diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index caee231..7e863dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
+checksum = "a12916984aab3fa6e39d655a33e09c0071eb36d6ab3aea5c2d78551f1df6d952"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/timestampvm/Cargo.toml b/timestampvm/Cargo.toml
index a282b29..30d509c 100644
--- a/timestampvm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/timestampvm/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "../README.md"
 [dependencies]
 avalanche-types = { version = "0.1.5", features = ["subnet", "codec_base64"] } # https://crates.io/crates/avalanche-types
 base64 = { version = "0.22.0" }
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["cargo", "derive"] } # https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/releases
 derivative = "2.2.0"