diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e29fa911a9c..df553ea0d23 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -544,9 +544,9 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
-version = "0.4.8"
+version = "0.5.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c9f346c92c1e9a71d14fe4aaf7c2a5d9932cc4e5e48d8fb6641524416eb79ddd"
+checksum = "c9e3356844c4d6a6d6467b8da2cffb4a2820be256f50a3a386c9d152bab31043"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "axum-core",
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
+ "itoa",
  "matchit",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
@@ -567,16 +568,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
- "tower-http 0.2.5",
+ "tower-http",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6dbcda393bef9c87572779cb8ef916f12d77750b27535dd6819fa86591627a51"
+checksum = "d9f0c0a60006f2a293d82d571f635042a72edf927539b7685bd62d361963839b"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
@@ -584,6 +585,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "mime",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2275,7 +2278,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
- "tower-http 0.3.4",
+ "tower-http",
  "tower-layer",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
@@ -3832,9 +3835,9 @@ checksum = "a3e378b66a060d48947b590737b30a1be76706c8dd7b8ba0f2fe3989c68a853f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9376a4f0340565ad675d11fc1419227faf5f60cd7ac9cb2e7185a471f30af833"
+checksum = "73cbba799671b762df5a175adf59ce145165747bb891505c43d09aefbbf38beb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -6049,31 +6052,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project 1.0.12",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aba3f3efabf7fb41fae8534fc20a817013dd1c12cb45441efb6c82e6556b4cd8"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "http-range-header",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
- "tower",
- "tower-layer",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -6088,6 +6071,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "http-range-header",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
+ "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/fuel-core/Cargo.toml b/fuel-core/Cargo.toml
index e2b46ba8d8e..db9522d14ef 100644
--- a/fuel-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuel-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async-graphql = { version = "4.0", features = [
     "tracing",
 ], default-features = false }
 async-trait = "0.1"
-axum = { version = "0.4" }
+axum = { version = "0.5" }
 bech32 = "0.9.0"
 bincode = "1.3"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
diff --git a/fuel-metrics/Cargo.toml b/fuel-metrics/Cargo.toml
index a26ab1ba3fd..d3b4607d027 100644
--- a/fuel-metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuel-metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/FuelLabs/fuel-core"
 description = "Fuel metrics"
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = "0.4"
+axum = "0.5"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 prometheus = "0.13"