diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0aaac540b..6c64637ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4856,27 +4856,38 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.217"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02fc4265df13d6fa1d00ecff087228cc0a2b5f3c0e87e258d8b94a156e984c70"
+checksum = "9a8e94ea7f378bd32cbbd37198a4a91436180c5bb472411e48b5ec2e2124ae9e"
 dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_bytes"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "387cc504cb06bb40a96c8e04e951fe01854cf6bc921053c954e4a606d9675c6a"
+checksum = "a5d440709e79d88e51ac01c4b72fc6cb7314017bb7da9eeff678aa94c10e3ea8"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.228"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41d385c7d4ca58e59fc732af25c3983b67ac852c1a25000afe1175de458b67ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.217"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a9bf7cf98d04a2b28aead066b7496853d4779c9cc183c440dbac457641e19a0"
+checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/slashing/program/Cargo.toml b/slashing/program/Cargo.toml
index fd135217b..93262caa3 100644
--- a/slashing/program/Cargo.toml
+++ b/slashing/program/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ num-derive = "0.4"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 solana-program = "2.1.0"
 serde = "1.0.217" # must match the serde_derive version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
-serde_bytes = "0.11.15"
+serde_bytes = "0.11.19"
 serde_derive = "1.0.210" # must match the serde version, see https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2584#issuecomment-1685252251
 serde_with = { version = "3.12.0", default-features = false }