diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4dd58935..f98cf9f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ members = [
 [workspace.dependencies]
 virtio-bindings = "0.2.6"
 virtio-queue = "0.17.0"
-vm-memory = "=0.17.1"
+vm-memory = "=0.18.0"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
index 668fbb6e..10bda621 100644
--- a/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost-user-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic", "b
 vmm-sys-util = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["fs"] }
+nix = { version = "0.31", features = ["fs"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.8.0", features=["v4"] }
 vhost = { path = "../vhost", version = "0.15.0", features = ["test-utils", "vhost-user-frontend", "vhost-user-backend"] }
 vm-memory = { workspace = true, features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }