diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index afc196c46..cb3fa9afc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -677,9 +677,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.40"
+version = "4.5.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
+checksum = "50fd97c9dc2399518aa331917ac6f274280ec5eb34e555dd291899745c48ec6f"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -687,9 +687,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.40"
+version = "4.5.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+checksum = "c35b5830294e1fa0462034af85cc95225a4cb07092c088c55bda3147cfcd8f65"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -699,9 +699,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.40"
+version = "4.5.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2c7947ae4cc3d851207c1adb5b5e260ff0cca11446b1d6d1423788e442257ce"
+checksum = "ef4f52386a59ca4c860f7393bcf8abd8dfd91ecccc0f774635ff68e92eeef491"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml b/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
index aa7132df2..c5b7f5770 100644
--- a/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/freenet-ping/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ testing = ["freenet-stdlib/testing", "freenet/testing"]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
-clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 freenet-stdlib = { version = "0.1.11", features = ["net"] }
 freenet-ping-types = { path = "../types", features = ["std", "clap"] }
 futures = "0.3.31"