diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09c3b382..ced9962d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-vm-memory = "0.16.0"
+vm-memory = "0.17.1"
 vmm-sys-util = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index a66a25d0..9332f6c5 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ memfd = "0.6.3"
 virtio-queue = { path = "../virtio-queue", features = ["test-utils"] }
 virtio-vsock = { path = "../virtio-vsock" }
 virtio-queue-ser = { path = "../virtio-queue-ser" }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { version = "0.17.1", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
 common = { path = "common" }
 virtio-blk = { path = "../virtio-blk", features = ["backend-stdio"] }
 
diff --git a/fuzz/common/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/common/Cargo.toml
index 123a5caf..c664ebc9 100644
--- a/fuzz/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ virtio-queue = { path = "../../virtio-queue", features = ["test-utils"] }
 virtio-vsock = { path = "../../virtio-vsock" }
 virtio-queue-ser = { path = "../../virtio-queue-ser" }
 virtio-blk = { path = "../../virtio-blk" }
-vm-memory = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
+vm-memory = { version = "0.17.1", features = ["backend-mmap", "backend-atomic"] }
diff --git a/fuzz/common/src/vsock.rs b/fuzz/common/src/vsock.rs
index 9d5e4883..3ba44f38 100644
--- a/fuzz/common/src/vsock.rs
+++ b/fuzz/common/src/vsock.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ mod tests {
         let header_slice = packet.header_slice();
         functions.push(VsockFunction::HeaderSlice);
         assert_eq!(
-            header_slice.as_ptr(),
+            header_slice.ptr_guard().as_ptr(),
             mem.get_host_address(GuestAddress(HEADER_WRITE_ADDR))
                 .unwrap()
         );
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ mod tests {
         let data_slice = packet.data_slice().unwrap();
         functions.push(VsockFunction::DataSlice);
         assert_eq!(
-            data_slice.as_ptr(),
+            data_slice.ptr_guard().as_ptr(),
             mem.get_host_address(GuestAddress(DATA_WRITE_ADDR)).unwrap()
         );