diff --git a/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.lock b/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.lock
index efff627..b39d6e5 100644
--- a/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.10.2"
+version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "380b951a9c5e80ddfd6136919eef32310721aa4aacd4889a8d39124b026ab343"
+checksum = "38200e5ee88914975b69f657f0801b6f6dccafd44fd9326302a4aaeecfacb1d8"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -328,9 +328,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-automata"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f804c7828047e88b2d32e2d7fe5a105da8ee3264f01902f796c8e067dc2483f"
+checksum = "368758f23274712b504848e9d5a6f010445cc8b87a7cdb4d7cbee666c1288da3"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
diff --git a/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.toml b/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.toml
index 01e6c5c..e2a73d5 100644
--- a/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scripts/helper_scripts/unipept-database-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bit-vec = "0.6.3"
 chrono = "0.4.31"
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["derive"] }
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.11"
-regex = "1.10.2"
+regex = "1.11.0"
 smartstring = { version = "1.0" }
 strum = "0.25.0"
 strum_macros = "0.25.3"