diff --git a/gix-transport/Cargo.toml b/gix-transport/Cargo.toml
index 6856536843..3921810f0c 100644
--- a/gix-transport/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-transport/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ base64 = { version = "0.21.0", optional = true }
 curl = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 
 # for http-client-reqwest
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.12", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["blocking"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["blocking"] }
 
 ## If used in conjunction with `async-client`, the `connect()` method will become available along with supporting the git protocol over TCP,
 ## where the TCP stream is created using this crate.