diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7701a0647..958fe8ef9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crmf",
  "der",
  "digest",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "spki",
  "x509-cert",
 ]
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ecdsa",
  "elliptic-curve",
  "getrandom 0.3.2",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "p256",
  "pbkdf2",
  "pem-rfc7468",
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ name = "const-oid"
 version = "0.10.1"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "proptest",
  "regex",
 ]
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "der_derive",
  "flagset",
  "heapless",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pem-rfc7468",
  "proptest",
  "time",
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ name = "gss-api"
 version = "0.2.0-pre"
 dependencies = [
  "der",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "spki",
  "x509-cert",
 ]
@@ -736,12 +736,6 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fbd780fe5cc30f81464441920d82ac8740e2e46b29a6fad543ddd075229ce37e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex-literal"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fe2267d4ed49bc07b63801559be28c718ea06c4738b7a03c94df7386d2cde46"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex-literal"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -957,7 +951,7 @@ version = "0.8.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "const-oid",
  "der",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pkcs8",
  "spki",
  "tempfile",
@@ -971,7 +965,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-oid",
  "der",
  "digest",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pkcs5",
  "pkcs8",
  "sha2",
@@ -990,7 +984,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cbc",
  "der",
  "des",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pbkdf2",
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
  "scrypt",
@@ -1004,7 +998,7 @@ name = "pkcs8"
 version = "0.11.0-rc.2"
 dependencies = [
  "der",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "pkcs5",
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
  "spki",
@@ -1370,7 +1364,7 @@ version = "0.8.0-rc.4"
 dependencies = [
  "base16ct",
  "der",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "hybrid-array",
  "pkcs8",
  "serdect",
@@ -1443,7 +1437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base16ct",
  "bincode",
  "ciborium",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "proptest",
  "rmp-serde",
  "serde",
@@ -1511,7 +1505,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64ct",
  "der",
  "digest",
- "hex-literal 1.0.0",
+ "hex-literal",
  "sha2",
  "tempfile",
 ]
@@ -1876,7 +1870,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
  "digest",
  "ecdsa",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "p256",
  "rand 0.9.0",
  "rsa",
@@ -1907,7 +1901,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-oid",
  "der",
  "digest",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "lazy_static",
  "rand 0.9.0",
  "rand_core 0.9.3",
@@ -1926,7 +1920,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cmpv2",
  "cms",
  "der",
- "hex-literal 0.4.1",
+ "hex-literal",
  "x509-cert",
 ]
 
diff --git a/cmpv2/Cargo.toml b/cmpv2/Cargo.toml
index e97f54e45..383604fa8 100644
--- a/cmpv2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmpv2/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ digest = { version = "0.11.0-pre.10", optional = true, default-features = false
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 const-oid = { version = "0.10.0-rc.0", features = ["db"] }
-hex-literal = "0.4"
+hex-literal = "1"
 
 [features]
 alloc = ["der/alloc"]
diff --git a/cms/Cargo.toml b/cms/Cargo.toml
index 257ebb679..fe3e68262 100644
--- a/cms/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cms/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ zeroize = { version = "1.8.1", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 aes = "=0.9.0-pre.3"
 getrandom = "0.3"
-hex-literal = "0.4"
+hex-literal = "1"
 pem-rfc7468 = "1.0.0-rc.1"
 pkcs5 = "0.8.0-rc.1"
 pbkdf2 = "0.13.0-pre.0"
diff --git a/gss-api/Cargo.toml b/gss-api/Cargo.toml
index cfd83b1fa..8c7858674 100644
--- a/gss-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gss-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ x509-cert = { version = "=0.3.0-pre.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 der = { version = "0.8.0-rc.0", features = ["oid", "pem", "alloc"] }
-hex-literal = "0.4"
+hex-literal = "1"
 x509-cert = { version = "=0.3.0-pre.0", default-features = false, features = ["pem"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/x509-cert/Cargo.toml b/x509-cert/Cargo.toml
index c1fa66aab..4f39956a1 100644
--- a/x509-cert/Cargo.toml
+++ b/x509-cert/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ signature = { version = "=2.3.0-pre.6", features = ["rand_core"], optional = tru
 tls_codec = { version = "0.4.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hex-literal = "0.4"
+hex-literal = "1"
 rand = "0.9"
 rsa = { version = "=0.10.0-pre.4", features = ["sha2"] }
 ecdsa = { version = "=0.17.0-pre.9", features = ["digest", "pem"] }
diff --git a/x509-ocsp/Cargo.toml b/x509-ocsp/Cargo.toml
index 0ce96ab39..f0e26d506 100644
--- a/x509-ocsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/x509-ocsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ rand_core = { version = "0.9", optional = true, default-features = false }
 signature = { version = "=2.3.0-pre.6", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["digest", "rand_core"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hex-literal = "0.4.1"
+hex-literal = "1"
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 rand = "0.9"
 rsa = { version = "=0.10.0-pre.4", default-features = false, features = ["sha2"] }
diff --git a/x509-tsp/Cargo.toml b/x509-tsp/Cargo.toml
index 7bcf1ecea..69c79f00f 100644
--- a/x509-tsp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/x509-tsp/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ cmpv2 = { version = "=0.3.0-pre.0", features = ["alloc"] }
 x509-cert = { version = "=0.3.0-pre.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hex-literal = "0.4.1"
+hex-literal = "1"