diff --git a/bytestring/Cargo.toml b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
index dabfb74d..63472205 100644
--- a/bytestring/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ allowed_external_types = [
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = { version = "1.2", default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
-serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1"
 static_assertions = "1.1"
diff --git a/codecov.yml b/codecov.yml
index 10da425c..18ee3b20 100644
--- a/codecov.yml
+++ b/codecov.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ coverage:
       default:
         threshold: 10% # make CI green
 
-ignore: # ignore codecoverage on following paths
+ignore: # ignore code coverage on following paths
   - "examples"
   - ".github"
   - "**/*.md"