diff --git a/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.lock
index 9df798fa..75ea86b6 100644
--- a/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.125"
+version = "1.0.140"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83c8e735a073ccf5be70aa8066aa984eaf2fa000db6c8d0100ae605b366d31ed"
+checksum = "20068b6e96dc6c9bd23e01df8827e6c7e1f2fddd43c21810382803c136b99373"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.toml b/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.toml
index dc2519e3..1070e8a3 100644
--- a/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/runtime-boot/init/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2.155"
 serde = { version = "1.0.209", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.125"
+serde_json = "1.0.140"
 nix = { version = "0.29.0", features = ["mount"] }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }