diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d4a084a..3fcf0dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3863,9 +3863,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustic_core"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "31a91fba0db4615610806ee810c26844cfde155ede5e0d32fc8008d0dd52d790"
+checksum = "11529c7b9a74297cb6c36f89d3746eb6a1112b8d309d5b25b338a9fedef0ff02"
 dependencies = [
  "aes256ctr_poly1305aes",
  "anyhow",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 97bcd45..63755b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--document-private-items", "--generate-link-to-definition"]
 [dependencies]
 abscissa_core = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["application"] }
 rustic_backend = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["cli"] }
-rustic_core = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["cli"] }
+rustic_core = { version = "0.5.3", features = ["cli"] }
 
 # allocators
 jemallocator-global = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true }