diff --git a/include/zenoh/api/encoding.hxx b/include/zenoh/api/encoding.hxx
index 9434a074..10c11c68 100644
--- a/include/zenoh/api/encoding.hxx
+++ b/include/zenoh/api/encoding.hxx
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ class Encoding : public Owned<::z_owned_encoding_t> {
         return *this;
     };
 
+    /// @brief Equality relation.
+    /// @param other an encoding to compare with.
+    /// @return true if both encodings are equal, false otherwise.
+    bool operator==(const Encoding& other) {
+        return ::z_encoding_equals(interop::as_loaned_c_ptr(*this), interop::as_loaned_c_ptr(other));
+    };
+
     Encoding& operator=(Encoding&& other) = default;
 };
 
diff --git a/zenoh-c b/zenoh-c
index 610a4b90..7fb6cb9d 160000
--- a/zenoh-c
+++ b/zenoh-c
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 610a4b9057a703ecba5f098e084bdc40e4e786f3
+Subproject commit 7fb6cb9daba3fba8cc138f3ce335f842fb17c901
diff --git a/zenoh-pico b/zenoh-pico
index c9deea09..98c2283b 160000
--- a/zenoh-pico
+++ b/zenoh-pico
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c9deea09d1f126008e6c3558433049caa260d102
+Subproject commit 98c2283b41bd958d85f07a3f2bb375ee3977bed5