diff --git a/rusk/Cargo.toml b/rusk/Cargo.toml
index 9938031da3..05d0275e52 100644
--- a/rusk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rusk/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ name = "rusk"
 path = "src/bin/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.15", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "fs", "macros"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "fs", "macros"] }
 futures-util = "0.3"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.0", features = [