diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4443f648..3cfb7eab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1478,9 +1478,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bee0328b1209d157ef001c94dd85b4f8f64139adb0eac2659f4b08382b2f474d"
+checksum = "716d3d89f35ac6a34fd0eed635395f4c3b76fa889338a4632e5231a8684216bd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml b/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
index 09b26b5d..b95bde92 100644
--- a/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.4", default-features = false, features = ["json", "r
 url = { version = "2.2.2", default-features = false }
 
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.64", default-features = false }
-instant = {version = "0.1.10", features = ["now"] }
+instant = {version = "0.1.11", features = ["now"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.5" }