diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 1ec28a48b..1fe87ed6a 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.96"
+version = "0.2.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5600b4e6efc5421841a2138a6b082e07fe12f9aaa12783d50e5d13325b26b4fc"
+checksum = "12b8adadd720df158f4d70dfe7ccc6adb0472d7c55ca83445f6a5ab3e36f8fb6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libfuzzer-sys"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 6597818bd..c65037901 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cargo-fuzz = true
 
 [dependencies]
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
-libc = "0.2.96"
+libc = "0.2.97"
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.2"
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
 seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v0.24.4" }