diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 772d98ff..c45886a6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2640,9 +2640,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rlimit"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e7148757b4951f04391d2b301b2e3597d504c4d2434212d542b73c1a6b3f847"
+checksum = "81a9ed03edbed449d6897c2092c71ab5f7b5fb80f6f0b1a3ed6d40a6f9fc0720"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
diff --git a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
index 96983b30..e05fe483 100644
--- a/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-state/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rocksdb = "0.15.0"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 primitive-types = "0.9.0"
-rlimit = "0.5.3"
+rlimit = "0.5.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 zebra-chain = { path = "../zebra-chain", features = ["proptest-impl"] }