diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
index b3eb6bc..9ad2dde 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -728,9 +728,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.42"
+version = "4.5.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed87a9d530bb41a67537289bafcac159cb3ee28460e0a4571123d2a778a6a882"
+checksum = "50fd97c9dc2399518aa331917ac6f274280ec5eb34e555dd291899745c48ec6f"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -738,9 +738,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.42"
+version = "4.5.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64f4f3f3c77c94aff3c7e9aac9a2ca1974a5adf392a8bb751e827d6d127ab966"
+checksum = "c35b5830294e1fa0462034af85cc95225a4cb07092c088c55bda3147cfcd8f65"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index 849d12b..da2106e 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.27"
 env_logger = "0.11.8"
-clap = { version = "4.5.42", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.43", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 lazy-regex = "3.4.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.98"