diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d5205b2..71d16f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -284,12 +284,9 @@ checksum = "2af50177e190e07a26ab74f8b1efbfe2ef87da2116221318cb1c2e82baf7de06"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bincode"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
+checksum = "fd6a120d2e16b3e1b4a24bd70f23b12d3e16b81f113364a26935f8db7245452d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
diff --git a/pillar-01-iron/vantis-pqc/Cargo.toml b/pillar-01-iron/vantis-pqc/Cargo.toml
index 8a2f546..9b6feb8 100644
--- a/pillar-01-iron/vantis-pqc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pillar-01-iron/vantis-pqc/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ chacha20poly1305.workspace = true
 sha3 = "0.10"
 rand = "0.8"
 zeroize = { version = "1.7", features = ["derive"] }
-bincode = "1.3"
+bincode = "3.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]