diff --git a/nexus-lite/Cargo.lock b/nexus-lite/Cargo.lock
index 3302b79..a39bfca 100644
--- a/nexus-lite/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nexus-lite/Cargo.lock
@@ -1683,9 +1683,9 @@ checksum = "47e1ffaa40ddd1f3ed91f717a33c8c0ee23fff369e3aa8772b9605cc1d22f4c3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "md5"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "490cc448043f947bae3cbee9c203358d62dbee0db12107a74be5c30ccfd09771"
+checksum = "ae960838283323069879657ca3de837e9f7bbb4c7bf6ea7f1b290d5e9476d2e0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
diff --git a/nexus-lite/nexus-storage/Cargo.toml b/nexus-lite/nexus-storage/Cargo.toml
index 8cd2794..cbc177c 100644
--- a/nexus-lite/nexus-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nexus-lite/nexus-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ memmap2 = "0.9"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 
 # Hashing
-md5 = "0.7"
+md5 = "0.8"
 
 # File watching (optional)
 notify = { version = "8", optional = true }