diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a1aacd603..b9df52008 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ version = "0.69.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a00dc851838a2120612785d195287475a3ac45514741da670b735818822129a0"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
  "itertools",
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.4.2"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
+checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bincode",
  "bindgen",
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
  "bytesize",
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ checksum = "31b476131c3c86cb68032fdc5cb6d5a1045e3e42d96b69fa599fd77701e1f5bf"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
  "bit-vec",
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-traits",
  "rand",
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ version = "0.38.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.4.13",
diff --git a/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml b/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 7ab61cc51..a35f8e173 100644
--- a/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/northstar-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async-stream = { version = "0.3.4", optional = true }
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.80", optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.22.0", optional = true }
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3", optional = true }
-bitflags = "2.4.2"
+bitflags = "2.6.0"
 byteorder = { version = "1.5.0", optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "1.6.0", optional = true }
 bytesize = { version = "1.3.0", optional = true }