diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bc99bde..bf7c88b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10"
 iai = "0.1.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 paste = "1.0.14"
-clap = "=4.4" # pin transitive dependency to lower version to avoid MSRV issues
+clap = "=4.5" # pin transitive dependency to lower version to avoid MSRV issues
 
 # Uncomment the following lines to enable debug symbols
 # during CPU profiling