diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ed06136646..712c4cfde13 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -767,9 +767,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2bd12c1caf447e69cd4528f47f94d203fd2582878ecb9e9465484c4148a8223"
+checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
index e1bd23fe2d1..c966bdcfd04 100644
--- a/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/floodsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 asynchronous-codec = { workspace = true }
 cuckoofilter = "0.5.0"
 fnv = "1.0"
-bytes = "1.5"
+bytes = "1.11"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index 4d484a81249..712e3e73491 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ wasm-bindgen = ["getrandom/js", "instant/wasm-bindgen"]
 asynchronous-codec = { workspace = true }
 base64 = "0.21.7"
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
-bytes = "1.5"
+bytes = "1.11"
 either = "1.9"
 fnv = "1.0.7"
 futures = "0.3.30"
diff --git a/transports/quic/Cargo.toml b/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
index b4bf93d6e10..4072b6306eb 100644
--- a/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/quic/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true }
-bytes = "1.5.0"
+bytes = "1.11.0"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 futures-timer = "3.0.2"
 if-watch = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/transports/websocket-websys/Cargo.toml b/transports/websocket-websys/Cargo.toml
index 5855b582c80..c8e364c43c5 100644
--- a/transports/websocket-websys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/websocket-websys/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1.4.0"
+bytes = "1.11.0"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 js-sys = "0.3.67"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }