diff --git a/packer/Cargo.lock b/packer/Cargo.lock
index 73afb52c1..63bf6b01e 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packer/Cargo.lock
@@ -676,9 +676,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.37"
+version = "0.4.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6f5515d3add52e0bbdcad7b83c388bb36ba7b754dda3b5f5bc2d38640cdba5c"
+checksum = "4b55807c0344e1e6c04d7c965f5289c39a8d94ae23ed5c0b57aabac549f871c6"
 dependencies = [
  "filetime",
  "libc",
diff --git a/packer/Cargo.toml b/packer/Cargo.toml
index aa926f864..c63bcc981 100644
--- a/packer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packer/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 clap = "2.34.0"
 shellexpand = "2.1.0"
-tar = "0.4.37"
+tar = "0.4.38"
 serde = { version = "1.0.132", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.8.21"
 anyhow = "1.0.51"