diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 66091ae8c9..ebded3f07b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.1.1"
+version = "4.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ec7a4128863c188deefe750ac1d1dfe66c236909f845af04beed823638dc1b2"
+checksum = "c3d7ae14b20b94cb02149ed21a86c423859cbe18dc7ed69845cace50e52b40a5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "684a277d672e91966334af371f1a7b5833f9aa00b07c84e92fbce95e00208ce8"
+checksum = "44bec8e5c9d09e439c4335b1af0abaab56dcf3b94999a936e1bb47b9134288f0"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro-error",
@@ -3359,7 +3359,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "subxt-cli"
 version = "0.25.0"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.1.1",
+ "clap 4.1.8",
  "color-eyre",
  "frame-metadata",
  "hex",
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index ea0fa5ce57..5d8b76c4a8 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ subxt-codegen = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../codegen" }
 # perform node compatibility
 subxt-metadata = { version = "0.25.0", path = "../metadata" }
 # parse command line args
-clap = { version = "4.0.8", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.1.8", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 # colourful error reports
 color-eyre = "0.6.1"
 # serialize the metadata