diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fb7ea4c..e58c709 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.17"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "80932e03c33999b9235edb8655bc9df3204adc9887c2f95b50cb1deb9fd54253"
+checksum = "1e578d6ec4194633722ccf9544794b71b1385c3c027efe0c55db226fc880865c"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -788,9 +788,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.17"
+version = "4.4.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6c0db58c659eef1c73e444d298c27322a1b52f6927d2ad470c0c0f96fa7b8fa"
+checksum = "4df4df40ec50c46000231c914968278b1eb05098cf8f1b3a518a95030e71d1c7"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index ea4e091..5357280 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 name = "node-template"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.0.9", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3.21", features = ["thread-pool"]}
 log = "0.4.17"
 rand = "0.8"