diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4e7382f0fb..b1550a0448 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5347,9 +5347,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "v8"
-version = "0.53.1"
+version = "0.54.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e952e936bcb610c9f22997f50dc7f65887afe76e1fedd37daf532a20211335ca"
+checksum = "3b63103bd7caa4c3571e8baafe58f3e04818df70505304ed814737e655d1d8d6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "fslock",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0a1b1208a4..9540157acc 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1.0.79", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde_v8 = { version = "0.66.0", path = "../serde_v8" }
 sourcemap = "6.1"
 url = { version = "2.3.1", features = ["serde", "expose_internals"] }
-v8 = { version = "0.53.1", default-features = false }
+v8 = { version = "0.54.0", default-features = false }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "http_bench_json_ops"
diff --git a/core/bindings.rs b/core/bindings.rs
index fdd8abf1ac..a28a3a132b 100644
--- a/core/bindings.rs
+++ b/core/bindings.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ fn import_meta_resolve(
   }
   let specifier = maybe_arg_str.unwrap();
   let referrer = {
-    let url_prop = args.data().unwrap();
+    let url_prop = args.data();
     url_prop.to_rust_string_lossy(scope)
   };
   let module_map_rc = JsRuntime::module_map(scope);
diff --git a/ext/ffi/lib.rs b/ext/ffi/lib.rs
index 3ad75e245e..3de204ef3f 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/ffi/lib.rs
@@ -706,8 +706,7 @@ fn make_sync_fn<'s>(
     |scope: &mut v8::HandleScope,
      args: v8::FunctionCallbackArguments,
      mut rv: v8::ReturnValue| {
-      let external: v8::Local<v8::External> =
-        args.data().unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+      let external: v8::Local<v8::External> = args.data().try_into().unwrap();
       // SAFETY: The pointer will not be deallocated until the function is
       // garbage collected.
       let symbol = unsafe { &*(external.value() as *const Symbol) };
diff --git a/ext/flash/lib.rs b/ext/flash/lib.rs
index 17e3e83178..9cff7d2fc0 100644
--- a/ext/flash/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/flash/lib.rs
@@ -539,8 +539,7 @@ fn op_flash_make_request<'scope>(
       |_: &mut v8::HandleScope,
        args: v8::FunctionCallbackArguments,
        mut rv: v8::ReturnValue| {
-        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> =
-          args.data().unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> = args.data().try_into().unwrap();
         // SAFETY: This external is guaranteed to be a pointer to a ServerContext
         let ctx = unsafe { &mut *(external.value() as *mut ServerContext) };
         rv.set_uint32(next_request_sync(ctx));
@@ -561,8 +560,7 @@ fn op_flash_make_request<'scope>(
       |scope: &mut v8::HandleScope,
        args: v8::FunctionCallbackArguments,
        mut rv: v8::ReturnValue| {
-        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> =
-          args.data().unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> = args.data().try_into().unwrap();
         // SAFETY: This external is guaranteed to be a pointer to a ServerContext
         let ctx = unsafe { &mut *(external.value() as *mut ServerContext) };
         let token = args.get(0).uint32_value(scope).unwrap();
@@ -585,8 +583,7 @@ fn op_flash_make_request<'scope>(
       |scope: &mut v8::HandleScope,
        args: v8::FunctionCallbackArguments,
        mut rv: v8::ReturnValue| {
-        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> =
-          args.data().unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+        let external: v8::Local<v8::External> = args.data().try_into().unwrap();
         // SAFETY: This external is guaranteed to be a pointer to a ServerContext
         let ctx = unsafe { &mut *(external.value() as *mut ServerContext) };
 
diff --git a/ext/napi/function.rs b/ext/napi/function.rs
index 853283b086..edeed25663 100644
--- a/ext/napi/function.rs
+++ b/ext/napi/function.rs
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ impl CallbackInfo {
 }
 
 extern "C" fn call_fn(info: *const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo) {
-  let args =
-    unsafe { v8::FunctionCallbackArguments::from_function_callback_info(info) };
-  let mut rv = unsafe { v8::ReturnValue::from_function_callback_info(info) };
+  let info = unsafe { &*info };
+  let args = v8::FunctionCallbackArguments::from_function_callback_info(info);
+  let mut rv = v8::ReturnValue::from_function_callback_info(info);
   // SAFETY: create_function guarantees that the data is a CallbackInfo external.
   let info_ptr: *mut CallbackInfo = unsafe {
-    let external_value =
-      v8::Local::<v8::External>::cast(args.data().unwrap_unchecked());
+    let external_value = v8::Local::<v8::External>::cast(args.data());
     external_value.value() as _
   };
 
diff --git a/ops/lib.rs b/ops/lib.rs
index adc50e69c6..e8ea1e969c 100644
--- a/ops/lib.rs
+++ b/ops/lib.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ fn codegen_v8_async(
     use #core::futures::FutureExt;
     // SAFETY: #core guarantees args.data() is a v8 External pointing to an OpCtx for the isolates lifetime
     let ctx = unsafe {
-      &*(#core::v8::Local::<#core::v8::External>::cast(args.data().unwrap_unchecked()).value()
+      &*(#core::v8::Local::<#core::v8::External>::cast(args.data()).value()
       as *const #core::_ops::OpCtx)
     };
     let op_id = ctx.id;
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ fn codegen_v8_sync(
   quote! {
     // SAFETY: #core guarantees args.data() is a v8 External pointing to an OpCtx for the isolates lifetime
     let ctx = unsafe {
-      &*(#core::v8::Local::<#core::v8::External>::cast(args.data().unwrap_unchecked()).value()
+      &*(#core::v8::Local::<#core::v8::External>::cast(args.data()).value()
       as *const #core::_ops::OpCtx)
     };
 
diff --git a/serde_v8/Cargo.toml b/serde_v8/Cargo.toml
index fd4f1a4c8a..bba333ffb9 100644
--- a/serde_v8/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_v8/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ derive_more = "0.99.17"
 serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_bytes = "0.11"
 smallvec = { version = "1.8", features = ["union"] }
-v8 = { version = "0.53.1", default-features = false }
+v8 = { version = "0.54.0", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 bencher = "0.1"