diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90331deef..e893b66c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1124,9 +1124,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.5.7"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c394b5bd0c6f669e7275d9c20aa90ae064cb22e75a1cad54e1b34088034b149f"
+checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
diff --git a/cipher/Cargo.toml b/cipher/Cargo.toml
index 7edac76c5..c36b31cc5 100644
--- a/cipher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cipher/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inout = "0.1"
 
 # optional dependencies
 blobby = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-zeroize = { version = "1.5", optional = true, default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.6", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 alloc = []
diff --git a/kem/Cargo.toml b/kem/Cargo.toml
index 12587fd0f..78a074619 100644
--- a/kem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kem/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rust-version  = "1.60"
 [dependencies]
 rand_core = "0.6"
 generic-array = "0.14"
-zeroize = { version = "1.5", default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.6", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hpke = "0.10"