diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26f9330..30ee8f8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ parallel-utf8 = ["rayon"]
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "0.1.0"
 simd = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
-rayon = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
+rayon = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true