diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b90eec9d52..93a3c8cf18 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.91"
 sha2 = "0.10.9"
 slog = "2.5.2"
 slog-scope = "4.4.0"
-strum = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["derive"] }
+strum = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["derive"] }
 tempfile = "3.19.1"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = "1.46.1"
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
index f9e6d7d6f5..ff695e78f5 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.lock
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "protocols",
  "resource",
  "runtime-spec",
- "strum 0.24.1",
+ "strum",
  "thiserror 1.0.50",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "shim-interface",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
- "strum 0.24.1",
+ "strum",
  "strum_macros 0.24.3",
  "sys-info",
  "tempfile",
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "strum 0.27.1",
+ "strum",
  "strum_macros 0.27.1",
  "thiserror 2.0.12",
 ]
@@ -3858,20 +3858,14 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strum"
-version = "0.24.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "063e6045c0e62079840579a7e47a355ae92f60eb74daaf156fb1e84ba164e63f"
-dependencies = [
- "strum_macros 0.24.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strum"
 version = "0.27.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f64def088c51c9510a8579e3c5d67c65349dcf755e5479ad3d010aa6454e2c32"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros 0.27.1",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strum_macros"
@@ -4537,7 +4531,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "slog",
  "slog-scope",
- "strum 0.24.1",
+ "strum",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
index c2fc08bac7..79e4bf68dc 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.85"
 thiserror = "1.0.35"
 privdrop = "0.5.2"
 nix = "0.25.0"
-strum = "0.24.1"
+strum = "0.27.1"
 strum_macros = "0.24.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.149", features = ["derive"] }
 url = "2.5.4"