diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 22eab56..c6a9361 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2658,9 +2658,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02de894..f55aec9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ rosenpass-oqs = { path = "oqs" }
 rosenpass-wireguard-broker = { path = "wireguard-broker" }
 doc-comment = "0.3.3"
 base64ct = {version = "1.6.0", default-features=false}
-zeroize = "1.7.0"
+zeroize = "1.8.1"
 memoffset = "0.9.1"
 thiserror = "1.0.61"
 paste = "1.0.15"