diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 230f6735ed..fd261cb3a4 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ env_logger = "0.8"
 tower = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["full"] }
 http = "0.2"
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
-rand = "0.7"
+rand = "0.8"
 bytes = "1"
 clap = "2.33"