diff --git a/actix-redis/Cargo.toml b/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
index 6d35b3b2d..9fe9422aa 100644
--- a/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ derive_more = "0.99.7"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 redis-async = "0.14"
 time = "0.3"
-tokio = { version = "1.13.1", features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.18.4", features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7"
 actix-web = { version = "4", default_features = false, optional = true }