diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 81fa3aa..434b9d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ windows-core = "0.62.2"
 zip = { version = "8.2", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] } # Zip create/extract for mrpack and distribution archives
 tar = "0.4" # Tar archive creation for .tar.gz distribution fallback
 flate2 = "1.1" # Gzip compression paired with tar
-sevenz-rust2 = { version = "0.20", default-features = false, features = ["compress", "util"] } # 7z archive support; util enables compress_to_path helper
+sevenz-rust2 = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = ["compress", "util"] } # 7z archive support; util enables compress_to_path helper
 handlebars = "6.4.0"
 
 # Telemetry (optional, behind `telemetry` feature gate)