diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c9015d65d..6a4444a09 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3674,9 +3674,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e25dfac463d778e353db5be2449d1cce89bd6fd23c9f1ea21310ce6e5a1b29c4"
+checksum = "58bc9567378fc7690d6b2addae4e60ac2eeea07becb2c64b9f218b53865cba2a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/ethers-etherscan/Cargo.toml b/ethers-etherscan/Cargo.toml
index e9ff87d84..abea9a1ec 100644
--- a/ethers-etherscan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-etherscan/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.64", default-features = false }
 serde-aux = { version = "4.1.2", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
-semver = "1.0.14"
+semver = "1.0.16"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 # NOTE: this enables wasm compatibility for getrandom indirectly
diff --git a/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml b/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
index 96915bf44..215630630 100644
--- a/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-signers/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rand = { version = "0.8.5", default-features = false }
 yubihsm = { version = "0.41.0", features = ["secp256k1", "http", "usb"], optional = true }
 futures-util = { version = "^0.3", optional = true }
 futures-executor = { version = "^0.3", optional = true }
-semver = { version = "1.0.14", optional = true }
+semver = { version = "1.0.16", optional = true }
 trezor-client = { version = "0.0.7", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
     "f_ethereum",
 ] }
diff --git a/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml b/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
index c535222a5..52a85ed0b 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-solc/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ keywords = ["ethereum", "web3", "solc", "solidity", "ethers"]
 ethers-core = { version = "^1.0.0", path = "../ethers-core", default-features = false }
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
 serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
-semver = { version = "1.0.14", features = ["serde"] }
+semver = { version = "1.0.16", features = ["serde"] }
 walkdir = "2.3.2"
 tokio = { version = "1.18", default-features = false, features = ["rt"] }
 futures-util = { version = "^0.3", optional = true }