diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index b6fd6e2..d9a52aa 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "escapepod-pod5"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs?tag=v0.16.1#b4c9afae84406de0c43d95fc22e970116e2d18db"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs?tag=v0.18.1#3de501e220a9888680b52ec209273675c04f10d5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arrow",
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "escapepod-signal"
-version = "0.16.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs?tag=v0.16.1#b4c9afae84406de0c43d95fc22e970116e2d18db"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "git+https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs?tag=v0.18.1#3de501e220a9888680b52ec209273675c04f10d5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "escapepod-pod5",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 9940106..6c81e59 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pyo3 = { version = "0.28", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py312"] }
 numpy = "0.28"
 # Not on crates.io; pulled straight from the public GitHub repo. Pin by tag so
 # the build is reproducible — bump the tag to take a new escapepod release.
-escapepod-signal = { git = "https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs", tag = "v0.16.1" }
+escapepod-signal = { git = "https://github.com/rnabioco/escapepod-rs", tag = "v0.18.1" }
 rayon = "1"
 
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