diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1696f9e..7eb9929 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "enum-map",
  "fxhash",
  "getset",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "itertools-num",
  "lazy_static",
  "multimap",
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ source = "git+https://github.com/10XGenomics/rust-debruijn#8d9a5c525965dcf5bddb3
 dependencies = [
  "bit-set",
  "boomphf",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.0",
  "log",
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "debruijn",
  "docopt",
  "flate2",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "pretty_env_logger",
@@ -523,6 +523,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25db6b064527c5d482d0423354fcd07a89a2dfe07b67892e62411946db7f07b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools-num"
 version = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 24f558f..f6fb9e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ debruijn = { git = "https://github.com/10XGenomics/rust-debruijn" }
 docopt = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1"
 flate2 = "1.0"
-itertools = "0.10"
+itertools = "0.12"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 log = "0.4"
 rayon = "1.8"