diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6082eae0be71..dbcadfbed3660 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ name = "rust-semver-public"
 path = "src/bin/rust_semver_public.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-cargo = "0.43"
-crates-io = "0.31"
+cargo = "0.44"
+crates-io = "0.32"
 curl = "0.4.21"
 env_logger = "0.7"
 anyhow = "1.0.27"
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo_semver.rs b/src/bin/cargo_semver.rs
index 2547256ec71f8..e87ff71459e49 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo_semver.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo_semver.rs
@@ -72,15 +72,9 @@ fn main() {
         cli::exit_with_error(&config, e);
     }
 
-    let quiet = if matches.opt_present("q") {
-        Some(true)
-    } else {
-        None
-    };
-
     let config_res = config.configure(
         0, // verbose
-        quiet,
+        matches.opt_present("q"), // quiet
         None,  // color
         false, // frozen
         false, // locked