diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5a575fc5e..c54d95d2c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1491,9 +1491,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kvm-ioctls"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f9120f23310f01dd7b4fbb4ae1fd4eae3e09a7aa5b77038b08a6b37099d8ef4"
+checksum = "083c460d5a272c2f22205973e319147b791d92a288d7d7a8d4c6194f95229440"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "kvm-bindings",
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
index 3514602b6..efc88e0b7 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ gdbstub = { version = "0.7.5", optional = true }
 gdbstub_arch = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 seccompiler = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 kvm-bindings = { version = "0.11", features = ["fam-wrappers"], optional = true }
-kvm-ioctls = { version = "0.20", optional = true }
+kvm-ioctls = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
 mshv-bindings2 = { package="mshv-bindings", version = "=0.2.1", optional = true }
 mshv-ioctls2 = { package="mshv-ioctls",  version = "=0.2.1", optional = true}
 mshv-bindings3 = { package="mshv-bindings", version = "=0.3.2", optional = true }