diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d5640c..b87ff30 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ std = [
 
 [dependencies]
 multi-base = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
-multi-codec = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+multi-codec = { version = "1.2", default-features = false }
 multi-trait = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive"], optional = true }
 thiserror = { version = "2.0", default-features = false }