diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3709f4f8..9ea43849 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -470,9 +470,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.21"
+version = "4.5.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb3b4b9e5a7c7514dfa52869339ee98b3156b0bfb4e8a77c4ff4babb64b1604f"
+checksum = "3135e7ec2ef7b10c6ed8950f0f792ed96ee093fa088608f1c76e569722700c84"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -490,9 +490,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.21"
+version = "4.5.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b17a95aa67cc7b5ebd32aa5370189aa0d79069ef1c64ce893bd30fb24bff20ec"
+checksum = "30582fc632330df2bd26877bde0c1f4470d57c582bbc070376afcd04d8cb4838"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -514,9 +514,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b82cf0babdbd58558212896d1a4272303a57bdb245c2bf1147185fb45640e70"
+checksum = "f46ad14479a25103f283c0f10005961cf086d8dc42205bb44c46ac563475dca6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
diff --git a/hipcheck/Cargo.toml b/hipcheck/Cargo.toml
index d06bba9a..4cef013b 100644
--- a/hipcheck/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hipcheck/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ content_inspector = "0.2.4"
 cyclonedx-bom = "0.8.0"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["alloc", "serde"] }
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 console = { version = "0.15.8", features = ["windows-console-colors"] }
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", features = ["rayon", "inline"] }
 dialoguer = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/plugins/activity/Cargo.toml b/plugins/activity/Cargo.toml
index 1fcacdc6..3c467cdd 100644
--- a/plugins/activity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/activity/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mitre/hipcheck"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 jiff = { version = "0.1.14", features = ["serde"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/plugins/affiliation/Cargo.toml b/plugins/affiliation/Cargo.toml
index 6f1fea51..1d533d10 100644
--- a/plugins/affiliation/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/affiliation/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 kdl = "4.6.0"
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/plugins/binary/Cargo.toml b/plugins/binary/Cargo.toml
index f00921f4..a522fe9a 100644
--- a/plugins/binary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/binary/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mitre/hipcheck"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 content_inspector = "0.2.4"
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
diff --git a/plugins/churn/Cargo.toml b/plugins/churn/Cargo.toml
index 3f9ae5e6..60aed662 100644
--- a/plugins/churn/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/churn/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mitre/hipcheck"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
 ] }
diff --git a/plugins/entropy/Cargo.toml b/plugins/entropy/Cargo.toml
index 95c05f98..ef21620b 100644
--- a/plugins/entropy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/entropy/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 dashmap = { version = "6.1.0", features = ["inline", "rayon"] }
 finl_unicode = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["grapheme_clusters"] }
 futures = "0.3.31"
diff --git a/plugins/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/plugins/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index ace94a7a..f4f00d70 100644
--- a/plugins/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mitre/hipcheck"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
 ] }
diff --git a/plugins/git/Cargo.toml b/plugins/git/Cargo.toml
index 21232f71..9bf3a43d 100644
--- a/plugins/git/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/git/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 jiff = { version = "0.1.14", features = ["serde"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
diff --git a/plugins/github/Cargo.toml b/plugins/github/Cargo.toml
index e7115678..cb3dc7b0 100644
--- a/plugins/github/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/github/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 graphql_client = "0.14.0"
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
diff --git a/plugins/identity/Cargo.toml b/plugins/identity/Cargo.toml
index 2b87a9db..f0150cfc 100644
--- a/plugins/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mitre/hipcheck"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
 ] }
diff --git a/plugins/linguist/Cargo.toml b/plugins/linguist/Cargo.toml
index e2c79b84..8252df9f 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/linguist/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../sdk/rust", features = [
     "macros",
 ] }
diff --git a/plugins/npm/Cargo.toml b/plugins/npm/Cargo.toml
index 26ac1f78..a33e0041 100644
--- a/plugins/npm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/npm/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
 pathbuf = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/plugins/review/Cargo.toml b/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
index 875262c4..fc7a9874 100644
--- a/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/review/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.93"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
 schemars = { version = "0.8.21", features = ["url"] }
diff --git a/plugins/typo/Cargo.toml b/plugins/typo/Cargo.toml
index 7a1397ec..8ef9fbe1 100644
--- a/plugins/typo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/typo/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 log = "0.4.22"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/test-plugins/dummy_rand_data/Cargo.toml b/test-plugins/dummy_rand_data/Cargo.toml
index 54cbc369..522d0cde 100644
--- a/test-plugins/dummy_rand_data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-plugins/dummy_rand_data/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["rt"] }
diff --git a/test-plugins/dummy_sha256/Cargo.toml b/test-plugins/dummy_sha256/Cargo.toml
index cea0d7a5..8e70b4b5 100644
--- a/test-plugins/dummy_sha256/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test-plugins/dummy_sha256/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["derive"] }
 hipcheck-sdk = { path = "../../sdk/rust", features = ["macros"]}
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["rt"] }
diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 6c6af774..0107ab5f 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
-clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.23", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 clap-verbosity-flag = "3.0.1"
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 log = "0.4.22"