eed9c2ecbbdbdd4fb284f49d21b6808965de24769a6379a13ec47d4c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmprinter"
-version = "0.2.13"
+version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b580bee9eb1f029fac6014620b31f82ea2afa22d0701b9bd7f879747e3f5242"
+checksum = "f39a73b5f09cfcb1b568b61968d39b19e4ddec9b49040cfc091adf3b0788bca6"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "wasmparser 0.66.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2357,7 +2351,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
  "target-lexicon",
  "tempfile",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmtime-cache",
  "wasmtime-environ",
  "wasmtime-jit",
@@ -2435,7 +2429,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-programs",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "wasi-common",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmtime",
  "wasmtime-cache",
  "wasmtime-debug",
@@ -2471,7 +2465,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "object",
  "target-lexicon",
  "thiserror",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmtime-environ",
 ]
 
@@ -2490,7 +2484,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "more-asserts",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2518,7 +2512,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rayon",
  "wasm-smith",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmprinter",
  "wasmtime",
  "wasmtime-wast",
@@ -2545,7 +2539,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "target-lexicon",
  "thiserror",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmtime-cranelift",
  "wasmtime-debug",
  "wasmtime-environ",
@@ -2562,7 +2556,7 @@ version = "0.21.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "lightbeam",
- "wasmparser 0.67.0",
+ "wasmparser 0.68.0",
  "wasmtime-environ",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f1a538d8c7..796d74dbdf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ libc = "0.2.60"
 log = "0.4.8"
 rayon = "1.2.1"
 humantime = "2.0.0"
-wasmparser = "0.67"
+wasmparser = "0.68"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/Cargo.toml b/cranelift/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 57df14aaa4..95a3626983 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["webassembly", "wasm"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-wasmparser = { version = "0.67.0", default-features = false }
+wasmparser = { version = "0.68.0", default-features = false }
 cranelift-codegen = { path = "../codegen", version = "0.68.0", default-features = false }
 cranelift-entity = { path = "../entity", version = "0.68.0" }
 cranelift-frontend = { path = "../frontend", version = "0.68.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
index 4e31edd77c..16d68b69b9 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/code_translator.rs
@@ -534,6 +534,17 @@ pub fn translate_operator<FE: FuncEnvironment + ?Sized>(
             state.popn(return_count);
             state.reachable = false;
         }
+        /********************************** Exception handing **********************************/
+        Operator::Try { .. }
+        | Operator::Catch
+        | Operator::BrOnExn { .. }
+        | Operator::Throw { .. }
+        | Operator::Rethrow => {
+            return Err(wasm_unsupported!(
+                "proposed exception handling operator {:?}",
+                op
+            ));
+        }
         /************************************ Calls ****************************************
          * The call instructions pop off their arguments from the stack and append their
          * return values to it. `call_indirect` needs environment support because there is an
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
index 149e55d6dc..2ac50fe4e3 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/environ/spec.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 use crate::state::FuncTranslationState;
 use crate::translation_utils::{
-    DataIndex, ElemIndex, EntityType, FuncIndex, Global, GlobalIndex, Memory, MemoryIndex, Table,
-    TableIndex, TypeIndex,
+    DataIndex, ElemIndex, EntityType, Event, EventIndex, FuncIndex, Global, GlobalIndex, Memory,
+    MemoryIndex, Table, TableIndex, TypeIndex,
 };
 use core::convert::From;
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ pub enum WasmType {
     FuncRef,
     /// ExternRef type
     ExternRef,
+    /// ExnRef type
+    ExnRef,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<wasmparser::Type> for WasmType {
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ impl TryFrom<wasmparser::Type> for WasmType {
             V128 => Ok(WasmType::V128),
             FuncRef => Ok(WasmType::FuncRef),
             ExternRef => Ok(WasmType::ExternRef),
+            ExnRef => Ok(WasmType::ExnRef),
             EmptyBlockType | Func => Err(WasmError::InvalidWebAssembly {
                 message: "unexpected value type".to_string(),
                 offset: 0,
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ impl From<WasmType> for wasmparser::Type {
             WasmType::V128 => wasmparser::Type::V128,
             WasmType::FuncRef => wasmparser::Type::FuncRef,
             WasmType::ExternRef => wasmparser::Type::ExternRef,
+            WasmType::ExnRef => wasmparser::Type::ExnRef,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -689,6 +693,17 @@ pub trait ModuleEnvironment<'data>: TargetEnvironment {
         field: &'data str,
     ) -> WasmResult<()>;
 
+    /// Declares an event import to the environment.
+    fn declare_event_import(
+        &mut self,
+        event: Event,
+        module: &'data str,
+        field: &'data str,
+    ) -> WasmResult<()> {
+        drop((event, module, field));
+        Err(WasmError::Unsupported("wasm events".to_string()))
+    }
+
     /// Declares a global import to the environment.
     fn declare_global_import(
         &mut self,
@@ -751,6 +766,18 @@ pub trait ModuleEnvironment<'data>: TargetEnvironment {
     /// Declares a memory to the environment
     fn declare_memory(&mut self, memory: Memory) -> WasmResult<()>;
 
+    /// Provides the number of defined events up front. By default this does nothing, but
+    /// implementations can use this to preallocate memory if desired.
+    fn reserve_events(&mut self, _num: u32) -> WasmResult<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Declares an event to the environment
+    fn declare_event(&mut self, event: Event) -> WasmResult<()> {
+        drop(event);
+        Err(WasmError::Unsupported("wasm events".to_string()))
+    }
+
     /// Provides the number of defined globals up front. By default this does nothing, but
     /// implementations can use this to preallocate memory if desired.
     fn reserve_globals(&mut self, _num: u32) -> WasmResult<()> {
@@ -780,6 +807,16 @@ pub trait ModuleEnvironment<'data>: TargetEnvironment {
         name: &'data str,
     ) -> WasmResult<()>;
 
+    /// Declares an event export to the environment.
+    fn declare_event_export(
+        &mut self,
+        event_index: EventIndex,
+        name: &'data str,
+    ) -> WasmResult<()> {
+        drop((event_index, name));
+        Err(WasmError::Unsupported("wasm events".to_string()))
+    }
+
     /// Declares a global export to the environment.
     fn declare_global_export(
         &mut self,
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/module_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/module_translator.rs
index 0b1794158f..631dedeaf3 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/module_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/module_translator.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 //! to deal with each part of it.
 use crate::environ::{ModuleEnvironment, WasmResult};
 use crate::sections_translator::{
-    parse_data_section, parse_element_section, parse_export_section, parse_function_section,
-    parse_global_section, parse_import_section, parse_memory_section, parse_name_section,
-    parse_start_section, parse_table_section, parse_type_section,
+    parse_data_section, parse_element_section, parse_event_section, parse_export_section,
+    parse_function_section, parse_global_section, parse_import_section, parse_memory_section,
+    parse_name_section, parse_start_section, parse_table_section, parse_type_section,
 };
 use crate::state::ModuleTranslationState;
 use cranelift_codegen::timing;
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ pub fn translate_module<'data>(
                 parse_memory_section(memories, environ)?;
             }
 
+            Payload::EventSection(events) => {
+                validator.event_section(&events)?;
+                parse_event_section(events, environ)?;
+            }
+
             Payload::GlobalSection(globals) => {
                 validator.global_section(&globals)?;
                 parse_global_section(globals, environ)?;
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
index 842839979d..4fee9bd087 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 use crate::environ::{ModuleEnvironment, WasmError, WasmResult};
 use crate::state::ModuleTranslationState;
 use crate::translation_utils::{
-    tabletype_to_type, type_to_type, DataIndex, ElemIndex, EntityType, FuncIndex, Global,
-    GlobalIndex, GlobalInit, Memory, MemoryIndex, Table, TableElementType, TableIndex, TypeIndex,
+    tabletype_to_type, type_to_type, DataIndex, ElemIndex, EntityType, Event, EventIndex,
+    FuncIndex, Global, GlobalIndex, GlobalInit, Memory, MemoryIndex, Table, TableElementType,
+    TableIndex, TypeIndex,
 };
 use crate::wasm_unsupported;
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ use std::boxed::Box;
 use std::vec::Vec;
 use wasmparser::{
     self, Data, DataKind, DataSectionReader, Element, ElementItem, ElementItems, ElementKind,
-    ElementSectionReader, Export, ExportSectionReader, ExternalKind, FunctionSectionReader,
-    GlobalSectionReader, GlobalType, ImportSectionEntryType, ImportSectionReader,
-    MemorySectionReader, MemoryType, NameSectionReader, Naming, Operator, TableSectionReader,
-    TableType, TypeDef, TypeSectionReader,
+    ElementSectionReader, EventSectionReader, EventType, Export, ExportSectionReader, ExternalKind,
+    FunctionSectionReader, GlobalSectionReader, GlobalType, ImportSectionEntryType,
+    ImportSectionReader, MemorySectionReader, MemoryType, NameSectionReader, Naming, Operator,
+    TableSectionReader, TableType, TypeDef, TypeSectionReader,
 };
 
 fn entity_type(
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ fn entity_type(
         ImportSectionEntryType::Module(sig) => EntityType::Module(TypeIndex::from_u32(sig)),
         ImportSectionEntryType::Instance(sig) => EntityType::Instance(TypeIndex::from_u32(sig)),
         ImportSectionEntryType::Memory(ty) => EntityType::Memory(memory(ty)),
+        ImportSectionEntryType::Event(evt) => EntityType::Event(event(evt)),
         ImportSectionEntryType::Global(ty) => {
             EntityType::Global(global(ty, environ, GlobalInit::Import)?)
         }
@@ -58,6 +60,12 @@ fn memory(ty: MemoryType) -> Memory {
     }
 }
 
+fn event(e: EventType) -> Event {
+    Event {
+        ty: TypeIndex::from_u32(e.type_index),
+    }
+}
+
 fn table(ty: TableType, environ: &mut dyn ModuleEnvironment<'_>) -> WasmResult<Table> {
     Ok(Table {
         wasm_ty: ty.element_type.try_into()?,
@@ -163,6 +171,7 @@ pub fn parse_import_section<'data>(
             EntityType::Memory(ty) => {
                 environ.declare_memory_import(ty, module_name, field_name)?;
             }
+            EntityType::Event(e) => environ.declare_event_import(e, module_name, field_name)?,
             EntityType::Global(ty) => {
                 environ.declare_global_import(ty, module_name, field_name)?;
             }
@@ -227,6 +236,21 @@ pub fn parse_memory_section(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Parses the Event section of the wasm module.
+pub fn parse_event_section(
+    events: EventSectionReader,
+    environ: &mut dyn ModuleEnvironment,
+) -> WasmResult<()> {
+    environ.reserve_events(events.get_count())?;
+
+    for entry in events {
+        let event = event(entry?);
+        environ.declare_event(event)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Parses the Global section of the wasm module.
 pub fn parse_global_section(
     globals: GlobalSectionReader,
@@ -290,6 +314,7 @@ pub fn parse_export_section<'data>(
             ExternalKind::Memory => {
                 environ.declare_memory_export(MemoryIndex::new(index), field)?
             }
+            ExternalKind::Event => environ.declare_event_export(EventIndex::new(index), field)?,
             ExternalKind::Global => {
                 environ.declare_global_export(GlobalIndex::new(index), field)?
             }
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
index 15ad15756e..613e50ac73 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ entity_impl!(ModuleIndex);
 pub struct InstanceIndex(u32);
 entity_impl!(InstanceIndex);
 
+/// Index type of an event inside the WebAssembly module.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "enable-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct EventIndex(u32);
+entity_impl!(EventIndex);
+
 /// An index of an entity.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "enable-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
@@ -119,6 +125,8 @@ pub enum EntityType {
     Global(Global),
     /// A linear memory with the specified limits
     Memory(Memory),
+    /// An event definition.
+    Event(Event),
     /// A table with the specified element type and limits
     Table(Table),
     /// A function type where the index points to the type section and records a
@@ -212,6 +220,14 @@ pub struct Memory {
     pub shared: bool,
 }
 
+/// WebAssembly event.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "enable-serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+pub struct Event {
+    /// The event signature type.
+    pub ty: TypeIndex,
+}
+
 /// Helper function translating wasmparser types to Cranelift types when possible.
 pub fn type_to_type<PE: TargetEnvironment + ?Sized>(
     ty: wasmparser::Type,
diff --git a/crates/debug/Cargo.toml b/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
index 54414f9dc9..31caf0777c 100644
--- a/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/debug/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 gimli = "0.23.0"
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
 object = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false, features = ["read", "write"] }
 wasmtime-environ = { path = "../environ", version = "0.21.0" }
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/environ/Cargo.toml b/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
index ae10c53f33..847b749c71 100644
--- a/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/environ/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 cranelift-codegen = { path = "../../cranelift/codegen", version = "0.68.0", features = ["enable-serde"] }
 cranelift-entity = { path = "../../cranelift/entity", version = "0.68.0", features = ["enable-serde"] }
 cranelift-wasm = { path = "../../cranelift/wasm", version = "0.68.0", features = ["enable-serde"] }
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
 indexmap = { version = "1.0.2", features = ["serde-1"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0.94", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/fuzzing/Cargo.toml b/crates/fuzzing/Cargo.toml
index e620f5b08c..c5625d293b 100644
--- a/crates/fuzzing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/fuzzing/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ arbitrary = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["derive"] }
 env_logger = "0.8.1"
 log = "0.4.8"
 rayon = "1.2.1"
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
-wasmprinter = "0.2.13"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
+wasmprinter = "0.2.15"
 wasmtime = { path = "../wasmtime" }
 wasmtime-wast = { path = "../wast" }
 wasm-smith = "0.1.10"
diff --git a/crates/jit/Cargo.toml b/crates/jit/Cargo.toml
index a449ebc1b9..5af2425c2d 100644
--- a/crates/jit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/jit/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rayon = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 region = "2.1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.4"
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
 more-asserts = "0.2.1"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/lightbeam/Cargo.toml b/crates/lightbeam/Cargo.toml
index e2f3eedde4..9308b8918a 100644
--- a/crates/lightbeam/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lightbeam/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ more-asserts = "0.2.1"
 smallvec = "1.0.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.9"
 typemap = "0.3"
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.2"
diff --git a/crates/lightbeam/wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/lightbeam/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index e760e3cc15..f636577df0 100644
--- a/crates/lightbeam/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lightbeam/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 lightbeam = { path = "..", version = "0.21.0" }
-wasmparser = "0.67"
+wasmparser = "0.68"
 cranelift-codegen = { path = "../../../cranelift/codegen", version = "0.68.0" }
 wasmtime-environ = { path = "../../environ", version = "0.21.0" }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index 69123f2fe4..e0c0d3302c 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ wasmtime-jit = { path = "../jit", version = "0.21.0" }
 wasmtime-cache = { path = "../cache", version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
 wasmtime-profiling = { path = "../profiling", version = "0.21.0" }
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.11.0", default-features = false }
-wasmparser = "0.67.0"
+wasmparser = "0.68.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.19"
 region = "2.2.0"
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/types.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/types.rs
index 7c2a4a244e..ab576a668b 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/types.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ impl ValType {
             wasm::WasmType::V128 => Self::V128,
             wasm::WasmType::FuncRef => Self::FuncRef,
             wasm::WasmType::ExternRef => Self::ExternRef,
+            wasm::WasmType::ExnRef => unimplemented!(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ impl ExternType {
                 };
                 InstanceType::from_wasmtime(module, exports).into()
             }
+            EntityType::Event(_) => unimplemented!("wasm event support"),
         }
     }
 }