diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2b312fa..a0666b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/jose-b64/Cargo.toml b/jose-b64/Cargo.toml
index 08e6fda..c3d457b 100644
--- a/jose-b64/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jose-b64/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ serde = ["dep:serde"]
 base64ct = { version = "1.6.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
-zeroize = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["alloc", "serde"] }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8.1", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["alloc", "serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.185", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.96", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["alloc"] }
 subtle = { version = "2.5.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/jose-jwk/Cargo.toml b/jose-jwk/Cargo.toml
index 73334d0..b48bd12 100644
--- a/jose-jwk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jose-jwk/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ crypto = ["p256", "p384", "p521", "k256", "rsa"]
 jose-b64 = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["secret"], path = "../jose-b64" }
 jose-jwa = { version = "0.1", path = "../jose-jwa" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.185", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"] }
-zeroize = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8.1", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
 p256 = { version = "0.13.2", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["arithmetic"] }