diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 19381912..bbb029b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ wasmtime-wast = { version = "45.0.1", features = ["component-model", "component-
 
 # WebAssembly text format parser
 wat = "1.0"
-wast = "248.0.0"
+wast = "251.0.0"
 wasmparser = "0.248"
 
 # JNI support for Java 8-22 compatibility