diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cf5ac480bfa..cab6db2980cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -461,11 +461,10 @@ checksum = "60a357793950651c4ed0f3f52338f53b2f809f32d83a07f72909fa13e4c6c1e3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.5.1"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c06aca804d41dbc8ba42dfd964f0d01334eceb64314b9ecf7c5fad5188a06d90"
+checksum = "1e060280438193c554f654141c9ea9417886713b7acd75974c85b18a69a88e0b"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -473,14 +472,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.9.1"
+version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d78120e2c850279833f1dd3582f730c4ab53ed95aeaaaa862a2a5c71b1656d8e"
+checksum = "cac410af5d00ab6884528b4ab69d1e8e146e8d471201800fa1b4524126de6ad3"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "lazy_static",
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c88d5bceb28..a39587cac80d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ name = "qiskit_accelerate"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rayon = "1.5"
+rayon = "1.6"
 numpy = "0.15.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 rand_pcg = "0.3"