diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3a5050af..37ded0a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -709,13 +709,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hpke"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e04a5933a381bb81f00b083fce6b4528e16d735dbeecbb2bdb45e0dbbf3f7e17"
+checksum = "4917627a14198c3603282c5158b815ad5534795451d3c074b53cf3cee0960b11"
 dependencies = [
  "aead 0.5.2",
  "aes-gcm",
- "byteorder",
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "generic-array",
diff --git a/kem/Cargo.toml b/kem/Cargo.toml
index 76a47c57..e4e1c7fb 100644
--- a/kem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kem/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ rand_core = "0.6"
 zeroize = { version = "1.7", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hpke = "0.11"
+hpke = "0.12"
 p256 = { version = "0.9", features = ["ecdsa"] }
 pqcrypto = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = [
     "pqcrypto-saber",