diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7fca47f..42de3dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.73"
+version = "0.1.74"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc00ceb34980c03614e35a3a4e218276a0a824e911d07651cd0d858a51e8c0f0"
+checksum = "a66537f1bb974b254c98ed142ff995236e81b9d0fe4db0575f46612cb15eb0f9"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
index b4ec1bf..1819422 100644
--- a/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/rvoc-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 # runtime
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = [] }
-async-trait = "0.1.73"
+async-trait = "0.1.74"
 
 # cli - configuration happens via environment variables,
 #       we only use a cli for manual administrative tasks.