diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e355290..a4edd13 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.19"
+version = "4.5.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7be5744db7978a28d9df86a214130d106a89ce49644cbc4e3f0c22c3fba30615"
+checksum = "b97f376d85a664d5837dbae44bf546e6477a679ff6610010f17276f686d867e8"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.19"
+version = "4.5.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5fbc17d3ef8278f55b282b2a2e75ae6f6c7d4bb70ed3d0382375104bfafdb4b"
+checksum = "19bc80abd44e4bed93ca373a0704ccbd1b710dc5749406201bb018272808dc54"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4915beb..90fc42a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords = ["bioinformatics", "sequencing", "barcodes"]
 members = ["barkit-extract"]
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.19", features = ["env", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.20", features = ["env", "derive"] }
 barkit-extract = { version = "0.1.1", path = "barkit-extract" }
 
 [profile.dev]
diff --git a/barkit-extract/Cargo.toml b/barkit-extract/Cargo.toml
index 03bf7ac..3e797eb 100644
--- a/barkit-extract/Cargo.toml
+++ b/barkit-extract/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["bioinformatics", "sequencing", "barcodes"]
 rust-version = "1.80.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.19", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.20", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 flate2 = "1.0.34"
 regex = "1.11.0"
 seq_io = "0.3.2"