diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b39a566819..fb8b45afbc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8626,9 +8626,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.116"
+version = "1.0.117"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e17db7126d17feb94eb3fad46bf1a96b034e8aacbc2e775fe81505f8b0b2813"
+checksum = "455182ea6142b14f93f4bc5320a2b31c1f266b66a4a5c858b013302a5d8cbfc3"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/sequencer/Cargo.toml b/sequencer/Cargo.toml
index 2236b92c32..b818c2eb25 100644
--- a/sequencer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sequencer/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ rand_chacha = { workspace = true }
 rand_distr = { workspace = true }
 sequencer-utils = { path = "../utils" }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = "^1.0.113"
+serde_json = "^1.0.117"
 sha2 = "0.10" # TODO temporary, used only for VID, should be set in hotshot
 snafu = { workspace = true }
 strum = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index bfd401dc0c..02db255fc6 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ futures = { workspace = true }
 hotshot-contract-adapter = { workspace = true }
 portpicker = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = "^1.0.113"
+serde_json = "^1.0.117"
 surf = "2.3.2"
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"