diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 103b82a..bed0a45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ checksum = "2c676a478f63e9fa2dd5368a42f28bba0d6c560b775f38583c8bbaa7fcd67c9c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
+checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytestring"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5b43f6a..092d833 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name = "hoc"
 actix-rt = "2.9.0"
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 badgers = "1.2.0"
-bytes = "1.5.0"
+bytes = "1.6.0"
 config = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["toml"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15.7"
 futures = "0.3.30"