diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b08b3a6..ca9cf45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "afl"
-version = "0.14.3"
+version = "0.14.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "330d7251127b228cb4187ac2373dc37f615d65199f93b5443edeeed839fff5df"
+checksum = "8c80b57a86234ee3e9238f5f2d33d37f8fd5c7ff168c07f2d5147d410e86db33"
 dependencies = [
  "home",
  "libc",
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ checksum = "a4668cab20f66d8d020e1fbc0ebe47217433c1b6c8f2040faf858554e394ace6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arbitrary"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2e1373abdaa212b704512ec2bd8b26bd0b7d5c3f70117411a5d9a451383c859"
+checksum = "7d5a26814d8dcb93b0e5a0ff3c6d80a8843bafb21b39e8e18a6f05471870e110"
 dependencies = [
  "derive_arbitrary",
 ]
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-platform"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12024c4645c97566567129c204f65d5815a8c9aecf30fcbe682b2fe034996d36"
+checksum = "e34637b3140142bdf929fb439e8aa4ebad7651ebf7b1080b3930aa16ac1459ff"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.4.6"
+version = "4.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d04704f56c2cde07f43e8e2c154b43f216dc5c92fc98ada720177362f953b956"
+checksum = "2275f18819641850fa26c89acc84d465c1bf91ce57bc2748b28c420473352f64"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
  "clap_derive",
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.4.6"
+version = "4.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e231faeaca65ebd1ea3c737966bf858971cd38c3849107aa3ea7de90a804e45"
+checksum = "07cdf1b148b25c1e1f7a42225e30a0d99a615cd4637eae7365548dd4529b95bc"
 dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_derive"
-version = "4.4.2"
+version = "4.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0862016ff20d69b84ef8247369fabf5c008a7417002411897d40ee1f4532b873"
+checksum = "cf9804afaaf59a91e75b022a30fb7229a7901f60c755489cc61c9b423b836442"
 dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_lex"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd7cc57abe963c6d3b9d8be5b06ba7c8957a930305ca90304f24ef040aa6f961"
+checksum = "702fc72eb24e5a1e48ce58027a675bc24edd52096d5397d4aea7c6dd9eca0bd1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_arbitrary"
-version = "1.3.1"
+version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53e0efad4403bfc52dc201159c4b842a246a14b98c64b55dfd0f2d89729dfeb8"
+checksum = "67e77553c4162a157adbf834ebae5b415acbecbeafc7a74b0e886657506a7611"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "85cdab6a89accf66733ad5a1693a4dcced6aeff64602b634530dd73c1f3ee9f0"
+checksum = "95b3f3e67048839cb0d0781f445682a35113da7121f7c949db0e2be96a4fbece"
 dependencies = [
  "humantime",
  "is-terminal",
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac3e13f66a2f95e32a39eaa81f6b95d42878ca0e1db0c7543723dfe12557e860"
+checksum = "f258a7194e7f7c2a7837a8913aeab7fd8c383457034fa20ce4dd3dcb813e8eb8"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.10"
+version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
+checksum = "fe9006bed769170c11f845cf00c7c1e9092aeb3f268e007c3e760ac68008070f"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7dfda62a12f55daeae5015f81b0baea145391cb4520f86c248fc615d72640d12"
+checksum = "f93e7192158dbcda357bdec5fb5788eebf8bbac027f3f33e719d29135ae84156"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.0.2"
+version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8adf3ddd720272c6ea8bf59463c04e0f93d0bbf7c5439b691bca2987e0270897"
+checksum = "d530e1a18b1cb4c484e6e34556a0d948706958449fca0cab753d649f2bce3d1f"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -356,15 +356,15 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.149"
+version = "0.2.150"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
+checksum = "89d92a4743f9a61002fae18374ed11e7973f530cb3a3255fb354818118b2203c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.10"
+version = "0.4.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da2479e8c062e40bf0066ffa0bc823de0a9368974af99c9f6df941d2c231e03f"
+checksum = "969488b55f8ac402214f3f5fd243ebb7206cf82de60d3172994707a4bcc2b829"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.19"
+version = "0.38.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "745ecfa778e66b2b63c88a61cb36e0eea109e803b0b86bf9879fbc77c70e86ed"
+checksum = "dc99bc2d4f1fed22595588a013687477aedf3cdcfb26558c559edb67b4d9b22e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
@@ -515,18 +515,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.189"
+version = "1.0.192"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e422a44e74ad4001bdc8eede9a4570ab52f71190e9c076d14369f38b9200537"
+checksum = "bca2a08484b285dcb282d0f67b26cadc0df8b19f8c12502c13d966bf9482f001"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.189"
+version = "1.0.192"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e48d1f918009ce3145511378cf68d613e3b3d9137d67272562080d68a2b32d5"
+checksum = "d6c7207fbec9faa48073f3e3074cbe553af6ea512d7c21ba46e434e70ea9fbc1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -535,9 +535,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.107"
+version = "1.0.108"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b420ce6e3d8bd882e9b243c6eed35dbc9a6110c9769e74b584e0d68d1f20c65"
+checksum = "3d1c7e3eac408d115102c4c24ad393e0821bb3a5df4d506a80f85f7a742a526b"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -546,9 +546,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_spanned"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96426c9936fd7a0124915f9185ea1d20aa9445cc9821142f0a73bc9207a2e186"
+checksum = "12022b835073e5b11e90a14f86838ceb1c8fb0325b72416845c487ac0fa95e80"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -570,9 +570,9 @@ checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.38"
+version = "2.0.39"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e96b79aaa137db8f61e26363a0c9b47d8b4ec75da28b7d1d614c2303e232408b"
+checksum = "23e78b90f2fcf45d3e842032ce32e3f2d1545ba6636271dcbf24fa306d87be7a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -581,27 +581,27 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6093bad37da69aab9d123a8091e4be0aa4a03e4d601ec641c327398315f62b64"
+checksum = "ff1bc3d3f05aff0403e8ac0d92ced918ec05b666a43f83297ccef5bea8a3d449"
 dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
-version = "1.0.49"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1177e8c6d7ede7afde3585fd2513e611227efd6481bd78d2e82ba1ce16557ed4"
+checksum = "f9a7210f5c9a7156bb50aa36aed4c95afb51df0df00713949448cf9e97d382d2"
 dependencies = [
  "thiserror-impl",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror-impl"
-version = "1.0.49"
+version = "1.0.50"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "10712f02019e9288794769fba95cd6847df9874d49d871d062172f9dd41bc4cc"
+checksum = "266b2e40bc00e5a6c09c3584011e08b06f123c00362c92b975ba9843aaaa14b8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -643,9 +643,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7cda73e2f1397b1262d6dfdcef8aafae14d1de7748d66822d3bfeeb6d03e5e4b"
+checksum = "3550f4e9685620ac18a50ed434eb3aec30db8ba93b0287467bca5826ea25baf1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.17"
+version = "0.5.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a3b801d0e0a6726477cc207f60162da452f3a95adb368399bef20a946e06f65c"
+checksum = "829846f3e3db426d4cee4510841b71a8e58aa2a76b1132579487ae430ccd9c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "rand",
+ "semver",
  "serde_json",
  "strip-ansi-escapes",
  "time-humanize",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db9a443..658d513 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-afl = { version = "0.14.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+afl = { version = "0.14.5", default-features = false, optional = true }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.75", optional = true }
 cargo_metadata = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true }
-clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["cargo", "derive", "env"], optional = true }
+clap = { version = "4.4.8", features = ["cargo", "derive", "env"], optional = true }
 console = { version = "0.15.7", optional = true }
 env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
 fork = { version = "0.1.22", optional = true }
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ honggfuzz = { package = "ziggy-honggfuzz-2", version = "0.5.55", optional = true
 libc = { version = "0.2.147", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.20", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
+semver = "1.0"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.105", optional = true }
 strip-ansi-escapes = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 time-humanize = { version = "0.1.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo-ziggy/add_seeds.rs b/src/bin/cargo-ziggy/add_seeds.rs
index ea3f358..52693f0 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo-ziggy/add_seeds.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo-ziggy/add_seeds.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ impl AddSeeds {
     pub fn add_seeds(&mut self) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         eprintln!("Adding seeds to AFL");
 
+        let req = semver::VersionReq::parse(">=0.14.5").unwrap();
+        let cargo = env::var("CARGO").unwrap_or_else(|_| String::from("cargo"));
+        let afl_version = process::Command::new(cargo)
+            .args(["afl", "--version"])
+            .output()
+            .context("could not run `cargo afl --version`")?;
+
+        if !std::str::from_utf8(afl_version.stdout.as_slice())
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .split_whitespace()
+            .nth(1)
+            .context("could not get afl version from stdout")
+            .map(semver::Version::parse)
+            .context("could not parse cargo-afl version")?
+            .map(|v| req.matches(&v))?
+        {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Outdated version of cargo-afl, ziggy needs >=0.14.5, please run `cargo install cargo-afl`"));
+        }
+
         self.target = find_target(&self.target)?;
 
         let input = self