diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7737803e..4b45a1b9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
diff --git a/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml b/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
index 29ec4719..e6d9c8ef 100644
--- a/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chacha20poly1305/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", default-features = false }
 chacha20 = { version = "=0.10.0-pre", features = ["zeroize"] }
 cipher = "=0.5.0-pre.4"
 poly1305 = "=0.9.0-pre"
-zeroize = { version = "1.6", default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", features = ["dev"], default-features = false }