diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
index 087965c..c0a145c 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -336,16 +336,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0ca84f3628370c59db74ee214b3263d58f9aadd9b4fe7e711fd87dc452b7f163"
+checksum = "b1f58811cfac344940f1a400b6e6231ce35171f614f26439e80f8c1465c5cc0c"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
  "anstyle-query",
  "anstyle-wincon",
  "colorchoice",
- "is-terminal",
  "utf8parse",
 ]
 
@@ -375,9 +374,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "180abfa45703aebe0093f79badacc01b8fd4ea2e35118747e5811127f926e188"
+checksum = "58f54d10c6dfa51283a066ceab3ec1ab78d13fae00aa49243a45e4571fb79dfd"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "windows-sys",
@@ -650,20 +649,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.3.10"
+version = "4.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "384e169cc618c613d5e3ca6404dda77a8685a63e08660dcc64abaf7da7cb0c7a"
+checksum = "6a13b88d2c62ff462f88e4a121f17a82c1af05693a2f192b5c38d14de73c19f6"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
- "once_cell",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.3.10"
+version = "4.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef137bbe35aab78bdb468ccfba75a5f4d8321ae011d34063770780545176af2d"
+checksum = "2bb9faaa7c2ef94b2743a21f5a29e6f0010dff4caa69ac8e9d6cf8b6fa74da08"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -673,9 +671,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.3.2"
+version = "4.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b8cd2b2a819ad6eec39e8f1d6b53001af1e5469f8c177579cdaeb313115b825f"
+checksum = "0862016ff20d69b84ef8247369fabf5c008a7417002411897d40ee1f4532b873"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index 30dc763..1c5d2a5 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.17"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
-clap = { version = "4.3.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.4.2", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.75"
 actix-web = "4.4.0"