diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85237a2c..35b86cc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ once_cell = { version = "1.3.1", optional = true }
 pin-project-lite = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 pin-utils = { version = "0.1.0-alpha.4", optional = true }
 slab = { version = "0.4.2", optional = true }
-async-channel = { version = "1.8.0", optional = true }
+async-channel = { version = "2.2.0", optional = true }
 
 # dev dependency, but they are not allowed to be optional :/
 surf = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }