diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63028df..afad46c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "hier_config==2.3.1",
   "pyparsing==3.3.2",
   # NOTE changing typeguard versions may require code / test changes
-  "typeguard==4.4.4",
+  "typeguard==4.5.1",
   "PyYAML>=6.0.2",
   "rich>=13.6.0",
   # "passlib==1.7.4",   <-- deprecating passlib (now unmaintained) in favor of libpass