diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed85a89c..b379ead0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -636,9 +636,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.15.4"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee4243f1f26fc7a42710e7439c149e2b10b05472f88090acce52632f231a73a"
+checksum = "2d886547e41f740c616ae73108f6eb70afe6d940c7bc697cb30f13daec073037"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "cargo-platform",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a799d4f..d7a5ed30 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ tag-name = "v{{version}}"
 [dependencies]
 bisector = "0.4.0" # bisection with a custom comparator
 camino = "1.1" # utf-8 paths
-cargo_metadata = "0.15.4" # resolving Cargo manifest metadata (consider `guppy`!)
+cargo_metadata = "0.18.1" # resolving Cargo manifest metadata (consider `guppy`!)
 clap = { version = "4.4.7", features = ["derive"] } # parse CLI arguments
 dirs = "5.0.1" # common directories
 indicatif = "=0.17.7" # UI