diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0e071f5e93f..21c79864168 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking",
  "polling",
  "slab",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "waker-fn",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-lite",
  "libc",
  "signal-hook",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
  "pin-utils",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "trust-dns-resolver",
 ]
 
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e7d6c6f8c91b4b9ed43484ad1a938e393caf35960fce7f82a040497207bd8e9e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bd302af1b90f2463a98fa5ad469fc212c8e3175a41c3068601bfa2727591c5be"
 dependencies = [
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "widestring",
  "winapi",
  "winreg",
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi 0.2.6",
  "io-lifetimes",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "smallvec",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.5.1",
  "tokio",
  "trust-dns-proto",
  "void",
@@ -2718,7 +2718,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libp2p-core",
  "log",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.5.1",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3550,7 +3550,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wepoll-ffi",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "io-lifetimes",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4430,6 +4430,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc8d618c6641ae355025c449427f9e96b98abf99a772be3cef6708d15c77147a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "soketto"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -4573,7 +4583,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "redox_syscall",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4678,9 +4688,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.9",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "tokio-macros",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.42.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4790,7 +4800,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls 0.20.8",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "smallvec",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "thiserror",
  "tinyvec",
  "tokio",
@@ -5281,7 +5291,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f08dfd7a6e3987e255c4dbe710dde5d94d0f0574f8a21afa95d171376c143106"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "socket2",
+ "socket2 0.4.7",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "webrtc-util",
@@ -5450,6 +5460,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.45.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e2522491fbfcd58cc84d47aeb2958948c4b8982e9a2d8a2a35bbaed431390e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.1",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.1"
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
index 21562d906d8..c919951458c 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ libp2p-swarm = { version = "0.42.0", path = "../../swarm" }
 log = "0.4.14"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 smallvec = "1.6.1"
-socket2 = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["all"] }
+socket2 = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["all"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.19", default-features = false, features = ["net", "time"], optional = true}
 trust-dns-proto = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false, features = ["mdns", "tokio-runtime"] }
 void = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
index 43f512e759f..8e1ed38e2e6 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if-watch = "3.0.0"
 libc = "0.2.80"
 libp2p-core = { version = "0.39.0", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.11"
-socket2 = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["all"] }
+socket2 = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["all"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.19.0", default-features = false, features = ["net"], optional = true }
 
 [features]