diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d816fcfbcd..3654b6cb642 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5743,9 +5743,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.5.7"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c394b5bd0c6f669e7275d9c20aa90ae064cb22e75a1cad54e1b34088034b149f"
+checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
 dependencies = [
  "zeroize_derive",
 ]
diff --git a/identity/Cargo.toml b/identity/Cargo.toml
index 83af0c96201..7d910bce96b 100644
--- a/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 sha2 = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 void = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-zeroize = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+zeroize = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 ring = { version = "0.16.9", features = ["alloc", "std"], default-features = false, optional = true}