diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 667eb8b8d..a83e74c1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2194,9 +2194,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonrpc"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34efde8d2422fb79ed56db1d3aea8fa5b583351d15a26770cdee2f88813dd702"
+checksum = "a26d9104d516092f092d97448787505881fdb6518293b2d6500bf9c180c839dd"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "serde",
diff --git a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
index b32a99c7c..221301cd6 100644
--- a/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.23", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-t
 # These crates are needed for the zebra-checkpoints and search-issue-refs binaries
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 
-jsonrpc = { version = "0.16.0", optional = true }
+jsonrpc = { version = "0.17.0", optional = true }
 
 zcash_primitives = { version = "0.13.0-rc.1", optional = true }
 zcash_client_backend = {version = "0.10.0-rc.1", optional = true}
diff --git a/zebra-utils/src/bin/scanning-results-reader/main.rs b/zebra-utils/src/bin/scanning-results-reader/main.rs
index 676c779d4..5e84978d5 100644
--- a/zebra-utils/src/bin/scanning-results-reader/main.rs
+++ b/zebra-utils/src/bin/scanning-results-reader/main.rs
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ fn get_tx_via_rpc(txid: String) -> String {
         .expect("URL should be valid")
         .build();
     let client = Client::with_transport(transport);
-    let params = [RawValue::from_string(txid).expect("Provided TXID should be a valid JSON")];
-    let request = client.build_request("getrawtransaction", &params);
+    let params = RawValue::from_string(txid).expect("Provided TXID should be a valid JSON");
+    let request = client.build_request("getrawtransaction", Some(&params));
     let response = client
         .send_request(request)
         .expect("Sending the `getrawtransaction` request should succeed");