diff --git a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
index 9b6f6a9a06d02..b2487e4c39501 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_gltf/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ gltf = { version = "0.15.2", default-features = false, features = ["utils"] }
 image = { version = "0.23.12", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-base64 = "0.12.3"
+base64 = "0.21.0"