diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6f4704f670d..38bd62fb137 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4838,9 +4838,9 @@ checksum = "7b2093cf4c8eb1e67749a6762251bc9cd836b6fc171623bd0a9d324d37af2417"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.44"
+version = "0.4.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d863878d212c87a19c1a610eb53bb01fe12951c0501cf5a0d65f724914a667a"
+checksum = "22692a6476a21fa75fdfc11d452fda482af402c008cdbaf3476414e122040973"
 dependencies = [
  "filetime",
  "libc",
diff --git a/gix-archive/Cargo.toml b/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
index e4b06d698fc..0d21a97def8 100644
--- a/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ rawzip = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 gix-error = { version = "^0.2.0", path = "../gix-error" }
 bstr = { version = "1.12.0", default-features = false }
 
-tar = { version = "0.4.38", optional = true }
+tar = { version = "0.4.45", optional = true }
 
 document-features = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/tests/tools/Cargo.toml b/tests/tools/Cargo.toml
index 90331cc3b31..bba2c990607 100644
--- a/tests/tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fs_extra = "1.2.0"
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.4" }
 is_ci = "1.1.1"
 io-close = "0.3.7"
-tar = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false }
+tar = { version = "0.4.45", default-features = false }
 xz2 = { version = "0.1.6", optional = true }
 
 document-features = { version = "0.2.1", optional = true }