diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a1aa0a3..f4de364b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1214,6 +1214,12 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "symlink"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7973cce6668464ea31f176d85b13c7ab3bba2cb3b77a2ed26abd7801688010a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.98"
@@ -1351,11 +1357,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-appender"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "786d480bce6247ab75f005b14ae1624ad978d3029d9113f0a22fa1ac773faeaf"
+checksum = "050686193eb999b4bb3bc2acfa891a13da00f79734704c4b8b4ef1a10b368a3c"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
+ "symlink",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "time",
  "tracing-subscriber",
diff --git a/boringtun-cli/Cargo.toml b/boringtun-cli/Cargo.toml
index 998ae35d..64904b8b 100644
--- a/boringtun-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boringtun-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ daemonize = "0.4.1"
 clap = { version = "4.6.0", features = ["env"] }
 tracing = "0.1.44"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.23"
-tracing-appender = "0.2.4"
+tracing-appender = "0.2.5"
 
 [dependencies.boringtun]
 version = "0.7.0"