diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a758e765..127141a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "352d39c2f7bef1d6ad73db6f5160efcaed66d94ef8c6c573a8410c00bf909a98"
+checksum = "95d0d11eb38e7642efca359c3cf6eb7b2e528182d09110165de70192b0352775"
 dependencies = [
  "ctor-proc-macro",
  "dtor",
@@ -422,9 +422,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ctor-proc-macro"
-version = "0.0.7"
+version = "0.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52560adf09603e58c9a7ee1fe1dcb95a16927b17c127f0ac02d6e768a0e25bc1"
+checksum = "a7ab264ea985f1bd27887d7b21ea2bb046728e05d11909ca138d700c494730db"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
@@ -478,18 +478,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dtor"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1057d6c64987086ff8ed0fd3fbf377a6b7d205cc7715868cd401705f715cbe4"
+checksum = "17f72721db8027a4e96dd6fb50d2a1d32259c9d3da1b63dee612ccd981e14293"
 dependencies = [
  "dtor-proc-macro",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dtor-proc-macro"
-version = "0.0.6"
+version = "0.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f678cf4a922c215c63e0de95eb1ff08a958a81d47e485cf9da1e27bf6305cfa5"
+checksum = "8c98b077c7463d01d22dde8a24378ddf1ca7263dc687cffbed38819ea6c21131"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
diff --git a/avro_test_helper/Cargo.toml b/avro_test_helper/Cargo.toml
index d21ba443..06ba667b 100644
--- a/avro_test_helper/Cargo.toml
+++ b/avro_test_helper/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 better-panic = { default-features = false, version = "0.3.0" }
-ctor = { default-features = false, version = "0.8.0", features = ["dtor", "proc_macro"]  }
+ctor = { default-features = false, version = "0.10.0", features = ["dtor", "proc_macro"]  }
 env_logger = { default-features = false, version = "0.11.10" }
 log = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/avro_test_helper/src/lib.rs b/avro_test_helper/src/lib.rs
index 686d96f1..223bc108 100644
--- a/avro_test_helper/src/lib.rs
+++ b/avro_test_helper/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ thread_local! {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[ctor]
+#[ctor(unsafe)]
 fn before_all() {
     // better stacktraces in tests
     better_panic::Settings::new()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn before_all() {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[dtor]
+#[dtor(unsafe)]
 fn after_all() {
     logger::clear_log_messages();
 }