diff --git a/packer/Cargo.lock b/packer/Cargo.lock
index 300a583fe..c6ccb91cc 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packer/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
+ "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
  "winapi",
 ]
@@ -135,16 +135,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -348,12 +338,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "443144c8cdadd93ebf52ddb4056d257f5b52c04d3c804e657d19eb73fc33668b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ignore"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -463,16 +447,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "num_cpus"
-version = "1.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4161fcb6d602d4d2081af7c3a45852d875a03dd337a6bfdd6e06407b61342a43"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.3.2",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "number_prefix"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -581,9 +555,9 @@ checksum = "9c33a3c44ca05fa6f1807d8e6743f3824e8509beca625669633be0acbdf509dc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d2df5196e37bcc87abebc0053e20787d73847bb33134a69841207dd0a47f03b"
+checksum = "9c27db03db7734835b3f53954b534c91069375ce6ccaa2e065441e07d9b6cdb1"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -591,14 +565,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b8f95bd6966f5c87776639160a66bd8ab9895d9d4ab01ddba9fc60661aebe8d"
+checksum = "5ce3fb6ad83f861aac485e76e1985cd109d9a3713802152be56c3b1f0e0658ed"
 dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "num_cpus",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/packer/Cargo.toml b/packer/Cargo.toml
index b7682e86c..5798cdb9d 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packer/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ anyhow = "^1"
 sha2 = "0.10.7"
 data-encoding = "^2"
 serde_json = "^1"
-rayon = "^1.7"
+rayon = "^1.8"
 indicatif = "^0.17"
 xz2 = "0.1.7"
 ignore = "0.4.20"