diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index a049356e6..4ba70b9c8 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -311,9 +311,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.97"
+version = "0.2.98"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12b8adadd720df158f4d70dfe7ccc6adb0472d7c55ca83445f6a5ab3e36f8fb6"
+checksum = "320cfe77175da3a483efed4bc0adc1968ca050b098ce4f2f1c13a56626128790"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libfuzzer-sys"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index c65037901..cb14af88a 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 
 [dependencies]
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-libc = "0.2.97"
+libc = "0.2.98"
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.2"
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
 seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v0.24.4" }