diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac19f917..7737803e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cipher",
  "ctr",
  "ghash",
- "hex-literal 0.3.4",
+ "hex-literal",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctr",
  "dbl",
  "digest",
- "hex-literal 0.3.4",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pmac",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "ascon",
- "hex-literal 0.3.4",
+ "hex-literal",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "cipher",
  "ctr",
- "hex-literal 0.3.4",
+ "hex-literal",
  "subtle",
 ]
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aead",
  "aes",
- "hex-literal 0.3.4",
+ "hex-literal",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -297,12 +297,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex-literal"
-version = "0.3.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ebdb29d2ea9ed0083cd8cece49bbd968021bd99b0849edb4a9a7ee0fdf6a4e0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex-literal"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -342,7 +336,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "cipher",
  "ctr",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
diff --git a/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml b/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
index e95024ac..7f8442d9 100644
--- a/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aes-gcm/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ zeroize = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", features = ["dev"], default-features = false }
-hex-literal = "0.3"
+hex-literal = "0.4"
 
 [features]
 default   = ["aes", "alloc", "getrandom"]
diff --git a/aes-siv/Cargo.toml b/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
index 67abbd0c..f0d6ca6a 100644
--- a/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aes-siv/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pmac = { version = "0.8.0-pre", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 blobby = "0.3"
-hex-literal = "0.3"
+hex-literal = "0.4"
 
 [features]
 default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
diff --git a/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml b/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
index e9eb4ce3..b4e385e6 100644
--- a/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ascon-aead/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ zeroize_crate = { package = "zeroize", version = "1.6", optional = true, default
 ascon = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hex-literal = "0.3"
+hex-literal = "0.4"
 aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", features = ["alloc"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/ccm/Cargo.toml b/ccm/Cargo.toml
index fcd00a5a..eee07bd4 100644
--- a/ccm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ccm/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 [dev-dependencies]
 aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", features = ["dev"], default-features = false }
 aes = { version = "=0.9.0-pre" }
-hex-literal = "0.3.4"
+hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 
 [features]
 default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]
diff --git a/deoxys/Cargo.toml b/deoxys/Cargo.toml
index 49eb6f25..659cda90 100644
--- a/deoxys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deoxys/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ zeroize = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aead = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.0", features = ["dev"], default-features = false }
-hex-literal = "0.3"
+hex-literal = "0.4"
 
 [features]
 default = ["alloc", "getrandom"]