diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 7f810e3c..2ad97b0c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -277,6 +277,12 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b25655df2c3cdd83c5e5b293b88acd880332b2ddadd7c30ac43144fdc0033da9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -6652,7 +6658,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "worldscript-studio"
 version = "1.26.0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.22.1",
+ "base64 0.23.0",
  "candle-core",
  "candle-nn",
  "log",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 8422b7da..01333836 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tauri-build = { version = "2.5.6", features = [] }
 [dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-base64 = "0.22"
+base64 = "0.23"
 log = "0.4"
 # QNBS-v3 (T2): tray-icon enables the system-tray APIs (JS @tauri-apps/api/tray builds the tray).
 tauri = { version = "2.10.3", features = ["tray-icon"] }