diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1cf9a41f..8d7b961d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1407,9 +1407,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
diff --git a/cipher/Cargo.toml b/cipher/Cargo.toml
index d853d1f8..5dc87a22 100644
--- a/cipher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cipher/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ inout = "=0.2.0-pre.4"
 
 # optional dependencies
 blobby = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-zeroize = { version = "1.7", optional = true, default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 alloc = []
diff --git a/digest/Cargo.toml b/digest/Cargo.toml
index 84821647..27565316 100644
--- a/digest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/digest/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ block-buffer = { version = "=0.11.0-pre.5", optional = true }
 subtle = { version = "2.4", default-features = false, optional = true }
 blobby = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 const-oid = { version = "=0.10.0-pre.2", optional = true }
-zeroize = { version = "1.7", optional = true, default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 default = ["core-api"]
diff --git a/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml b/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
index 388c12a1..4c5c78de 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ crypto-bigint = { version = "=0.6.0-pre.12", default-features = false, features
 hybrid-array = { version = "0.2.0-rc.8", default-features = false, features = ["zeroize"] }
 rand_core = { version = "0.6.4", default-features = false }
 subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }
-zeroize = { version = "1.7", default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8", default-features = false }
 
 # optional dependencies
 base64ct = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
diff --git a/kem/Cargo.toml b/kem/Cargo.toml
index dce5587c..4b24f0fc 100644
--- a/kem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kem/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rust-version = "1.66"
 
 [dependencies]
 rand_core = "0.6"
-zeroize = { version = "1.7", default-features = false }
+zeroize = { version = "1.8", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hpke = "0.10"