diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c5a8fdee..8b8edf9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2149,14 +2149,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde-xml-rs"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb3aa78ecda1ebc9ec9847d5d3aba7d618823446a049ba2491940506da6e2782"
+checksum = "cc2215ce3e6a77550b80a1c37251b7d294febaf42e36e21b7b411e0bf54d540d"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "serde",
- "thiserror 1.0.69",
- "xml-rs",
+ "thiserror 2.0.19",
+ "xml",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3155,10 +3155,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "xml-rs"
-version = "0.8.28"
+name = "xml"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ae8337f8a065cfc972643663ea4279e04e7256de865aa66fe25cec5fb912d3f"
+checksum = "636f85e5ca6488e96401b61eb7de54f4e44755c988af0f52cf90230c312a1a89"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bfe9a5f3..8791d08a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 netdev = { version = "0.45", default-features = false }
 
 # For DDS Security:
-serde-xml-rs = { version = "0.6" , optional = true } # for reading spec-mandated XML config files
+serde-xml-rs = { version = "0.8" , optional = true } # for reading spec-mandated XML config files
 glob = { version = "0.3" , optional = true } # for reading spec-mandated XML config files
 mailparse = { version = "0.16" , optional = true } # for reading S/MIME-encoded (XML) config files
 x509-certificate = { version = "0.25" , optional = true } # for configuration certificates