diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6cb49a9..b43bda5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "candid"
-version = "0.9.6"
+version = "0.9.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88f6eec0ae850e006ef0fe306f362884d370624094ec55a6a26de18b251774be"
+checksum = "07c109aab46c1937be5901201d83c40d77b5e58dca3ad748ef618f95a627a877"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "binread",
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index c2e8e82..c0086ba
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-candid = "0.9.3"
+candid = "0.9.10"
 ic-cdk = "0.11.2"
 ciborium = "0.2"
 ic0 = "0.21.1"
diff --git a/system_api/Cargo.toml b/system_api/Cargo.toml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 246180d..e2cb2aa
--- a/system_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/system_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-candid = "0.9.3"
+candid = "0.9.10"
 ic-cdk = "0.10"
 serde = "1"
 ic-crypto-internal-bls12-381-vetkd = { git = "https://github.com/dfinity/ic" }