diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index f0452ba61..75e6bc3fc 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ 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 = "option_parser"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index d00884290..2afeb70e8 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ epoll = "4.3.1"
 libc = "0.2.135"
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4.5"
 micro_http = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http", branch = "main" }
-once_cell = "1.15.0"
+once_cell = "1.16.0"
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
 seccompiler = "0.3.0"
 vhdx = { path = "../vhdx" }