diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
index 6d827c2c12..d73c1e4b9f 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/Cargo.lock
@@ -8193,9 +8193,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "which"
-version = "6.0.3"
+version = "7.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4ee928febd44d98f2f459a4a79bd4d928591333a494a10a868418ac1b39cf1f"
+checksum = "c9cad3279ade7346b96e38731a641d7343dd6a53d55083dd54eadfa5a1b38c6b"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "home",
diff --git a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
index 509bc46bb6..2b7c8a8412 100644
--- a/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-vpn-core/crates/nym-dns/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ system-configuration.workspace = true
 duct.workspace = true
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
-which = { version = "6.0", default-features = false }
+which = { version = "7.0", default-features = false }
 inotify = "0.11"
 resolv-conf = "0.7"
 duct.workspace = true