diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bcd978a..aaf5766 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4872d67bab6358e59559027aa3b9157c53d9358c51423c17554809a8858e0f8"
+checksum = "ec8a7b6a70fde80372154c65702f00a0f56f3e1c36abbc6c440484be248856db"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytestring"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 45784a3..5f308bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name = "hoc"
 actix-rt = "2.7.0"
 actix-web = "4.1.0"
 badge = "0.3.0"
-bytes = "1.1.0"
+bytes = "1.2.1"
 config = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["toml"] }
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 futures = "0.3.21"