diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d380b9e0e..b4285a279f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -113,12 +113,54 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d96bd03f33fe50a863e394ee9718a706f988b9079b20c3784fb726e7678b62fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
 version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8901269c6307e8d93993578286ac0edf7f195079ffff5ebdeea6a59ffb7e36bc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c75ac65da39e5fe5ab759307499ddad880d724eed2f6ce5b5e8a26f4f387928c"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e28923312444cdd728e4738b3f9c9cac739500909bb3d3c94b43551b16517648"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cd54b81ec8d6180e24654d0b371ad22fc3dd083b6ff8ba325b72e00c87660a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -765,6 +807,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -1185,7 +1233,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "base64 0.22.0",
  "deltachat",
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.11.3",
  "futures",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
@@ -1222,7 +1270,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
  "deltachat-jsonrpc",
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.11.3",
  "futures-lite",
  "log",
  "serde",
@@ -1775,6 +1823,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.57",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_filter"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a009aa4810eb158359dda09d0c87378e4bbb89b5a801f016885a4707ba24f7ea"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -1788,6 +1846,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38b35839ba51819680ba087cd351788c9a3c476841207e0b8cee0b04722343b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "env_filter",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -3605,7 +3676,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "865724d4dbe39d9f3dd3b52b88d859d66bcb2d6a0acfd5ea68a65fb66d4bdc1c"
 dependencies = [
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.10.2",
  "log",
 ]
 
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index 54784dd19a..7d4975b2ba 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ base64 = "0.22"
 
 # optional dependencies
 axum = { version = "0.7", optional = true, features = ["ws"] }
-env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
+env_logger = { version = "0.11.3", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full", "rt-multi-thread"] }
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index ba6dacf6c1..d67b80a4d4 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ deltachat-jsonrpc = { path = "../deltachat-jsonrpc", default-features = false }
 deltachat = { path = "..", default-features = false }
 
 anyhow = "1"
-env_logger = { version = "0.10.0" }
+env_logger = { version = "0.11.3" }
 futures-lite = "2.3.0"
 log = "0.4"
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/deny.toml b/deny.toml
index f39fb9bca5..16482ca230 100644
--- a/deny.toml
+++ b/deny.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ skip = [
      { name = "digest", version = "<0.10" },
      { name = "ed25519-dalek", version = "1.0.1" },
      { name = "ed25519", version = "1.5.3" },
+     { name = "env_logger", version = "0.10.2" },
      { name = "event-listener", version = "2.5.3" },
      { name = "getrandom", version = "<0.2" },
      { name = "idna", version = "0.4.0" },