diff --git a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
index daeac04b9e..f7ddd4261e 100644
--- a/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libafl_bolts/Cargo.toml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ tuple_list = { version = "0.1.3" }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde", "ahash"], default-features = false, optional = true } # A faster hashmap, nostd compatible
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["xxh3"], optional = true } # xxh3 hashing for rust
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] } # serialization lib
-erased-serde = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false, optional = true } # erased serde
+erased-serde = { version = "0.4.5", 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 = "0.7", default-features = false }
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, optional = true } # The hash function already used in hashbrown