diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c5550b470..7b1559b5af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3455,12 +3455,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "raptorq"
-version = "1.4.2"
+version = "1.6.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e3e0cd5c27717803cbd3151329de9aa784376703a3a850b00c0dae30da86cf2"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
+checksum = "0713b99964ca1c1b7e79bf6f95fa95d2d5eb36cd3600cc85f36e9b78d9243df2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index cbdad4c11b..878e82dcf8 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ num-traits = "0.2"
 rand = "0.7.0"
 rand_chacha = "0.2.2"
 rand_core = "0.6.2"
-raptorq = "1.4.2"
+raptorq = "1.6.3"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 retain_mut = "0.1.3"
 serde = "1.0.126"