diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index c5fe85543b..629f86d0f9 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -405,17 +405,6 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atty"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -661,7 +650,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/cncf-tags/container-device-interface-rs?rev=fba5677a8e7cc962fc6e495fcec98d7d765e332a#fba5677a8e7cc962fc6e495fcec98d7d765e332a"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "clap 4.5.37",
+ "clap",
  "const_format",
  "jsonschema",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -717,23 +706,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clap"
-version = "3.2.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
-dependencies = [
- "atty",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "clap_derive 3.2.25",
- "clap_lex 0.2.4",
- "indexmap 1.9.3",
- "once_cell",
- "strsim 0.10.0",
- "termcolor",
- "textwrap",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.37"
@@ -741,7 +713,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eccb054f56cbd38340b380d4a8e69ef1f02f1af43db2f0cc817a4774d80ae071"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
- "clap_derive 4.5.32",
+ "clap_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -752,21 +724,8 @@ checksum = "efd9466fac8543255d3b1fcad4762c5e116ffe808c8a3043d4263cd4fd4862a2"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
- "clap_lex 0.7.4",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_derive"
-version = "3.2.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae6371b8bdc8b7d3959e9cf7b22d4435ef3e79e138688421ec654acf8c81b008"
-dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -781,15 +740,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.101",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2850f2f5a82cbf437dd5af4d49848fbdfc27c157c3d010345776f952765261c5"
-dependencies = [
- "os_str_bytes",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -970,7 +920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.101",
 ]
 
@@ -1525,27 +1475,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-segmentation",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "heck"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1997,7 +1932,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytecount",
- "clap 4.5.37",
+ "clap",
  "fancy-regex",
  "fraction",
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
@@ -2031,7 +1966,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cdi",
  "cfg-if",
  "cgroups-rs",
- "clap 3.2.25",
+ "clap",
  "const_format",
  "derivative",
  "futures",
@@ -4117,12 +4052,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -4249,15 +4178,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "termtree"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -4271,12 +4191,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix 0.24.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.16.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c13547615a44dc9c452a8a534638acdf07120d4b6847c8178705da06306a3057"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -4948,7 +4862,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index 88c7ac3d67..4d127f9c1d 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ opentelemetry = { version = "0.14.0", features = ["rt-tokio-current-thread"] }
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 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 toml = "0.5.8"
-clap = { version = "3.0.1", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["derive"] }
 strum = "0.26.2"
 strum_macros = "0.26.2"
 
diff --git a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
index 132342761a..7361b91408 100644
--- a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
@@ -80,12 +80,18 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "ansi_term"
-version = "0.12.1"
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi",
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -94,6 +100,35 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c8bdeb6047d8983be085bab0ba1472e6dc604e7041dbf6fcd5e71523014fae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.71"
@@ -681,19 +716,37 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.34.0"
+version = "4.5.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
- "atty",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "strsim 0.8.0",
- "textwrap",
- "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
+ "clap_builder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -931,7 +984,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
@@ -1933,6 +1986,12 @@ version = "2.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ddc24109865250148c2e0f3d25d4f0f479571723792d3802153c60922a4fb708"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -2738,6 +2797,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "opaque-debug"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -4239,12 +4304,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -4393,15 +4452,6 @@ version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f50febec83f5ee1df3015341d8bd429f2d1cc62bcba7ea2076759d315084683"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "textwrap"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-width",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -4824,12 +4874,6 @@ version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unicode-width"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "universal-hash"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -4869,18 +4913,18 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "86bd8d4e895da8537e5315b8254664e6b769c4ff3db18321b297a1e7004392e3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e395fcf16a7a3d8127ec99782007af141946b4795001f876d54fb0d55978560"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "vec_map"
-version = "0.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.toml
index b6d4b8cd94..5c6a757cee 100644
--- a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ protocols = { path = "../../libs/protocols", features = ["with-serde"] }
 rustjail = { path = "../../agent/rustjail" }
 oci-spec = { version = "0.6.8", features = ["runtime"] }
 
-clap = "2.33.0"
+clap = "4.5.40"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
 hex = "0.4.2"
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
index 055871877b..7829dcbda0 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,12 +41,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
 version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c8bdeb6047d8983be085bab0ba1472e6dc604e7041dbf6fcd5e71523014fae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -249,40 +293,43 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.1.8"
+version = "4.5.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3d7ae14b20b94cb02149ed21a86c423859cbe18dc7ed69845cace50e52b40a5"
+checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "is-terminal",
- "once_cell",
- "strsim 0.10.0",
- "termcolor",
+ "strsim",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.1.8"
+version = "4.5.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44bec8e5c9d09e439c4335b1af0abaab56dcf3b94999a936e1bb47b9134288f0"
+checksum = "d2c7947ae4cc3d851207c1adb5b5e260ff0cca11446b1d6d1423788e442257ce"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "proc-macro-error",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.3.2"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "350b9cf31731f9957399229e9b2adc51eeabdfbe9d71d9a0552275fd12710d09"
-dependencies = [
- "os_str_bytes",
-]
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
@@ -293,6 +340,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "containerd-client"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -427,7 +480,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
@@ -1134,6 +1187,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1452,6 +1511,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.72"
@@ -1506,12 +1571,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "os_str_bytes"
-version = "6.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -2273,12 +2332,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -2728,6 +2781,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -2962,6 +3021,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.1"
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
index d789a8e4ea..1bebc78469 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
 
 # Command line parsing.
-clap = { version = "4.1.8", features = ["derive"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # YAML file serialization/deserialization.
 base64 = "0.21.0"
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
index a428af89c0..4c99596128 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
@@ -77,15 +77,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
-version = "0.6.4"
+version = "0.6.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2ab91ebe16eb252986481c5b62f6098f3b698a45e34b5b98200cf20dd2484a44"
+checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "anstyle-parse",
  "anstyle-query",
  "anstyle-wincon",
  "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
  "utf8parse",
 ]
 
@@ -115,12 +116,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle-wincon"
-version = "3.0.1"
+version = "3.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f0699d10d2f4d628a98ee7b57b289abbc98ff3bad977cb3152709d4bf2330628"
+checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -346,9 +348,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.10"
+version = "4.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41fffed7514f420abec6d183b1d3acfd9099c79c3a10a06ade4f8203f1411272"
+checksum = "0fbb260a053428790f3de475e304ff84cdbc4face759ea7a3e64c1edd938a7fc"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -356,23 +358,23 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.9"
+version = "4.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "63361bae7eef3771745f02d8d892bec2fee5f6e34af316ba556e7f97a7069ff1"
+checksum = "64b17d7ea74e9f833c7dbf2cbe4fb12ff26783eda4782a8975b72f895c9b4d99"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim 0.10.0",
+ "strsim",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.4.7"
+version = "4.5.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
+checksum = "501d359d5f3dcaf6ecdeee48833ae73ec6e42723a1e52419c79abf9507eec0a0"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.39",
@@ -380,9 +382,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
@@ -541,7 +543,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "strsim",
  "syn 2.0.39",
 ]
 
@@ -1167,6 +1169,12 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1612,6 +1620,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.72"
@@ -2778,12 +2792,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -3567,6 +3575,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.59.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e38bc4d79ed67fd075bcc251a1c39b32a1776bbe92e5bef1f0bf1f8c531853b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.2"
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
index 4537731d28..f0194bde6b 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
-clap = { version = "4.1.13", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
 thiserror = "1.0.35"
 privdrop = "0.5.2"
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
index e078fff00e..3f34475555 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.lock
@@ -52,12 +52,55 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64e15c1ab1f89faffbf04a634d5e1962e9074f2741eef6d97f3c4e322426d526"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstyle"
 version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55cc3b69f167a1ef2e161439aa98aed94e6028e5f9a59be9a6ffb47aef1651f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d36fc52c7f6c869915e99412912f22093507da8d9e942ceaf66fe4b7c14422a"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5bf74e1b6e971609db8ca7a9ce79fd5768ab6ae46441c572e46cf596f59e57f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -251,17 +294,6 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atty"
-version = "0.2.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -514,17 +546,37 @@ version = "3.2.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ea181bf566f71cb9a5d17a59e1871af638180a18fb0035c92ae62b705207123"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "clap_derive",
- "clap_lex",
+ "clap_derive 3.2.25",
+ "clap_lex 0.2.4",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "once_cell",
  "strsim 0.10.0",
- "termcolor",
  "textwrap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap_builder",
+ "clap_derive 4.5.40",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex 0.7.5",
+ "strsim 0.11.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
 version = "3.2.25"
@@ -538,6 +590,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_derive"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2c7947ae4cc3d851207c1adb5b5e260ff0cca11446b1d6d1423788e442257ce"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.68",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
 version = "0.2.4"
@@ -547,6 +611,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_lex"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "colorchoice"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "common-path"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -1237,15 +1313,6 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1384,6 +1451,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1504,7 +1577,7 @@ version = "0.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f707717247a34421d9c8aa0448452cde6d5d2ac455257f5fc4d53ec607264a4"
 dependencies = [
- "clap",
+ "clap 3.2.25",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2407,7 +2480,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.5.40",
  "libc",
  "libcontainer",
  "liboci-cli",
@@ -2929,15 +3002,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06794f8f6c5c898b3275aebefa6b8a1cb24cd2c6c79397ab15774837a0bc5755"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -3231,6 +3295,12 @@ version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "86bd8d4e895da8537e5315b8254664e6b769c4ff3db18321b297a1e7004392e3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8parse"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.9.1"
@@ -3366,15 +3436,6 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-util"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4d4cc384e1e73b93bafa6fb4f1df8c41695c8a91cf9c4c64358067d15a7b6c6b"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
index 2717f7f45d..de96664127 100644
--- a/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/runk/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runtime-spec = { path = "../../libs/runtime-spec" }
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 logging = { path = "../../libs/logging" }
 liboci-cli = "0.0.4"
-clap = { version = "3.0.6", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
+clap = { version = "4.5.40", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
 libc = "0.2.108"
 nix = "0.23.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.52"
diff --git a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.lock
index 95f6395c82..4dea6759b6 100644
--- a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anstream"
+version = "0.6.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "301af1932e46185686725e0fad2f8f2aa7da69dd70bf6ecc44d6b703844a3933"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "anstyle-parse",
+ "anstyle-query",
+ "anstyle-wincon",
+ "colorchoice",
+ "is_terminal_polyfill",
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "862ed96ca487e809f1c8e5a8447f6ee2cf102f846893800b20cebdf541fc6bbd"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-parse"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e7644824f0aa2c7b9384579234ef10eb7efb6a0deb83f9630a49594dd9c15c2"
+dependencies = [
+ "utf8parse",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-query"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c8bdeb6047d8983be085bab0ba1472e6dc604e7041dbf6fcd5e71523014fae9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "anstyle-wincon"
+version = "3.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "403f75924867bb1033c59fbf0797484329750cfbe3c4325cd33127941fabc882"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "once_cell_polyfill",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.51"
@@ -112,19 +162,37 @@ dependencies = [
 
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 name = "clap"
-version = "2.34.0"
+version = "4.5.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+checksum = "40b6887a1d8685cebccf115538db5c0efe625ccac9696ad45c409d96566e910f"
 dependencies = [
- "ansi_term",
- "atty",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "strsim",
- "textwrap",
- "unicode-width",
- "vec_map",
+ "clap_builder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap_builder"
+version = "4.5.40"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0c66c08ce9f0c698cbce5c0279d0bb6ac936d8674174fe48f736533b964f59e"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstream",
+ "anstyle",
+ "clap_lex",
+ "strsim",
+]
+
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+checksum = "b94f61472cee1439c0b966b47e3aca9ae07e45d070759512cd390ea2bebc6675"
+
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+checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
+
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+checksum = "7943c866cc5cd64cbc25b2e01621d07fa8eb2a1a23160ee81ce38704e97b8ecf"
+
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+name = "once_cell_polyfill"
+version = "1.70.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a4895175b425cb1f87721b59f0f286c2092bd4af812243672510e1ac53e2e0ad"
+
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@@ -823,9 +903,9 @@ checksum = "1ecab6c735a6bb4139c0caafd0cc3635748bbb3acf4550e8138122099251f309"
 
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-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
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-checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
-dependencies = [
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-]
-
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-
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-version = "0.8.2"
+name = "utf8parse"
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-checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
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diff --git a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
index 527e938bd2..858afacb6e 100644
--- a/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/trace-forwarder/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 
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+clap = "4.5.40"
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