diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b51c598f5c..5ae5f241a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -869,9 +869,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.15"
+version = "4.5.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11d8838454fda655dafd3accb2b6e2bea645b9e4078abe84a22ceb947235c5cc"
+checksum = "ed6719fffa43d0d87e5fd8caeab59be1554fb028cd30edc88fc4369b17971019"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "subxt-cli"
 version = "0.37.0"
 dependencies = [
- "clap 4.5.15",
+ "clap 4.5.16",
  "color-eyre",
  "frame-metadata 16.0.0",
  "heck 0.5.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fa229d80ae..443a878bf2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 base58 = { version = "0.2.0" }
 bitvec = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 blake2 = { version = "0.10.6", default-features = false }
-clap = { version = "4.5.15", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.16", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 criterion = "0.4"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.6.9", default-features = false }