diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1412042ed..e5a730ff3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1160,9 +1160,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.17.1"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
+checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-src"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d22de16fe..32f0b0e8f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ vhost = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "main" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 dirs = "5.0.0"
 net_util = { path = "net_util" }
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 test_infra = { path = "test_infra" }
 wait-timeout = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/net_util/Cargo.toml b/net_util/Cargo.toml
index 7de1328ed..e1d882ca4 100644
--- a/net_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
 vmm-sys-util = "0.11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 pnet = "0.33.0"
 pnet_datalink = "0.33.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
diff --git a/test_infra/Cargo.toml b/test_infra/Cargo.toml
index a41056103..741696f72 100644
--- a/test_infra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test_infra/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 dirs = "5.0.0"
 epoll = "4.3.3"
 libc = "0.2.139"
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 ssh2 = { version = "0.9.4", features = ["vendored-openssl"] }
diff --git a/tracer/Cargo.toml b/tracer/Cargo.toml
index 75c6e8731..cfbd5333e 100644
--- a/tracer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracer/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.139"
 log = "0.4.17"
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.164", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.96"
 
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 61592b60c..88fb0df35 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ linux-loader = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["elf", "bzimage", "pe"] }
 log = "0.4.17"
 micro_http = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http", branch = "main" }
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 option_parser = { path = "../option_parser" }
 pci = { path = "../pci" }
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }