diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aad9295b0a4..280d0e7a910 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1333,9 +1333,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.21"
+version = "1.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df9b68e50e6e0b26f672573834882eb57759f6db9b3be2ea3c35c91188bb4eaa"
+checksum = "15d118bbf3771060e7311cc7bb0545b01d08a8b4a7de949198dec1fa0ca1c0f7"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "cmake",
diff --git a/utils/Cargo.toml b/utils/Cargo.toml
index 6d66a1a5812..1474d47567f 100644
--- a/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ nydus-api = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../api" }
 
 # libz-ng-sys doesn't compile on ppc64. Have to fallback to stock zlib-sys
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "powerpc64")'.dependencies]
-libz-sys = { version = "1.1.12", features = ["stock-zlib"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+libz-sys = { version = "1.1.23", features = ["stock-zlib"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", features = ["zlib"], default-features = false }
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "powerpc64"))'.dependencies]
-libz-sys = { version = "1.1.8", features = ["zlib-ng"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+libz-sys = { version = "1.1.23", features = ["zlib-ng"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.28", features = ["zlib-ng-compat"], default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]