diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c80fdaa..308d7b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mq-markdown",
  "pdf-extract",
  "pretty_assertions",
- "quick-xml 0.39.4",
+ "quick-xml 0.40.1",
  "rstest",
  "rusqlite",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1809,6 +1809,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.40.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2474bd2e5029e7ccb6abb2ba48cf2383a333851dedf495901544281590c7da7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.45"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index adfe2d0..83d8791 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ lofty = {version = "0.24", optional = true}
 lopdf = {version = "0.38", optional = true}
 mq-markdown = {version = "0.5.29", optional = true, features = ["html-to-markdown", "json"]}
 pdf-extract = {version = "0.10", optional = true}
-quick-xml = {version = "0.39", optional = true}
+quick-xml = {version = "0.40", optional = true}
 rusqlite = {version = "0.39", optional = true, features = ["bundled"]}
 serde_json = {version = "1", optional = true, features = ["preserve_order"]}
 serde_yaml = {version = "0.9", optional = true}