diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b5d53b67f..6bb9422b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8542,11 +8542,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.120"
+version = "1.0.121"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e0d21c9a8cae1235ad58a00c11cb40d4b1e5c784f1ef2c537876ed6ffd8b7c5"
+checksum = "4ab380d7d9f22ef3f21ad3e6c1ebe8e4fc7a2000ccba2e4d71fc96f15b2cb609"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
+ "memchr",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd337387f..b23213ee9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ rand_chacha = "0.3"
 rand_distr = "0.4"
 reqwest = "0.12"
 serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "^1.0.113"
+serde_json = "^1.0.121"
 toml = "0.8"
 url = "2.3"
 vbs = "0.1"
diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index 07eb5aa74..c0fe59687 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ hotshot-contract-adapter = { workspace = true }
 log-panics = { workspace = true }
 portpicker = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = "^1.0.113"
+serde_json = "^1.0.121"
 surf = "2.3.2"
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"