diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 35ca4fd91f..0147396c28 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyperlocal",
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.7.3",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.2.0",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -3189,7 +3189,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "hyper 1.5.0",
  "hyper-util",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.8.0",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
@@ -4726,7 +4726,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-proto",
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "socket2 0.5.7",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -4743,7 +4743,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "ring 0.17.8",
  "rustc-hash",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "slab",
  "thiserror",
  "tinyvec",
@@ -5087,7 +5087,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.14",
  "quinn",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.8.0",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.2.0",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -5362,9 +5362,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.16"
+version = "0.23.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee87ff5d9b36712a58574e12e9f0ea80f915a5b0ac518d322b24a465617925e"
+checksum = "9c9cc1d47e243d655ace55ed38201c19ae02c148ae56412ab8750e8f0166ab7f"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ring 0.17.8",
@@ -6836,7 +6836,7 @@ version = "0.26.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c7bc40d0e5a97695bb96e27995cd3a08538541b0a846f65bba7a359f36700d4"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -7244,7 +7244,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rdkafka",
  "rdkafka-sys",
- "rustls 0.23.16",
+ "rustls 0.23.18",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.7.3",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.2.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml b/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
index bb32db6969..6d6ccfe2f6 100644
--- a/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ gouth = { version = "0.2", optional = true, default-features = true }
 
 # tls
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", optional = true, default-features = false }
-rustls = { version = "0.23.16", optional = true, default-features = false }
+rustls = { version = "0.23.18", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "2.1.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.7", optional = true, default-features = false }