diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b494d6..9869a4d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ description = "A binary serialization / deserialization strategy and implementat
 
 [dependencies]
 rustc-serialize = "0.3.*"
-byteorder = "0.2.9"
+byteorder = "0.3.1"