diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f258b0a..32b83f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ checksum = "93c6c3420963c5c64bca373b25e77acb562081b9bb4dd5bb864187742186cea9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasmparser"
-version = "0.71.0"
+version = "0.79.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "89a30c99437829ede826802bfcf28500cf58df00e66cb9114df98813bc145ff1"
+checksum = "5b5894be15a559c85779254700e1d35f02f843b5a69152e5c82c626d9fd66c0e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44957a0..0424f6b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ is-it-maintained-issue-resolution = { repository = "enarx/enarx" }
 is-it-maintained-open-issues = { repository = "enarx/enarx" }
 
 [dependencies]
-wasmparser = "0.71"
+wasmparser = "0.79"
 structopt = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3.2"
 lebicon = "4.0"