diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f3ea5918..e2c6d483f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1357,11 +1357,10 @@ checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colored"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "117725a109d387c937a1533ce01b450cbde6b88abceea8473c4d7a85853cda3c"
+checksum = "fde0e0ec90c9dfb3b4b1a0891a7dcd0e2bffde2f7efed5fe7c9bb00e5bfb915e"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
index b2ffcd813..5ecfb85b0 100644
--- a/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition    ='2021'
 [dependencies]
 entropy-client    ={ version="0.3.0", path="../client" }
 clap              ={ version="4.5.26", features=["derive"] }
-colored           ="2.2.0"
+colored           ="3.0.0"
 subxt             ="0.35.3"
 sp-core           ="31.0.0"
 anyhow            ="1.0.95"