diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25de92b7a..9aa31bef9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -349,18 +349,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blocking"
-version = "1.5.1"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a37913e8dc4ddcc604f0c6d3bf2887c995153af3611de9e23c352b44c1b9118"
+checksum = "703f41c54fc768e63e091340b424302bb1c29ef4aa0c7f10fe849dfb114d29ea"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel",
- "async-lock",
  "async-task",
- "fastrand",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-lite",
  "piper",
- "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index bf820a09f..46b28162c 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ arc-swap = "1.7.1"
 arch = { path = "../arch" }
 bitflags = "2.5.0"
 block = { path = "../block" }
-blocking = { version = "1.5.1", optional = true }
+blocking = { version = "1.6.1", optional = true }
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 clap = "4.5.4"
 devices = { path = "../devices" }