diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6bdc9c9..25d2a32 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1534,13 +1534,14 @@ checksum = "790eea4361631c5e7d22598ecd5723ff611904e3344ce8720784c93e3d83d40b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cron"
-version = "0.13.0"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eee8b2b4516038bc0f1d3c9934bcb4a13dd316e04abbc63c96757a6d75978532"
+checksum = "089df96cf6a25253b4b6b6744d86f91150a3d4df546f31a95def47976b8cba97"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
- "nom 7.1.3",
  "once_cell",
+ "phf 0.11.3",
+ "winnow 0.7.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0bf4e5e..3528a01 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ notify           = { version = "8",    features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
 notify-debouncer-full = { version = "0.7", features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
 
 # ── Scheduling ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-cron             = "0.13"
+cron             = "0.16"
 chrono           = { version = "0.4",  features = ["serde"] }
 
 # ── Extraction Ladder (Phase A) ────────────────────────────────────────────────