diff --git a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
index cab79a9e..1cf9cb59 100644
--- a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ bytes = "0.5.2"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
 futures-sink = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
 tokio = { version = "0.2.4", default-features=false }
-tokio-util = { version = "0.2.0", default-features=false, features=["codec"] }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.3", default-features=false, features=["codec"] }
 log = "0.4"
 pin-project = "0.4.8"