diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13adf94..0eda10c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.17"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80932e03c33999b9235edb8655bc9df3204adc9887c2f95b50cb1deb9fd54253"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.17"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6c0db58c659eef1c73e444d298c27322a1b52f6927d2ad470c0c0f96fa7b8fa"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a1a138..8ec005b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ protobuf = "2.28.0"
 anvil-region = { git = "https://github.com/GiganticMinecraft/anvil-region", rev = "8dd1ca732686cac19f9957300414319108c07341"}
 named-binary-tag = "0.6"
 
-clap = {version = "4.4.17", features = ["derive"]}
+clap = {version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive"]}
 
 # concurrent processing