diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecf685ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: cargo
+    versioning-strategy: auto
+    directory: examples/rust/
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
diff --git a/examples/rust/Cargo.lock b/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
index 03156968..b07112ae 100644
--- a/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -691,12 +691,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
-version = "0.25.3"
+version = "0.36.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a38f2be3697a57b4060074ff41b44c16870d916ad7877c17696e063257482bc7"
+checksum = "aedf0a2d09c573ed1d8d85b30c119153926a2b36dce0ab28322c09a117a4683e"
 dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "memchr",
+ "ruzstd",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -870,6 +871,15 @@ version = "1.0.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "092474d1a01ea8278f69e6a358998405fae5b8b963ddaeb2b0b04a128bf1dfb0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ruzstd"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99c3938e133aac070997ddc684d4b393777d293ba170f2988c8fd5ea2ad4ce21"
+dependencies = [
+ "twox-hash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.18"
@@ -960,6 +970,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "static_assertions"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1193,6 +1209,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "twox-hash"
+version = "1.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97fee6b57c6a41524a810daee9286c02d7752c4253064d0b05472833a438f675"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/examples/rust/tracecon/Cargo.toml b/examples/rust/tracecon/Cargo.toml
index 96e28931..83aa9c14 100644
--- a/examples/rust/tracecon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rust/tracecon/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ libbpf-rs = "0.19"
 libc = "0.2"
 structopt = "0.3"
 ctrlc = "3.1"
-object = "0.25"
+object = "0.36"
 plain = "0.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]