diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1ddaa3950a2..e6e0240e786 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -386,9 +386,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo_metadata"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb9ac64500cc83ce4b9f8dafa78186aa008c8dea77a09b94cd307fd0cd5022a8"
+checksum = "2d886547e41f740c616ae73108f6eb70afe6d940c7bc697cb30f13daec073037"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "cargo-platform",
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "camino",
  "camino-tempfile",
- "cargo_metadata 0.18.0",
+ "cargo_metadata 0.18.1",
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
diff --git a/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml b/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
index c2a08ed4697..5316db7220d 100644
--- a/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nextest-runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ camino-tempfile = "1.0.2"
 # config's "preserve_order" feature is needed for preserving the order of
 # setup scripts in .config/nextest.toml.
 config = { version = "0.13.3", default-features = false, features = ["toml", "preserve_order"] }
-cargo_metadata = "0.18.0"
+cargo_metadata = "0.18.1"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
 debug-ignore = "1.0.5"