diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4c299fbcb3fc3..c345604f2811b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2045,9 +2045,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.115"
+version = "1.0.116"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12dc5c46daa8e9fdf4f5e71b6cf9a53f2487da0e86e55808e2d35539666497dd"
+checksum = "3e17db7126d17feb94eb3fad46bf1a96b034e8aacbc2e775fe81505f8b0b2813"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
diff --git a/policy-controller/k8s/status/Cargo.toml b/policy-controller/k8s/status/Cargo.toml
index dd12a5676906c..8266778c650ba 100644
--- a/policy-controller/k8s/status/Cargo.toml
+++ b/policy-controller/k8s/status/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-api = { path = "../api" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 prometheus-client = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false }
 serde = "1"
-serde_json = "1.0.115"
+serde_json = "1.0.116"
 thiserror = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"