diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d468216cb..c5a2086c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ version = "0.70.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f49d8fed880d473ea71efb9bf597651e77201bdd4893efe54c9e5d65ae04ce6f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f68f53c83ab957f72c32642f3868eec03eb974d1fb82e453128456482613d36"
+checksum = "5c8214115b7bf84099f1309324e63141d4c5d7cc26862f97a0a857dbefe165bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ version = "25.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1045398c1bfd89168b5fd3f1fc11f6e70b34f6f66300c87d44d3de849463abf1"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "rustc_version",
 ]
 
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "31c683a9f13de31432e6097131d5f385898c7f0635c0f392b9d0fa165063c8ac"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "log",
  "managed",
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fda788993cc341f69012feba8bf45c0ba4f3291fcc08e214b4d5a7332d88aff"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ name = "hyperlight-host"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "built",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases",
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9120f23310f01dd7b4fbb4ae1fd4eae3e09a7aa5b77038b08a6b37099d8ef4"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "kvm-bindings",
  "libc",
  "vmm-sys-util",
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@ checksum = "14cae93065090804185d3b75f0bf93b8eeda30c7a9b4a33d3bdb3988d6229e50"
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
  "bit-vec",
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "num-traits",
  "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ version = "0.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b6dfecf2c74bce2466cabf93f6664d6998a69eb21e39f4207930065b27b771f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ version = "0.38.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d7f649912bc1495e167a6edee79151c84b1bad49748cb4f1f1167f459f6224f6"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -3688,7 +3688,7 @@ version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
index 70003e9c3..41495612e 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_host/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ paste = "1.0"
 flatbuffers = "25.2.10"
 page_size = "0.6.0"
 termcolor = "1.2.0"
-bitflags = "2.8.0"
+bitflags = "2.9.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"