diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd74140a5..b67796aba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1767,9 +1767,9 @@ checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "open"
-version = "5.0.1"
+version = "5.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90878fb664448b54c4e592455ad02831e23a3f7e157374a8b95654731aac7349"
+checksum = "449f0ff855d85ddbf1edd5b646d65249ead3f5e422aaa86b7d2d0b049b103e32"
 dependencies = [
  "is-wsl",
  "libc",
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index accde567e..bc3117d20 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
 content_inspector = "0.2.4"
 
 # opening URLs
-open = "5.0.1"
+open = "5.1.2"
 url = "2.5.0"
 
 # config