diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4f923322..0a3a574ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -546,9 +546,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
+checksum = "1e748733b7cbc798e1434b6ac524f0c1ff2ab456fe201501e6497c8417a4fc33"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7a5a18db..b655e8d8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ axum-extra = { version = "0.10", features = [
 ] }
 base32 = "0.5"
 base64 = "0.22"
-bytes = { version = "1.6", features = ["serde"] }
+bytes = { version = "1.11", features = ["serde"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = [
     "clock",
     "serde",
diff --git a/crates/defguard_core/Cargo.toml b/crates/defguard_core/Cargo.toml
index 2d57b1318..6e4ab3808 100644
--- a/crates/defguard_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/defguard_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ regex = "1.10"
 ammonia = "4.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-bytes = "1.6"
+bytes = "1.11"
 claims.workspace = true
 hyper-util = "0.1"
 matches.workspace = true