diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c22ddd9a9..561b0ecc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2367,9 +2367,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.5.6"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d83f127d94bdbcda4c8cc2e50f6f84f4b611f69c902699ca385a39c3a75f9ff1"
+checksum = "4c4eb3267174b8c6c2f654116623910a0fef09c4753f8dd83db29c48a0df988b"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -2387,9 +2387,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.26"
+version = "0.6.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49b3de9ec5dc0a3417da371aab17d729997c15010e7fd24ff707773a33bddb64"
+checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "release-operator"
diff --git a/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml b/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
index 61d06bfa1..dab24bf3e 100644
--- a/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/release-operator/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cargo_metadata = "0.15.0"
 cmd_lib = "1.3.0"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
-regex = "1.5.6"
+regex = "1.6.0"
 secstr = "0.5.0"
 semver = "1.0.12"
 serde_json = "1.0.82"