diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e2476166deb..ff0dc804480 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3543,9 +3543,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.17.1"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
+checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "oorandom"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 6593e44755d..626529779df 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 multiaddr = { version = "0.17.1" }
 multihash = { version = "0.17.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 multistream-select = { workspace = true }
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12.0"
 pin-project = "1.1.0"
 quick-protobuf = "0.8"
diff --git a/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml b/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
index 35883fbea0f..7a579408409 100644
--- a/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/metrics/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ libp2p-relay =  { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libp2p-swarm = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
 prometheus-client = { version = "0.21.1"}
-once_cell = "1.16.0"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 libp2p-gossipsub =  { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/swarm/Cargo.toml b/swarm/Cargo.toml
index 00562fc5134..d5a37ae961c 100644
--- a/swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ smallvec = "1.6.1"
 void = "1"
 wasm-bindgen-futures = { version = "0.4.36", optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.9", features = ["js"], optional = true } # Explicit dependency to be used in `wasm-bindgen` feature
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 multistream-select = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "wasi", target_os = "unknown")))'.dependencies]
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ libp2p-swarm-test = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-yamux = { workspace = true }
 quickcheck = { workspace = true }
 void = "1"
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 trybuild = "1.0.80"
 
 [[test]]
diff --git a/transports/noise/Cargo.toml b/transports/noise/Cargo.toml
index c3ec6bc42ba..35648f376a2 100644
--- a/transports/noise/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/noise/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["ed25519"] }
 log = "0.4"
 quick-protobuf = "0.8"
-once_cell = "1.17.1"
+once_cell = "1.18.0"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 sha2 = "0.10.0"
 static_assertions = "1"