diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
index 8aff63f17d..34d11d044c 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33415e24172c1b7d6066f6d999545375ab8e1d95421d6784bdfff9496f292387"
 dependencies = [
  "bitcoin_hashes",
- "rand 0.8.5",
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
  "serde",
  "unicode-normalization",
  "zeroize",
@@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4979f22fdb869068da03c9f7528f8297c6fd2606bc3a4affe42e6a823fdb8da4"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "tonic",
- "tower 0.4.13",
+ "tower 0.5.1",
  "vergen",
 ]
 
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
index 36d5870d96..d9d043ef4b 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ tonic = "0.11.0"
 tonic-build = "0.11.0"
 tonic-health = "0.11.0"
 tonic-reflection = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["server"] }
-tower = "0.4.13"
+tower = "0.5.1"
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["cors"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"