diff --git a/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml b/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
index 283f3d9bd3..70332c4226 100644
--- a/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-subscriber/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ tracing-fmt = "0.0.1-alpha.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 
 # load generator demo
-tracing-tower = { path = "../tracing-tower" }
+tracing-tower = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../tracing-tower" }
 tower = "0.1"
 tower-hyper = "0.1"
 tower-http-util = "0.1"