diff --git a/libafl/Cargo.toml b/libafl/Cargo.toml
index 4c77731556..1067c3f18c 100644
--- a/libafl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl/Cargo.toml
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] } # serialization lib
 postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"], default-features = false } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
 bincode = {version = "1.3", optional = true }
-c2rust-bitfields = { version = "0.17", features = ["no_std"] }
+c2rust-bitfields = { version = "0.18", features = ["no_std"] }
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features=false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
 meminterval = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 backtrace = {version = "0.3", optional = true} # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
-typed-builder = { version = "0.15.2", optional = true } # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
+typed-builder = { version = "0.16", optional = true } # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
 
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 nix = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ libm = "0.2.2"
 ratatui = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = false, features = ['crossterm'], optional = true } # Commandline rendering, for TUI Monitor
 crossterm = { version = "0.27.0", optional = true }
 
-prometheus-client = { version= "0.19", optional = true} # For the prometheus monitor
+prometheus-client = { version= "0.21", optional = true} # For the prometheus monitor
 tide = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["attributes"], optional = true }
 futures = { version = "0.3.24", optional = true }
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ wait-timeout = { version = "0.2", optional = true } # used by CommandExecutor to
 
 z3 = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["static-link-z3"], optional = true } # for concolic mutation
 
-pyo3 = { version = "0.18.3", optional = true, features = ["serde", "macros"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.18", optional = true, features = ["serde", "macros"] }
 concat-idents = { version = "1.1.3", optional = true }
 
 libcasr = { version = "2.7", optional = true}
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ document-features = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 # AGPL
 # !!! this create requires nightly
-grammartec = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
+grammartec = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2" # For (*nix) libc
diff --git a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
index 0f81f6ee8e..359e611899 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["xxh3"], optional = true } # xxh3
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] } # serialization lib
 erased-serde = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, optional = true } # erased serde
 postcard = { version = "1.0", features = ["alloc"], default-features = false, optional = true } # no_std compatible serde serialization format
-num_enum = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }
+num_enum = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features=false, optional = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
 backtrace = {version = "0.3", optional = true} # Used to get the stacktrace in StacktraceObserver
 
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, featu
 miniz_oxide = { version = "0.7.1", optional = true}
 hostname = { version = "^0.3", optional = true } # Is there really no gethostname in the stdlib?
 rand_core = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
-nix = { version = "0.26", optional = true }
+nix = { version = "0.26", optional = true , features = ["socket", "poll"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.4", optional = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 clap = {version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "wrap_help"], optional = true} # CLI parsing, for libafl_bolts::cli / the `cli` feature
 log = "0.4.20"
 
-pyo3 = { version = "0.18.3", optional = true, features = ["serde", "macros"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.18", optional = true, features = ["serde", "macros"] }
 
 # optional-dev deps (change when target.'cfg(accessible(::std))'.test-dependencies will be stable)
 serial_test = { version = "2", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["logging"] }
diff --git a/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml b/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
index 6349249f18..d01383aeaf 100644
--- a/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_concolic/symcc_runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../../libafl_bolts", version = "0.11.1", default-featur
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cmake = "0.1"
-bindgen = "0.63"
+bindgen = "0.68"
 regex = "1"
 which = "4.4"
 symcc_libafl = { path = "../symcc_libafl", version = "0.11.1" }
diff --git a/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml b/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
index a06ce50221..c447263610 100644
--- a/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_frida/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ frida-gum = { version = "0.13.2", features = [
 ] }
 dynasmrt = "2"
 capstone = "0.11.0"
-color-backtrace = { version = "0.5", features = ["resolve-modules"] }
+color-backtrace = { version = "0.6", features = ["resolve-modules"] }
 termcolor = "1.1.3"
 serde = "1.0"
 backtrace = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml b/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
index 30dd3e2a6b..c5138ca899 100644
--- a/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_qemu/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ libafl_qemu_sys = { path = "./libafl_qemu_sys", version = "0.11.1" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] } # serialization lib
 hashbrown =  { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"] } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
 num-traits = "0.2"
-num_enum = "0.6"
-goblin = "0.6"
+num_enum = "0.7"
+goblin = "0.7"
 libc = "0.2"
 strum = "0.25"
 strum_macros = "0.25"
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ syscall-numbers = "3.0"
 meminterval = "0.4"
 thread_local = "1.1.4"
 capstone = "0.11.0"
-pyo3 = { version = "0.18.3", optional = true }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 rangemap = "1.3"
 log = "0.4.20"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
+pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 
 [lib]
 name = "libafl_qemu"
diff --git a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
index 1e4c06ee39..8d434be990 100644
--- a/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_qemu/libafl_qemu_build/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ slirp = [] # build qemu with host libslirp (for user networking)
 clippy = [] # special feature for clippy, don't use in normal projects§
 
 [dependencies]
-bindgen = "0.66"
+bindgen = "0.68"
 which = "4.4"
 json = "0.12"
 shell-words = "1.1"
diff --git a/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml b/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
index f1c81c3721..bc23622fbd 100644
--- a/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_sugar/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ppc = ["libafl_qemu/ppc"] # build qemu for powerpc
 hexagon = ["libafl_qemu/hexagon"] # build qemu for hexagon
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
+pyo3-build-config = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 libafl = { path = "../libafl", version = "0.11.1" }
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ libafl_bolts = { path = "../libafl_bolts", version = "0.11.1" }
 libafl_targets = { path = "../libafl_targets", version = "0.11.1" }
 libafl_qemu = { path = "../libafl_qemu", version = "0.11.1" }
 
-typed-builder = "0.15.2" # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
-pyo3 = { version = "0.18.3", optional = true }
+typed-builder = "0.16" # Implement the builder pattern at compiletime
+pyo3 = { version = "0.18", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.20"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
index d8733f3c14..1891f08949 100644
--- a/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_targets/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ clippy = [] # Ignore compiler warnings during clippy
 observers = ["meminterval", "ahash"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-bindgen = "0.64.0"
+bindgen = "0.68"
 cc = { version = "1.0", features = ["parallel"] }
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/utils/build_and_test_fuzzers/Cargo.toml b/utils/build_and_test_fuzzers/Cargo.toml
index 64fcff3fdd..209dad11c0 100644
--- a/utils/build_and_test_fuzzers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/build_and_test_fuzzers/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ keywords = ["ci"]
 categories = ["development-tools::testing"]
 
 [dependencies]
-cargo_toml = "0.15"
+cargo_toml = "0.16"
 walkdir = "2"
diff --git a/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml b/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
index 6d7434e0d6..cd5e8914f3 100644
--- a/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/libafl_benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["fuzzing", "libafl", "benchmarks"]
 categories = ["development-tools::testing", "emulators", "embedded", "os", "no-std"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.4" # Benchmarking
+criterion = "0.5" # Benchmarking
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features=false } # The hash function already used in hashbrown
 rustc-hash = { version = "1.1", default-features=false } # yet another hash
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["xxh3"] } # xxh3 hashing for rust