diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 63a306ee9f..9414c92708 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6093,7 +6093,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-network-defaults"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.19.2",
  "dotenvy",
  "log",
  "regex",
@@ -6199,7 +6199,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blake2 0.8.1",
  "bloomfilter",
  "bs58",
- "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.19.2",
  "celes",
  "chacha",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fbf5f8208..2758a92d64 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ bloomfilter = "3.0.1"
 bs58 = "0.5.1"
 bytecodec = "0.4.15"
 bytes = "1.10.1"
-cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
+cargo_metadata = "0.19.2"
 celes = "2.6.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 chacha20 = "0.9.0"