diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f1ca2ef..8a1de8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ checksum = "5ed2e96bc16d8d740f6f48d663eddf4b8a0983e79210fd55479b7bcd0a69860e"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_lex 0.5.1",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim",
  "terminal_size",
@@ -175,9 +175,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd7cc57abe963c6d3b9d8be5b06ba7c8957a930305ca90304f24ef040aa6f961"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2da6da31387c7e4ef160ffab6d5e7f00c42626fe39aea70a7b0f1773f7dd6c1b"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
@@ -501,7 +507,7 @@ name = "light-curve-dmdt-exec"
 version = "0.6.2"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_lex 0.7.5",
  "enumflags2",
  "light-curve-dmdt",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 771fd52..6b1e59d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ codegen-units = 1
 [dependencies]
 # both clap and clap_lax are set for current MSRV
 clap = { version = "=4.3", features = ["cargo", "wrap_help"] }
-clap_lex = "=0.5.0"
+clap_lex = "=0.7.5"
 enumflags2 = "0.7"
 thiserror = "2"