diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3ee79b2a..f5112d98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6291,14 +6291,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-argon2"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5885493fdf0be6cdff808d1533ce878d21cfa49c7086fa00c66355cd9141bfc"
+checksum = "1e71971821b3ae0e769e4a4328dbcb517607b434db7697e9aba17203ec14e46a"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.5",
  "blake2b_simd",
  "constant_time_eq",
- "crossbeam-utils 0.8.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml b/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
index 27c11242..bd9b1166 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env_logger.workspace = true
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1"
 r2d2 = "0.8"
-rust-argon2 = "1"
+rust-argon2 = "2"
 serde_json.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 sparkpost = "0.5"
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/utils.rs b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/utils.rs
index d2bc9758..cbce02b6 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/utils.rs
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use argon2::{self, Config};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 
 use crate::errors::ServiceError;
@@ -10,9 +9,9 @@ const SALT: &[u8] = b"supersecuresalt";
 
 // PLEASE NOTE THIS IS ONLY FOR DEMO PLEASE DO MORE RESEARCH FOR PRODUCTION USE
 pub fn hash_password(password: &str) -> Result<String, ServiceError> {
-    let config = Config {
+    let config = argon2::Config {
         secret: SECRET_KEY.as_bytes(),
-        ..Default::default()
+        ..argon2::Config::rfc9106_low_mem()
     };
     argon2::hash_encoded(password.as_bytes(), SALT, &config).map_err(|err| {
         dbg!(err);