diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 31715ccc..6ddac36b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1943,9 +1943,9 @@ checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vmm-sys-util"
-version = "0.11.1"
+version = "0.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd64fe09d8e880e600c324e7d664760a17f56e9672b7495a86381b49e4f72f46"
+checksum = "1d1435039746e20da4f8d507a72ee1b916f7b4b05af7a91c093d2c6561934ede"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 59f5aa0b..5a2ecb46 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ eif_loader = { path = "./eif_loader" }
 enclave_build = { path = "./enclave_build" }
 openssl = "0.10"
 vsock = "0.3"
-vmm-sys-util = "0.11.1"
+vmm-sys-util = "0.12.1"
 sha2 = "0.9.5"
 hex = "0.4"