diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
index 9fca93a..6b9469a 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -1215,9 +1215,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.11.7"
+version = "0.11.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3716d7a920fb4fac5d84e9d4bce8ceb321e9414b4409da61b07b75c1e3d0697"
+checksum = "13c863f0904021b108aa8b2f55046443e6b1ebde8fd4a15c399893aae4fa069f"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
index d01702a..5d0f5e4 100644
--- a/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/geneit_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4.27"
-env_logger = "0.11.7"
+env_logger = "0.11.8"
 clap = { version = "4.5.35", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 lazy-regex = "3.4.1"