diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f2d4da05..e01db0dab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4121,21 +4121,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.5.3"
+version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bd99e5772ead8baa5215278c9b15bf92087709e9c1b2d1f97cdb5a183c933a7d"
+checksum = "6db3a213adf02b3bcfd2d3846bb41cb22857d131789e01df434fb7e7bc0759b7"
 dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "crossbeam-deque",
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.9.3"
+version = "1.10.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "258bcdb5ac6dad48491bb2992db6b7cf74878b0384908af124823d118c99683f"
+checksum = "356a0625f1954f730c0201cdab48611198dc6ce21f4acff55089b5a78e6e835b"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c40fc088f..db25bbb9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ nu-term-grid = { path = "./crates/nu-term-grid", version = "0.74.1"  }
 nu-utils = { path = "./crates/nu-utils", version = "0.74.1"  }
 reedline = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"]}
 
-rayon = "1.5.1"
+rayon = "1.6.1"
 is_executable = "1.0.1"
 simplelog = "0.12.0"
 time = "0.3.12"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 698b44639..e70d8041c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pathdiff = "0.2.1"
 powierza-coefficient = "1.0.2"
 quick-xml = "0.27"
 rand = "0.8"
-rayon = "1.5.1"
+rayon = "1.6.1"
 regex = "1.7.1"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 roxmltree = "0.16.0"