diff --git a/masq_lib/Cargo.toml b/masq_lib/Cargo.toml
index 610dc49a2..e6f165298 100644
--- a/masq_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/masq_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ crossbeam-channel = "0.4"
 itertools = "0.10.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 regex = "1.4.3"
-serde = "1.0.118"
+serde = "1.0.144"
 serde_derive = "1.0.99"
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
 tiny-hderive = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/multinode_integration_tests/Cargo.toml b/multinode_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
index 8eb353564..f297fd55c 100644
--- a/multinode_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/multinode_integration_tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ primitive-types = {version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["def
 regex = "1.4.3"
 rusqlite = {version = "0.20.0", features = ["bundled"]}
 rustc-hex = "2.0.1"
-serde = "1.0.118"
+serde = "1.0.144"
 serde_derive = "1.0.99"
 serde_cbor = "0.11.1"
 sha1 = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/node/Cargo.lock b/node/Cargo.lock
index 0b8e74bd7..6a4a01d8f 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.lock
+++ b/node/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
 [[package]]
 name = "actix"
 version = "0.7.9"
@@ -597,7 +599,7 @@ checksum = "8d2d6daefd5f1d4b74a891a5d2ab7dccba028d423107c074232a0c5dc0d40a9e"
 dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
  "proc-macro-hack",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -836,9 +838,9 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aa4da3c766cd7a0db8242e326e9e4e081edd567072893ed320008189715366a4"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
@@ -1475,9 +1477,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ce046d161f000fffde5f432a0d034d0341dc152643b2598ed5bfce44c4f3a8f0"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
  "unindent",
 ]
 
@@ -2249,9 +2251,9 @@ version = "0.4.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "65ad2ae56b6abe3a1ee25f15ee605bacadb9a764edaba9c2bf4103800d4a1895"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2260,9 +2262,9 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8e8d2bf0b23038a4424865103a4df472855692821aab4e4f5c3312d461d9e5f"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2344,11 +2346,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.24"
+version = "1.0.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e0704ee1a7e00d7bb417d0770ea303c1bccbabf0ef1667dae92b5967f5f8a71"
+checksum = "0a2ca2c61bc9f3d74d2886294ab7b9853abd9c1ad903a3ac7815c58989bb7bab"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
+ "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2372,7 +2374,7 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aa563d17ecb180e500da1cfd2b028310ac758de548efdd203e18f283af693f37"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2926,9 +2928,9 @@ checksum = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.118"
+version = "1.0.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06c64263859d87aa2eb554587e2d23183398d617427327cf2b3d0ed8c69e4800"
+checksum = "0f747710de3dcd43b88c9168773254e809d8ddbdf9653b84e2554ab219f17860"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -2945,13 +2947,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.118"
+version = "1.0.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c84d3526699cd55261af4b941e4e725444df67aa4f9e6a3564f18030d12672df"
+checksum = "94ed3a816fb1d101812f83e789f888322c34e291f894f19590dc310963e87a00"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3168,13 +3170,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.45"
+version = "1.0.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea9c5432ff16d6152371f808fb5a871cd67368171b09bb21b43df8e4a47a3556"
+checksum = "58dbef6ec655055e20b86b15a8cc6d439cca19b667537ac6a1369572d151ab13"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
+ "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3183,9 +3185,9 @@ version = "0.12.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b834f2d66f734cb897113e34aaff2f1ab4719ca946f9a7358dba8f8064148701"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
  "unicode-xid 0.2.1",
 ]
 
@@ -3826,6 +3828,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "matches",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4f5b37a154999a8f3f98cc23a628d850e154479cd94decf3414696e12e31aaf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -3986,9 +3994,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "lazy_static",
  "log 0.4.13",
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -4020,9 +4028,9 @@ version = "0.2.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5a48c72f299d80557c7c62e37e7225369ecc0c963964059509fbafe917c7549"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.43",
  "quote 1.0.7",
- "syn 1.0.45",
+ "syn 1.0.99",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/node/Cargo.toml b/node/Cargo.toml
index de04a87bc..b910b5a68 100644
--- a/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rlp = "0.4.2"
 rpassword = "4.0.1"
 rusqlite = {version = "0.20.0", features = ["bundled"]}
 rustc-hex = "2.0.1"
-serde = "1.0.118"
+serde = "1.0.144"
 serde_derive = "1.0.99"
 serde_json = "1.0.61"
 serde_cbor = "0.11.1"