diff --git a/evm/Cargo.toml b/evm/Cargo.toml
index 63f4ec0c..da327a79 100644
--- a/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10.0"
 eth_trie_utils = "0.6.0"
 ethereum-types = "0.14.0"
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
-hex-literal = "0.3.4"
+hex-literal = "0.4.1"
 itertools = "0.10.3"
 keccak-hash = "0.10.0"
 log = "0.4.14"