diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b4eb7e..0b76e20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Updated [`bumpalo`](https://github.com/fitzgen/bumpalo) from 3.10.0 to 3.12.0 ([#550])
 * Updated [`libgit2-sys`](https://github.com/rust-lang/git2-rs) from 0.14.1+1.5.0 to 0.14.2+1.5.1 ([#551])
 * Updated [`git2`](https://github.com/rust-lang/git2-rs) from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1 ([#552])
+* Updated [`actix-rt`](https://github.com/actix/actix-net) from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 ([#553])
 * Updated [`ructe`](https://github.com/kaj/ructe) from 0.15.0 to 0.16.1 ([#559])
 
 [#547]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/547
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#550]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/550
 [#551]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/551
 [#552]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/552
+[#553]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/553
 [#559]: https://github.com/vbrandl/hoc/pull/559
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index efb6bd7..8f8bdfd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-rt"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ea16c295198e958ef31930a6ef37d0fb64e9ca3b6116e6b93a8bdae96ee1000"
+checksum = "15265b6b8e2347670eb363c47fc8c75208b4a4994b27192f345fcbe707804f3e"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-macros",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f1c74a6..1943c80 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 name = "hoc"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix-rt = "2.7.0"
+actix-rt = "2.8.0"
 actix-web = "4.2.1"
 badgers = "1.2.0"
 bytes = "1.3.0"