diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
index 766dd4cc35..1b01eea5b5 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
@@ -621,9 +621,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.7.2"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "428d9aa8fbc0670b7b8d6030a7fadd0f86151cae55e4dbbece15f3780a3dfaf3"
+checksum = "9ac0150caa2ae65ca5bd83f25c7de183dea78d4d366469f148435e2acfbad0da"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
index 28517941ad..363c891b05 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ base64-url = "3.0.0"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 bip39 = "2.1"
 bs58 = "0.5.1"
-bytes = "1.7"
+bytes = "1.8"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 clap = "4.5"
 dbus = "0.9"