diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
index d8f8e8a..783e603 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -755,9 +755,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.51"
+version = "4.5.52"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c26d721170e0295f191a69bd9a1f93efcdb0aff38684b61ab5750468972e5f5"
+checksum = "aa8120877db0e5c011242f96806ce3c94e0737ab8108532a76a3300a01db2ab8"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -765,9 +765,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.51"
+version = "4.5.52"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75835f0c7bf681bfd05abe44e965760fea999a5286c6eb2d59883634fd02011a"
+checksum = "02576b399397b659c26064fbc92a75fede9d18ffd5f80ca1cd74ddab167016e1"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index 4e1173b..4385287 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.28"
 env_logger = "0.11.8"
-clap = { version = "4.5.51", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.52", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 lazy-regex = "3.4.2"
 anyhow = "1.0.100"