diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 47b5f60f..ff4a7a9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ checksum = "4c7f02d4ea65f2c1853089ffd8d2787bdbc63de2f0d29dedbcf8ccdfa0ccd4cf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.2"
+version = "0.21.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "604178f6c5c21f02dc555784810edfb88d34ac2c73b2eae109655649ee73ce3d"
+checksum = "35636a1494ede3b646cc98f74f8e62c773a38a659ebc777a2cf26b9b74171df9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
diff --git a/cyclonedx-bom/Cargo.toml b/cyclonedx-bom/Cargo.toml
index 727fb83e..4152ca77 100644
--- a/cyclonedx-bom/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cyclonedx-bom/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-base64 = "0.21.2"
+base64 = "0.21.5"
 http = "0.2.9"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
 packageurl = "0.3.0"