diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16308fd..06ff3aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -862,9 +862,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "368f01d005bf8fd9b1206fb6fa653e6c4a81ceb1466406b81792d87c5677a58f"
+checksum = "fb39b166781f92d482534ef4b4b1b2568f42613b53e5b6c160e24cfbfa30926d"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4cacaa9..dad704c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ path = "src/bin.rs"
 actions_toolkit = { git = "https://github.com/dev-bio/actions-toolkit.git", rev = "9e0c6d70848a443081b6c521c8e2ae5b17b3cdd9" }
 glob = { version = "0.3.1" }
 anyhow = "1.0.72"
-rayon = "1.9.0"
+rayon = "1.12.0"
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
 hex = "0.4.3"