diff --git a/bytestring/Cargo.toml b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
index dc9fd6af..4d85e001 100644
--- a/bytestring/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bytestring/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ name = "bytestring"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-bytes = "1"
+bytes = "1.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]