diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c7ff083c..03cc3ce5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -271,18 +271,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.9"
+version = "4.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "64acc1846d54c1fe936a78dc189c34e28d3f5afc348403f28ecf53660b9b8462"
+checksum = "0fbb260a053428790f3de475e304ff84cdbc4face759ea7a3e64c1edd938a7fc"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.9"
+version = "4.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fb8393d67ba2e7bfaf28a23458e4e2b543cc73a99595511eb207fdb8aede942"
+checksum = "64b17d7ea74e9f833c7dbf2cbe4fb12ff26783eda4782a8975b72f895c9b4d99"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -2024,9 +2024,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.5"
+version = "1.10.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b91213439dad192326a0d7c6ee3955910425f441d7038e0d6933b0aec5c4517f"
+checksum = "4219d74c6b67a3654a9fbebc4b419e22126d13d2f3c4a07ee0cb61ff79a79619"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -2306,11 +2306,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.120"
+version = "1.0.122"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e0d21c9a8cae1235ad58a00c11cb40d4b1e5c784f1ef2c537876ed6ffd8b7c5"
+checksum = "784b6203951c57ff748476b126ccb5e8e2959a5c19e5c617ab1956be3dbc68da"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
+ "memchr",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/mdbook-course/Cargo.toml b/mdbook-course/Cargo.toml
index 051a33c5..46bb5155 100644
--- a/mdbook-course/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mdbook-course/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ description = "An mdbook preprocessor for comprehensive-rust."
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.86"
-clap = "4.5.9"
+clap = "4.5.13"
 lazy_static = "1.5"
 log = "0.4.22"
 matter = "0.1.0-alpha4"
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ mdbook = "0.4.40"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
 regex = "1.10"
 serde = "1.0.204"
-serde_json = "1.0.120"
+serde_json = "1.0.122"
 serde_yaml = "0.9"