diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af99e516c5..c3f2ac9d1e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ checksum = "00b9f7252833d5ed4b00aa9604b563529dd5e11de9c23615de2dcdf91eb87b52"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression",
  "crc32fast",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "pin-project",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
  "tokio",
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fd-lock",
  "format-flowed",
  "futures",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "hex",
  "hickory-resolver",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
  "deltachat-jsonrpc",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2342,9 +2342,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-lite"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cef40d21ae2c515b51041df9ed313ed21e572df340ea58a922a0aefe7e8891a1"
+checksum = "f5edaec856126859abb19ed65f39e90fea3a9574b9707f13539acf4abf7eb532"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand 2.1.1",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3151,7 +3151,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures-buffered",
  "futures-concurrency",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "governor",
@@ -3255,7 +3255,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "derive_more",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "futures-concurrency",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
  "indexmap",
@@ -3321,7 +3321,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-buffered",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "hickory-resolver",
  "iroh-base",
  "iroh-metrics 0.30.0",
@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
  "derive_more",
  "futures-buffered",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "governor",
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "iroh-quinn-udp",
@@ -3972,7 +3972,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-util",
  "iroh-quinn-udp",
@@ -4742,7 +4742,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "derive_more",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite 2.6.0",
  "futures-util",
  "igd-next",
  "iroh-metrics 0.31.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c0f80b32fe..7deb1da4a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ deltachat-contact-tools = { path = "deltachat-contact-tools" }
 deltachat-jsonrpc = { path = "deltachat-jsonrpc", default-features = false }
 deltachat = { path = ".", default-features = false }
 futures = "0.3.31"
-futures-lite = "2.5.0"
+futures-lite = "2.6.0"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 nu-ansi-term = "0.46"