diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 12e4c8c881..e1b016a6ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6825,7 +6825,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "sha2 0.9.9",
+ "sha2 0.10.8",
  "tendermint-rpc",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
  "time",
diff --git a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
index 5cd86e2dba..3a673f0e15 100644
--- a/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/client-libs/validator-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ cw4 = { workspace = true }
 cw-controllers = { workspace = true }
 prost = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 flate2 = { workspace = true }
-sha2 = { version = "0.9.5" }
+sha2 = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
 cosmwasm-std = { workspace = true }