diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 4932db0..7fc53dd 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - impl `Eq` for `StealthAddress`
 - impl `Eq` for `TxSkeleton`
 
+### Changed
+
+- Update `bls12_381-bls` dep to 0.4
+
 ## [0.30.0] - 2024-07-03
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 2302d38..e08bd5a 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ exclude = [".github/workflows/dusk-ci.yml", ".gitignore"]
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 dusk-bytes = "0.1"
 dusk-bls12_381 = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
-bls12_381-bls = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
+bls12_381-bls = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 dusk-jubjub = { version = "0.14", default-features = false, features = ["zeroize"] }
 dusk-poseidon = "0.39"
 jubjub-schnorr = "0.4"