diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 360f7cd81..9024c38d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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- "clap_derive",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44235575b..a5cfff568 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ reqwest = "0.12.23"
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