diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 30ce3c19cb..5172571abf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -719,9 +719,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-lock"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa24f727524730b077666307f2734b4a1a1c57acb79193127dcc8914d5242dd7"
+checksum = "287272293e9d8c41773cec55e365490fe034813a2f172f502d6ddcf75b2f582b"
 dependencies = [
  "event-listener",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a77b4a558a..c3af0f135b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ ark-ed-on-bls12-381 = "0.4.0"
 ark-serialize = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["derive"] }
 ark-std = { version = "0.4.0" }
 async-compatibility-layer = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git", tag = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [ "logging-utils" ] }
-async-lock = "2.7"
+async-lock = "2.8"
 async-std = { version = "1.12", optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
 bimap = "0.6.3"
diff --git a/consensus/Cargo.toml b/consensus/Cargo.toml
index 750a471416..b359110e66 100644
--- a/consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ channel-async-std = [
 
 [dependencies]
 async-compatibility-layer = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git", tag = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [ "logging-utils" ] }
-async-lock = "2.7"
+async-lock = "2.8"
 async-std = { version = "1.12", optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
 # TODO ed: Delete this dependency after https://github.com/EspressoSystems/HotShot/issues/614 is finished
diff --git a/libp2p-networking/Cargo.toml b/libp2p-networking/Cargo.toml
index 010facda6a..a6c5dab81c 100644
--- a/libp2p-networking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libp2p-networking/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ channel-async-std = [
 
 [dependencies]
 async-compatibility-layer = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git", tag = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [ "logging-utils" ]  }
-async-lock = "2.7"
+async-lock = "2.8"
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true }
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
diff --git a/task-impls/Cargo.toml b/task-impls/Cargo.toml
index 41fab07062..42e9d0674c 100644
--- a/task-impls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/task-impls/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = [
     "time",
     "tracing",
 ] }
-async-lock = "2.7.0"
+async-lock = "2.8.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 atomic_enum = "0.2.0"
 pin-project = "1.1.3"
diff --git a/task/Cargo.toml b/task/Cargo.toml
index 04a53c2e82..259e5e34e6 100644
--- a/task/Cargo.toml
+++ b/task/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, features = [
     "time",
     "tracing",
 ] }
-async-lock = "2.7.0"
+async-lock = "2.8.0"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 atomic_enum = "0.2.0"
 pin-project = "1.1.3"
diff --git a/testing/Cargo.toml b/testing/Cargo.toml
index 89c43a5f85..7cc258fcf3 100644
--- a/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.183", features = ["derive"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nll = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/nll.git" }
-async-lock = "2.7"
+async-lock = "2.8"
diff --git a/types/Cargo.toml b/types/Cargo.toml
index f7f5604865..68d35ac1a5 100644
--- a/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ channel-async-std = [
 [dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1.3", features = ["derive"] }
 async-compatibility-layer = { git = "https://github.com/EspressoSystems/async-compatibility-layer.git", tag = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = [ "logging-utils" ] }
-async-lock = "2.7"
+async-lock = "2.8"
 async-std = { version = "1.12.0", optional = true, features = ["unstable"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
 ark-serialize = { version = "0.3", features = ["derive"] }