diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92169d96..ae516c70 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.79"
+version = "1.0.101"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e835ff2298f5721608eb1a980ecaee1aef2c132bf95ecc026a11b7bf3c01c02e"
+checksum = "89ae43fd86e4158d6db51ad8e2b80f313af9cc74f5c0e03ccb87de09998732de"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -547,10 +547,11 @@ checksum = "e86697c916019a8588c99b5fac3cead74ec0b4b819707a682fd4d23fa0ce1ba1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.203"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7253ab4de971e72fb7be983802300c30b5a7f0c2e56fab8abfc6a214307c0094"
+checksum = "9a8e94ea7f378bd32cbbd37198a4a91436180c5bb472411e48b5ec2e2124ae9e"
 dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
@@ -567,11 +568,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_core"
+version = "1.0.228"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41d385c7d4ca58e59fc732af25c3983b67ac852c1a25000afe1175de458b67ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.203"
+version = "1.0.228"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "500cbc0ebeb6f46627f50f3f5811ccf6bf00643be300b4c3eabc0ef55dc5b5ba"
+checksum = "d540f220d3187173da220f885ab66608367b6574e925011a9353e4badda91d79"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -609,9 +619,9 @@ checksum = "5ee073c9e4cd00e28217186dbe12796d692868f432bf2e97ee73bed0c56dfa01"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.57"
+version = "2.0.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "11a6ae1e52eb25aab8f3fb9fca13be982a373b8f1157ca14b897a825ba4a2d35"
+checksum = "ede7c438028d4436d71104916910f5bb611972c5cfd7f89b8300a8186e6fada6"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a43a771d..58b257e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ codegen-units=1
 thiserror = "1.0"
 libc = "0.2.155"
 streaming-iterator = "0.1.5"
-serde = {version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"], optional = true}
+serde = {version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"], optional = true}
 serde_json = {version = "1.0.120", optional = true}
 bincode = {version = "1.3.1", optional = true}
 tskit-derive = {version = "0.2.0", path = "tskit-derive", optional = true}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.40", default-features = false, features = ["now", "std
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = {version = "1.0.86"}
 clap = {version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive"]}
-serde = {version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"]}
+serde = {version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"]}
 serde-pickle = "1.1.0"
 serde_json = {version = "1.0.120"}
 bincode = "1.3.1"