diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 368d164..449e049 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -118,23 +118,16 @@ version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a282da65faaf38286cf3be983213fcf1d2e2a58700e808f83f4ea9a4804bc0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.73"
+version = "0.10.79"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8505734d46c8ab1e19a1dce3aef597ad87dcb4c37e7188231769bd6bd51cebf8"
+checksum = "bf0b434746ee2832f4f0baf10137e1cabb18cbe6912c69e2e33263c45250f542"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
- "once_cell",
  "openssl-macros",
  "openssl-sys",
 ]
@@ -161,9 +154,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.109"
+version = "0.9.115"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "90096e2e47630d78b7d1c20952dc621f957103f8bc2c8359ec81290d75238571"
+checksum = "158fe5b292746440aa6e7a7e690e55aeb72d41505e2804c23c6973ad0e9c9781"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 64eb512..e9fa65f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ travis-ci = { repository = "witnet/vrf-rs", branch = "master" }
 
 [dependencies]
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
-openssl = "0.10.73"
+openssl = "0.10.79"
 hmac-sha256 = "1.1.12"
 
 [dev-dependencies]