diff --git a/kube-client/Cargo.toml b/kube-client/Cargo.toml
index 3798af9d7..f18cda04d 100644
--- a/kube-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ http-body = { version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
 either = { version = "1.6.1", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
 futures = { version = "0.3.17", optional = true }
-pem = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
+pem = { version = "3.0.1", optional = true }
 openssl = { version = "0.10.36", optional = true }
 rustls = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["dangerous_configuration"], optional = true }
 rustls-pemfile = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }