diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 62f6c2216..7d88694e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b71991ff56294aa922b450139ee08b3bfc70982c6b2c7562771375cf73542dd4"
+checksum = "1aab8fc367588b89dcee83ab0fd66b72b50b72fa1904d7095045ace2b0c81c35"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kvm-bindings"
@@ -935,9 +935,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.72"
+version = "1.0.73"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0ffa0837f2dfa6fb90868c2b5468cad482e175f7dad97e7421951e663f2b527"
+checksum = "bcbd0344bc6533bc7ec56df11d42fb70f1b912351c0825ccb7211b59d8af7cf5"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 60cbff6e3..eb6872a89 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ libc = "0.2.109"
 log = { version = "0.4.14", features = ["std"] }
 option_parser = { path = "option_parser" }
 seccompiler = "0.2.0"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 signal-hook = "0.3.12"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 vmm = { path = "vmm" }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ credibility = "0.1.3"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 lazy_static= "1.4.0"
 net_util = { path = "net_util" }
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 test_infra = { path = "test_infra" }
 wait-timeout = "0.2.0"
 
diff --git a/event_monitor/Cargo.toml b/event_monitor/Cargo.toml
index 04f534f79..adf31e3f6 100644
--- a/event_monitor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/event_monitor/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 libc = "0.2.109"
 serde = { version = "1.0.131", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
diff --git a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index f3bdfe2f3..30d5149a7 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mshv-bindings = {git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/mshv", branch = "main", feat
 mshv-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/mshv", branch = "main", optional  = true}
 serde = { version = "1.0.131", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 vm-memory = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 vmm-sys-util = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["with-serde"] }
 
diff --git a/net_util/Cargo.toml b/net_util/Cargo.toml
index 04f8dcdcc..ad5f22636 100644
--- a/net_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 pnet = "0.28.0"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
diff --git a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
index 40fdfc06b..ae9cade85 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rate_limiter = { path = "../rate_limiter" }
 seccompiler = "0.2.0"
 serde = "1.0.131"
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 versionize = "0.1.6"
 versionize_derive = "0.1.4"
 vhost = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave", "vhost-kern"] }
diff --git a/vm-device/Cargo.toml b/vm-device/Cargo.toml
index b9a182c06..c1ccc9794 100644
--- a/vm-device/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-device/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.51"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 serde = { version = "1.0.131", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 vfio-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vfio-ioctls", branch = "main", default-features = false }
 vm-memory = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["backend-mmap"] }
 vmm-sys-util = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/vm-migration/Cargo.toml b/vm-migration/Cargo.toml
index a2a952028..a0bed9f9d 100644
--- a/vm-migration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-migration/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.51"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 serde = { version = "1.0.131", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 versionize = "0.1.6"
 versionize_derive = "0.1.4"
 vm-memory = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 5f4ee59aa..b84d0d194 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
 seccompiler = "0.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.131", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = "1.0.131"
-serde_json = "1.0.72"
+serde_json = "1.0.73"
 signal-hook = "0.3.12"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 uuid = "0.8.2"