diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index df9b2fe72..1c5d34875 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1306,9 +1306,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.15"
+version = "4.5.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11d8838454fda655dafd3accb2b6e2bea645b9e4078abe84a22ceb947235c5cc"
+checksum = "ed6719fffa43d0d87e5fd8caeab59be1554fb028cd30edc88fc4369b17971019"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -11437,9 +11437,9 @@ checksum = "cd0b0ec5f1c1ca621c432a25813d8d60c88abe6d3e08a3eb9cf37d97a0fe3d73"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.207"
+version = "1.0.208"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5665e14a49a4ea1b91029ba7d3bca9f299e1f7cfa194388ccc20f14743e784f2"
+checksum = "cff085d2cb684faa248efb494c39b68e522822ac0de72ccf08109abde717cfb2"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -11455,9 +11455,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.207"
+version = "1.0.208"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6aea2634c86b0e8ef2cfdc0c340baede54ec27b1e46febd7f80dffb2aa44a00e"
+checksum = "24008e81ff7613ed8e5ba0cfaf24e2c2f1e5b8a0495711e44fcd4882fca62bcf"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
index 2a3c5b1d2..1e42929ec 100644
--- a/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition    ='2021'
 
 [dependencies]
 entropy-client={ version="0.2.0", path="../client" }
-clap          ={ version="4.5.15", features=["derive"] }
+clap          ={ version="4.5.16", features=["derive"] }
 colored       ="2.0.4"
 subxt         ="0.35.3"
 sp-core       ="31.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/threshold-signature-server/Cargo.toml b/crates/threshold-signature-server/Cargo.toml
index acb9ae0c7..75378e49d 100644
--- a/crates/threshold-signature-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/threshold-signature-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ bip32            ={ version="0.5.2" }
 bip39            ={ version="2.0.0", features=["zeroize"] }
 bytes            ={ version="1.7", default-features=false, features=["serde"] }
 base64           ="0.22.1"
-clap             ={ version="4.5.15", features=["derive"] }
+clap             ={ version="4.5.16", features=["derive"] }
 num              ="0.4.3"
 snow             ="0.9.6"
 sha3             ="0.10.8"
diff --git a/node/cli/Cargo.toml b/node/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9eddcab47..e162fa5b1 100644
--- a/node/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ name='entropy'
 [dependencies]
 
 # Third-party dependencies
-clap            ={ version="4.5.15", features=["derive"], optional=true }
+clap            ={ version="4.5.16", features=["derive"], optional=true }
 codec           ={ package="parity-scale-codec", version="3.0.0" }
 futures         ="0.3.30"
 hex-literal     ="0.4.1"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ lazy_static     ={ version="1.5.0", features=["spin_no_std"] }
 log             ="0.4.22"
 pallet-im-online={ version="28.0.0" }
 rand            ="0.8.5"
-serde           ={ version="1.0.207", features=["derive"] }
+serde           ={ version="1.0.208", features=["derive"] }
 serde_json      ='1.0.125'
 
 # Substrate Client
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pallet-staking-extension={ version="0.2.0", path="../../pallets/staking" }
 project-root="0.2.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-clap={ version="4.5.15", optional=true }
+clap={ version="4.5.16", optional=true }
 
 pallet-balances             ={ version="29.0.0" }
 substrate-build-script-utils={ version="11.0.0" }
diff --git a/pallets/staking/Cargo.toml b/pallets/staking/Cargo.toml
index dd95a7ae6..29f50bd48 100644
--- a/pallets/staking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallets/staking/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ targets=['x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu']
 codec      ={ package="parity-scale-codec", version="3.6.3", default-features=false, features=["derive"] }
 scale-info ={ version="2.11", default-features=false, features=["derive"] }
 log        ={ version="0.4.22", default-features=false }
-serde      ={ version="1.0.207", default-features=false }
+serde      ={ version="1.0.208", default-features=false }
 rand_chacha={ version="0.3", default-features=false }
 
 frame-benchmarking={ version="29.0.0", default-features=false, optional=true }