diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 231fe2cb..2cbcd6f0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3557,9 +3557,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/anywidget": {
-      "version": "0.8.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/anywidget/-/anywidget-0.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-XgdHV78gv7R6BBOr+7DKb7jf72/evgR9oapWWLSb4iGYcg9ofiZCjKtIw+J6hVXyLhKo7EGFbzI9Imo4JGoyDw==",
+      "version": "0.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/anywidget/-/anywidget-0.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-j5KtO+/YpfNIQhq4n87MjGoDyAtS5t37eipVSA1g01X2q53YYjN0wrQGZ5Ge7yIRX6Wlc1xktc0DQaffRKIL7w==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@anywidget/types": "~0.1.4",
@@ -12518,7 +12518,7 @@
         "uuid": "^9.0.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
-        "anywidget": "^0.8.0"
+        "anywidget": "^0.8.1"
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/widget/package.json b/packages/widget/package.json
index 5624dafa..69f117e6 100644
--- a/packages/widget/package.json
+++ b/packages/widget/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
     "uuid": "^9.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "anywidget": "^0.8.0"
+    "anywidget": "^0.8.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/widget/pyproject.toml b/packages/widget/pyproject.toml
index 16fc0abf..adf431a1 100644
--- a/packages/widget/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/widget/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-  "anywidget>=0.6.3",
+  "anywidget>=0.8.1",
   "duckdb==0.8.1",
   "pyarrow"
 ]