diff --git a/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.lock b/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.lock
index 4573d8a8..a6eb14d0 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.lock
+++ b/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.lock
@@ -3571,9 +3571,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.93"
+version = "1.0.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cad406b69c91885b5107daf2c29572f6c8cdb3c66826821e286c533490c0bc76"
+checksum = "46266871c240a00b8f503b877622fe33430b3c7d963bdc0f2adc511e54a1eae3"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa 1.0.5",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.toml b/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.toml
index e2839d8d..cda8cee2 100644
--- a/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aries-backchannels/aries-vcx/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ clap = { version = "3.2.22", features = ["derive"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.9", features = ["json", "multipart", "blocking"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = "1.0.97"
-serde_json = "1.0.40"
+serde_json = "1.0.99"
 serde_derive = "1.0.97"
 log = "0.4.17"
 env_logger = "0.9.1"