diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3729926e..15cd9244 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3550,7 +3550,7 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bfa0f585226d2e68097d4f95d113b15b83a82e819ab25717ec0590d9584ef366"
 dependencies = [
- "semver 1.0.14",
+ "semver 1.0.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3697,9 +3697,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e25dfac463d778e353db5be2449d1cce89bd6fd23c9f1ea21310ce6e5a1b29c4"
+checksum = "58bc9567378fc7690d6b2addae4e60ac2eeea07becb2c64b9f218b53865cba2a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver-parser"
@@ -5669,7 +5669,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "reqwest",
- "semver 1.0.14",
+ "semver 1.0.16",
  "sentry",
  "sentry-tracing",
  "serde",
diff --git a/zebrad/Cargo.toml b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
index 941f7b0c..d190a923 100644
--- a/zebrad/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebrad/Cargo.toml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ abscissa_core = { version = "0.5", features = ["testing"] }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 once_cell = "1.16.0"
 regex = "1.7.0"
-semver = "1.0.14"
+semver = "1.0.16"
 
 # zebra-rpc needs the preserve_order feature, it also makes test results more stable
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.91", features = ["preserve_order"] }