diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 99242145c6..1ee3f5e68c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -617,12 +617,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iovec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bytes"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0dcbc35f504eb6fc275a6d20e4ebcda18cf50d40ba6fabff8c711fa16cb3b16"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1931,7 +1925,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "auto_enums",
  "bincode",
  "borsh",
- "bytes 0.6.0",
+ "bytes 1.2.1",
  "criterion",
  "dashmap 4.0.2",
  "derivative",
diff --git a/evm-utils/evm-state/Cargo.toml b/evm-utils/evm-state/Cargo.toml
index b8ddd3857b..4197f1763b 100644
--- a/evm-utils/evm-state/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm-utils/evm-state/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.34"
 bincode = "1.3.1"
 borsh = "0.9.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-bytes = "0.6.0"
+bytes = "1.2.1"
 snafu = "0.7"
 derive_more = "0.99.11"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"