diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7779d122..01e27888 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "eth-account==0.10",
   "eth-typing~=4.0",
   "gunicorn==23.0.0",
-  "hexbytes==0.2.2",
+  "hexbytes==1.3.1",
   "msgpack==1.0.8",                                                                                                        # required by aiocache
   "multiaddr==0.0.9",                                                                                                      # for libp2p-stubs
   "orjson>=3.7.7",                                                                                                         # Minimum version for Python 3.11