diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 11effed19..3f6b45592 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -557,9 +557,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.77"
+version = "0.2.78"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f2f96b10ec2560088a8e76961b00d47107b3a625fecb76dedb29ee7ccbf98235"
+checksum = "aa7087f49d294270db4e1928fc110c976cd4b9e5a16348e0a1df09afa99e6c98"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e9ae8d948..79d4a4208 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ lto = true
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 hypervisor = { path = "hypervisor" }
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = { version = "0.4.11", features = ["std"] }
 option_parser = { path = "option_parser" }
 seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v0.22.0" }
diff --git a/arch/Cargo.toml b/arch/Cargo.toml
index 4cde2ae3c..9e0c31612 100644
--- a/arch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arch/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ acpi = ["acpi_tables"]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
diff --git a/block_util/Cargo.toml b/block_util/Cargo.toml
index c1153b27d..3f29d758e 100644
--- a/block_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/block_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ io_uring = []
 
 [dependencies]
 io-uring = ">=0.4.0"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 serde = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
diff --git a/devices/Cargo.toml b/devices/Cargo.toml
index a9a8734db..24fb84c1e 100644
--- a/devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 bitflags = ">=1.2.1"
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
diff --git a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
index 6b8a3ddcf..1fad0ff5f 100644
--- a/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hypervisor/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ kvm = []
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 kvm-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
 kvm-bindings = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/kvm-bindings", branch = "ch", features = ["with-serde", "fam-wrappers"] }
diff --git a/net_util/Cargo.toml b/net_util/Cargo.toml
index 6fdc4d9b3..da39c36ad 100644
--- a/net_util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net_util/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["The Chromium OS Authors"]
 
 [dependencies]
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 net_gen = { path = "../net_gen" }
 rand = "0.7.3"
diff --git a/pci/Cargo.toml b/pci/Cargo.toml
index 779cf47c7..4e4c94b38 100644
--- a/pci/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pci/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ byteorder = "1.3.4"
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
 vfio-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vfio-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
diff --git a/qcow/Cargo.toml b/qcow/Cargo.toml
index 4051137c3..b17674785 100644
--- a/qcow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/qcow/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "src/qcow.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 remain = "0.2.2"
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
diff --git a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
index b9e19d198..e3a03368e 100644
--- a/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ default = []
 
 [dependencies]
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 virtio-bindings = "0.1.0"
 vm-memory = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
index 8360e2134..d9e09b5df 100644
--- a/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_block/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", features=["wrap_help"] }
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 option_parser = { path = "../option_parser" }
 qcow = { path = "../qcow" }
diff --git a/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
index 6f9eaa179..4655b1f3d 100644
--- a/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_fs/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bitflags = "1.1.0"
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", features=["wrap_help"] }
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
 futures = { version = "0.3.5", features = ["thread-pool"] }
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 # Match the version in vmm
 seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v0.22.0" }
diff --git a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
index 6cdced9d5..8d310938d 100644
--- a/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vhost_user_net/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", features=["wrap_help"] }
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }
 option_parser = { path = "../option_parser" }
diff --git a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
index 775de1367..b592edfe1 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ block_util = { path = "../block_util" }
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
 io-uring = ">=0.4.0"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 net_gen = { path = "../net_gen" }
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }
diff --git a/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml b/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
index 66bcc6d8a..e20065816 100644
--- a/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-allocator/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ authors = ["The Chromium OS Authors"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 vm-memory = "0.2.1"
 arch = { path = "../arch" }
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index a323bc90e..8e64fd491 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ devices = { path = "../devices" }
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
 hypervisor = { path = "../hypervisor" }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-libc = "0.2.77"
+libc = "0.2.78"
 log = "0.4.11"
 micro_http = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/micro-http", branch = "master" }
 net_util = { path = "../net_util" }