diff --git a/pykwasm/poetry.lock b/pykwasm/poetry.lock
index 47cdff362..99b4c3a77 100644
--- a/pykwasm/poetry.lock
+++ b/pykwasm/poetry.lock
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ windows-terminal = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyk"
-version = "0.1.578"
+version = "0.1.579"
 description = ""
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ xdg-base-dirs = "^6.0.1"
 [package.source]
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/pyk.git"
-reference = "v0.1.578"
-resolved_reference = "62dc56ce9fd451ec8e065e4bee9b808392de20d0"
+reference = "v0.1.579"
+resolved_reference = "04d95c9c94ed1ec04f8d1e4867f097c5a5d07cf8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyperclip"
@@ -1161,4 +1161,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "675b8579b3ec16c72f1b315b58e4c4b1c46712a79361a9a66fc32eca7478f6eb"
+content-hash = "0ea0a1b42b94d8135abbb26598b45fdb26754eb0a3fc6d55a77df49c4871ddf8"
diff --git a/pykwasm/pyproject.toml b/pykwasm/pyproject.toml
index d97298bfd..e8106b9b3 100644
--- a/pykwasm/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pykwasm/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ authors = [
 python = "^3.10"
 cytoolz = "^0.12.1"
 numpy = "^1.24.2"
-pyk = { git = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/pyk.git", tag="v0.1.578" }
+pyk = { git = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/pyk.git", tag="v0.1.579" }
 py-wasm = {url = "https://github.com/runtimeverification/py-wasm/archive/refs/tags/0.1.1.tar.gz"}
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]