diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8e07a7868..3bc0ba9d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "514de17de45fdb8dc022b1a7975556c53c86f9f0aa5f534b98977b171857c2c9"
+checksum = "a12916984aab3fa6e39d655a33e09c0071eb36d6ab3aea5c2d78551f1df6d952"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "camino"
diff --git a/chain/Cargo.toml b/chain/Cargo.toml
index 6c05e8816..25581f9b9 100644
--- a/chain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/chain/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ itertools = "0.13.0"
 log = "0.4.21"
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.59"
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 
 # For directory chain
 extindex = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 846f05be1..5b618fa16 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ web = [
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 bs58 = "0.5.1"
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 chrono = "0.4.38"
 exocore-protos = {version = "0.1.25", path = "../protos"}
 futures = { version = "0.3.30", features = ["async-await"] }
diff --git a/exo/Cargo.toml b/exo/Cargo.toml
index 4609ce622..d9d97eb9b 100644
--- a/exo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/exo/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ version = "0.1.25"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { version="1.0.82", features = ["backtrace"] }
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 console = "0.15.8"
 dialoguer = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/store/Cargo.toml b/store/Cargo.toml
index 02973a986..2583ceb40 100644
--- a/store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/store/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tests-utils = []
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 async-trait = "0.1.80"
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 chrono = {version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"]}
 exocore-protos = {version = "0.1.25", path = "../protos"}
 futures = "0.3.30"
diff --git a/transport/Cargo.toml b/transport/Cargo.toml
index ebea48ae3..3dadfa4e9 100644
--- a/transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tests-utils = ["exocore-core/tests-utils"]
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 byteorder = "1.5.0"
-bytes = "1.6.0"
+bytes = "1.6.1"
 exocore-core = {version = "0.1.25", path = "../core"}
 exocore-protos = {version = "0.1.25", path = "../protos"}
 futures = "0.3.30"