diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ccb3b5ea9..f720f9b144 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7635,9 +7635,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.5.5"
+version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a11647b6b25ff05a515cb92c365cec08801e83423a235b51e231e1808747286"
+checksum = "4c4eb3267174b8c6c2f654116623910a0fef09c4753f8dd83db29c48a0df988b"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -7652,9 +7652,9 @@ checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.25"
+version = "0.6.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
+checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "remove_dir_all"
diff --git a/devtools/x/Cargo.toml b/devtools/x/Cargo.toml
index 5dd9ad5152..b6adccfbd8 100644
--- a/devtools/x/Cargo.toml
+++ b/devtools/x/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ env_logger = "0.9.0"
 log = "0.4.16"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 globset = "0.4.8"
-regex = "1.5.4"
+regex = "1.6.0"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 indexmap = "1.6.2"
 camino = { version = "1" }
diff --git a/testsuite/Cargo.toml b/testsuite/Cargo.toml
index 2f30390ea9..9ca59564bb 100644
--- a/testsuite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testsuite/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_bytes = "0.11"
 serde_json = { version="1.0", features = ["arbitrary_precision"]}
 clap = { version = "3", features = ["derive"] }
-regex = "1.5.4"
+regex = "1.6.0"
 starcoin-config = {path = "../config"}
 starcoin-consensus = {path = "../consensus"}
 starcoin-executor = {path = "../executor"}
diff --git a/vm/compiler/Cargo.toml b/vm/compiler/Cargo.toml
index 7dfeceb6ec..a33c5b6ce2 100644
--- a/vm/compiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/compiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.41"
 once_cell = "1.12.1"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
-regex = { version = "1.5.4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
+regex = { version = "1.6.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
 move-compiler = { package="move-compiler", git = "https://github.com/starcoinorg/move", rev = "69db2858761045f19935f3aaf43f04a1910ae74d"  }
 move-command-line-common = {git = "https://github.com/starcoinorg/move", rev = "69db2858761045f19935f3aaf43f04a1910ae74d"}
 move-binary-format = { git = "https://github.com/starcoinorg/move", rev = "69db2858761045f19935f3aaf43f04a1910ae74d"  }
diff --git a/vm/transaction-builder-generator/Cargo.toml b/vm/transaction-builder-generator/Cargo.toml
index e80e337ab5..c22dec475d 100644
--- a/vm/transaction-builder-generator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm/transaction-builder-generator/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.41"
 heck = "0.3.3"
-regex = "1.5.4"
+regex = "1.6.0"
 clap = { version = "3", features = ["derive"] }
 textwrap = "0.14.0"
 serde_yaml = "0.8.21"