diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fb39b77..011c085 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e5a21b8495e732f1b3c364c9949b201ca7bae518c502c80256c96ad79eaf6ac"
+checksum = "b0956a43b323ac1afaffc053ed5c4b7c1f1800bacd1683c353aabbb752515dd3"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.17"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8cf2dd12af7a047ad9d6da2b6b249759a22a7abc0f474c1dae1777afa4b21a73"
+checksum = "4d72166dd41634086d5803a47eb71ae740e61d84709c36f3c34110173db3961b"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.5.13"
+version = "4.5.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "501d359d5f3dcaf6ecdeee48833ae73ec6e42723a1e52419c79abf9507eec0a0"
+checksum = "4ac6a0c7b1a9e9a5186361f67dfa1b88213572f427fb9ab038efb2bd8c582dab"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e87b178..c7f677a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords = ["bioinformatics", "sequencing", "barcodes"]
 members = ["barkit-extract"]
 
 [dependencies]
-clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["env", "derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", 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 0bd5fc5..92bc26d 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 = "4.5.17", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.18", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 flate2 = "1.0.33"
 regex = "1.10.6"
 seq_io = "0.3.2"