diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09d8d4de7..21b1b0355 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -999,9 +999,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gdbstub"
-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.7.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72742d2b395902caf8a5d520d0dd3334ba6d1138938429200e58d5174e275f3f"
+checksum = "6bf845b08f7c2ef3b5ad19f80779d43ae20d278652b91bb80adda65baf2d8ed6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
  "cfg-if",
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
index 2976a70b0..7ce6b9bdd 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bench = false # see https://bheisler.github.io/criterion.rs/book/faq.html#cargo-
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-gdbstub = { version = "0.7.8", optional = true }
+gdbstub = { version = "0.7.9", optional = true }
 gdbstub_arch = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }
 goblin = { version = "0.10", default-features = false, features = ["std", "elf32", "elf64", "endian_fd"] }
 rand = { version = "0.9" }