diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c57d7108..e2657081 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1208,9 +1208,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e5a21b8495e732f1b3c364c9949b201ca7bae518c502c80256c96ad79eaf6ac"
+checksum = "b0956a43b323ac1afaffc053ed5c4b7c1f1800bacd1683c353aabbb752515dd3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -1218,9 +1218,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cf2dd12af7a047ad9d6da2b6b249759a22a7abc0f474c1dae1777afa4b21a73"
+checksum = "4d72166dd41634086d5803a47eb71ae740e61d84709c36f3c34110173db3961b"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -1230,9 +1230,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.13"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "501d359d5f3dcaf6ecdeee48833ae73ec6e42723a1e52419c79abf9507eec0a0"
+checksum = "4ac6a0c7b1a9e9a5186361f67dfa1b88213572f427fb9ab038efb2bd8c582dab"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2681b08d..9192d453 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/gluwa/creditcoin3/"
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bn = { package = "substrate-bn", version = "0.6", default-features = false }
-clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive", "deprecated"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive", "deprecated"] }
 derive_more = "0.99"
 environmental = { version = "1.1.4", default-features = false }
 ethereum = { version = "0.14.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/runtime/generate-bags/Cargo.toml b/runtime/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
index 2f987b15..acb8fd46 100644
--- a/runtime/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/generate-bags/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ repository.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 creditcoin3-runtime = { path = "../" }
 generate-bags = { workspace = true }
-clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive"] }