diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c8729687c7..803e174766 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ checksum = "a3e368af43e418a04d52505cf3dbc23dda4e3407ae2fa99fd0e4f308ce546acc"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "calamine"
-version = "0.22.1"
+version = "0.23.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe0ba51a659bb6c8bffd6f7c1c5ffafcafa0c97e4769411d841c3cc5c154ab47"
+checksum = "47a4d6ea525ea187df1e3a1c4b23469b1cbe60c5bafc1c0ef14b2b8738a8303d"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "codepage",
@@ -4224,9 +4224,9 @@ checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.31.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eff6510e86862b57b210fd8cbe8ed3f0d7d600b9c2863cd4549a2e033c66e956"
+checksum = "1004a344b30a54e2ee58d66a71b32d2db2feb0a31f9a2d302bf0536f15de2a33"
 dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "memchr",
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 853d9e8426..5ff5b721f6 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ alphanumeric-sort = "1.5"
 base64 = "0.21"
 byteorder = "1.5"
 bytesize = "1.3"
-calamine = "0.22"
+calamine = "0.23.1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["std", "unstable-locales"], default-features = false }
 chrono-humanize = "0.2.3"
 chrono-tz = "0.8"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ os_pipe = "1.1"
 pathdiff = "0.2"
 percent-encoding = "2.3"
 print-positions = "0.6"
-quick-xml = "0.30"
+quick-xml = "0.31.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 rayon = "1.8"
 regex = "1.9.5"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/ods.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/ods.rs
index 41230aec42..2588bb163b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/ods.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/ods.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fn from_ods(
     for sheet_name in sheet_names {
         let mut sheet_output = vec![];
 
-        if let Some(Ok(current_sheet)) = ods.worksheet_range(&sheet_name) {
+        if let Ok(current_sheet) = ods.worksheet_range(&sheet_name) {
             for row in current_sheet.rows() {
                 let record = row
                     .iter()
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/xlsx.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/xlsx.rs
index 7d15c6e772..fbcb1df14b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/xlsx.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/formats/from/xlsx.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ fn from_xlsx(
     for sheet_name in sheet_names {
         let mut sheet_output = vec![];
 
-        if let Some(Ok(current_sheet)) = xlsx.worksheet_range(&sheet_name) {
+        if let Ok(current_sheet) = xlsx.worksheet_range(&sheet_name) {
             for row in current_sheet.rows() {
                 let record = row
                     .iter()
diff --git a/crates/nu-parser/src/deparse.rs b/crates/nu-parser/src/deparse.rs
index 6188fb3e66..2a6339a5cb 100644
--- a/crates/nu-parser/src/deparse.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-parser/src/deparse.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ mod test {
     fn test_escape() {
         // check for input arg like this:
         // nu b.nu \ --arg='"'
-        assert_eq!(escape_for_script_arg(r#"\"#), r#""\\""#.to_string());
+        assert_eq!(escape_for_script_arg(r"\"), r#""\\""#.to_string());
         assert_eq!(
             escape_for_script_arg(r#"--arg=""#),
             r#"--arg="\"""#.to_string()