diff --git a/below/store/Cargo.toml b/below/store/Cargo.toml
index 8e86fcc5..ee8084a5 100644
--- a/below/store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/below/store/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.95"
 bitflags = { version = "2.6", features = ["serde"] }
-bytes = { version = "1.6.0", features = ["serde"] }
+bytes = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["serde"] }
 common = { package = "below-common", version = "0.8.1", path = "../common" }
 humantime = "2.1"
 maplit = "1.0"