diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a468109f5e..41b0ac1cea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anoncreds_types",
  "aries-vcx-agent",
- "clap 4.5.6",
+ "clap 4.5.9",
  "derive_more",
  "display_as_json",
  "env_logger 0.11.3",
@@ -1355,19 +1355,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.6"
+version = "4.5.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9689a29b593160de5bc4aacab7b5d54fb52231de70122626c178e6a368994c7"
+checksum = "64acc1846d54c1fe936a78dc189c34e28d3f5afc348403f28ecf53660b9b8462"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
- "clap_derive 4.5.5",
+ "clap_derive 4.5.8",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.6"
+version = "4.5.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e5387378c84f6faa26890ebf9f0a92989f8873d4d380467bcd0d8d8620424df"
+checksum = "6fb8393d67ba2e7bfaf28a23458e4e2b543cc73a99595511eb207fdb8aede942"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -1390,9 +1390,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.5"
+version = "4.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c780290ccf4fb26629baa7a1081e68ced113f1d3ec302fa5948f1c381ebf06c6"
+checksum = "2bac35c6dafb060fd4d275d9a4ffae97917c13a6327903a8be2153cd964f7085"
 dependencies = [
  "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/aries/agents/aath-backchannel/Cargo.toml b/aries/agents/aath-backchannel/Cargo.toml
index b102faa63e..627d261a57 100644
--- a/aries/agents/aath-backchannel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aries/agents/aath-backchannel/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "Backchannel for aries-vcx"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4"
 derive_more = "0.99.14"
-clap = { version = "4.5.6", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.9", features = ["derive"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", features = ["json", "multipart", "blocking"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = "1.0.97"