diff --git a/packer/Cargo.lock b/packer/Cargo.lock
index 3d8311a7e..452221810 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packer/Cargo.lock
@@ -685,9 +685,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "shellexpand"
-version = "2.1.2"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ccc8076840c4da029af4f87e4e8daeb0fca6b87bbb02e10cb60b791450e11e4"
+checksum = "da03fa3b94cc19e3ebfc88c4229c49d8f08cdbd1228870a45f0ffdf84988e14b"
 dependencies = [
  "dirs",
 ]
diff --git a/packer/Cargo.toml b/packer/Cargo.toml
index 94f2267e0..0db132b73 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packer/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "^3", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
-shellexpand = "^2"
+shellexpand = "^3"
 tar = "0.4.38"
 serde = { version = "^1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.21"