diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c1d93d73..f1fd38c7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1034,9 +1034,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "needletail"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f29a3c5015d6985f33318d154fa0c41315eb2e7df29432c844c74a83434bfe21"
+checksum = "de3de09e373770238e3d30eb1a9f09f4754134d0ef354d0570bc1203d2517257"
 dependencies = [
  "buffer-redux",
  "bytecount",
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "md5",
  "memmap2",
  "murmurhash3",
- "needletail 0.6.0",
+ "needletail 0.6.1",
  "niffler",
  "nohash-hasher",
  "num-iter",
diff --git a/src/core/Cargo.toml b/src/core/Cargo.toml
index fcf6bccd2..e81508450 100644
--- a/src/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ log = "0.4.22"
 md5 = "0.7.0"
 memmap2 = "0.9.5"
 murmurhash3 = "0.0.5"
-needletail = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false }
+needletail = { version = "0.6.1", default-features = false }
 niffler = { version = "2.4.0", default-features = false, features = [ "gz" ] }
 nohash-hasher = "0.2.0"
 num-iter = "0.1.45"