diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac6a72678..95f5d5ce8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -281,11 +281,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "buddy_system_allocator"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1a0108968a3a2dab95b089c0fc3f1afa7759aa5ebe6f1d86d206d6f7ba726eb"
+checksum = "b672b945a3e4f4f40bfd4cd5ee07df9e796a42254ce7cd6d2599ad969244c44a"
 dependencies = [
- "spin 0.9.8",
+ "spin",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
  "flatbuffers",
  "log",
- "spin 0.10.0",
+ "spin",
  "thiserror 2.0.17",
  "tracing",
 ]
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyperlight-guest-tracing",
  "linkme",
  "log",
- "spin 0.10.0",
+ "spin",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ name = "hyperlight-guest-tracing"
 version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
  "hyperlight-common",
- "spin 0.10.0",
+ "spin",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-core",
 ]
@@ -3262,15 +3262,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "spin"
-version = "0.9.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
-dependencies = [
- "lock_api",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_guest_bin/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_guest_bin/Cargo.toml
index 4ce3f30ee..13137f062 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_guest_bin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_guest_bin/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ hyperlight-guest = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 hyperlight-common = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = [ "init-paging" ] }
 hyperlight-guest-tracing = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 hyperlight-guest-macro = { workspace = true, default-features = false, optional = true }
-buddy_system_allocator = "0.11.0"
+buddy_system_allocator = "0.12.0"
 log = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 linkme = { version = "0.3.35", optional = true }
 spin = "0.10.0"