diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2c35996b8e..d099e6dc07 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ features = [
 
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"linux\", target_os = \"dragonfly\", target_os = \"freebsd\", target_os = \"openbsd\", target_os = \"netbsd\"))".dependencies]
 cairo-rs = "0.16"
-gio = "0.16"
+gio = "0.18"
 glib = "0.16"
 glib-sys = "0.16"
 gtk = "0.16"