diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5628901..81648d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3206,9 +3206,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.35.1"
+version = "1.38.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c89b4efa943be685f629b149f53829423f8f5531ea21249408e8e2f8671ec104"
+checksum = "68722da18b0fc4a05fdc1120b302b82051265792a1e1b399086e9b204b10ad3d"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/shardus_net/Cargo.toml b/shardus_net/Cargo.toml
index 6860609..2cf4ea4 100644
--- a/shardus_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/shardus_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 [dependencies]
 crypto = { path = "../crypto" }
 shardeum_utils = { path = "../shardeum_utils" }
-tokio = { version = "1.13", features = [
+tokio = { version = "1.38", features = [
   "io-util",
   "sync",
   "net",