diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ff65b38aa..2a4b48709 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -653,9 +653,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.15.0"
+version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e82dad04139b71a90c080c8463fe0dc7902db5192d939bd0950f074d014339e1"
+checksum = "86f0b0d4bf799edbc74508c1e8bf170ff5f41238e5f8225603ca7caaae2b7860"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-src"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1504e1f9d..a958ebce0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ vhost = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "main" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 net_util = { path = "net_util" }
-once_cell = "1.15.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.87"
 test_infra = { path = "test_infra" }
 wait-timeout = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/net_util/Cargo.toml b/net_util/Cargo.toml
index 752ebd0e7..5b286157f 100644
--- a/net_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ vm-virtio = { path = "../vm-virtio" }
 vmm-sys-util = "0.10.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-once_cell = "1.15.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 pnet = "0.31.0"
 pnet_datalink = "0.31.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.87"
diff --git a/test_infra/Cargo.toml b/test_infra/Cargo.toml
index f64143568..b065f4952 100644
--- a/test_infra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test_infra/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
 epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.137"
-once_cell = "1.15.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.147", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.87"
 ssh2 = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["vendored-openssl"] }
diff --git a/tracer/Cargo.toml b/tracer/Cargo.toml
index fde4512f0..7c68b1737 100644
--- a/tracer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracer/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.137"
 log = "0.4.17"
-once_cell = "1.12.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.147", features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.87"
 
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index 9b147a188..8f4d435ff 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ linux-loader = { version = "0.7.0", 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 = "1.15.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 option_parser = { path = "../option_parser" }
 pci = { path = "../pci" }
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }